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NEW BIG BRAND RETAILERS SET TO

JOIN THE CORNHILL QUARTER H&M TO UNVEIL A NEW LOOK
The Swedish brand will highlight a new look-
and-feel to the UK at Festival Place Basingstoke
Lincolnshire Co-op’s £70M redevelopment following a lease renewal with AEW. Continuing
of The Cornhill Quarter has attracted some a relationship that began in October 2003, the
major retailers to its mixed-use scheme in existing store is to be given a complete make-
the centre of Lincoln. The new signings total over and will feature an exciting, unique and
7,100sq ft, with the overall regeneration bold new style.
anticipated to deliver in excess of 150,000sq
ft of mixed-use commercial floorspace over
a series of development phases. FLAGSHIP STORE LAUNCHES
The most recent of these lettings sees The Church Commissioners continue to
two distinctive brands joining The Cornhill bring new brands to Connaught Village and
Quarter in the Waterstones building, which are delighted to welcome the opening of the
is leaving to focus on its sister site on the brand-new Simon Carter flagship store which
High Street. A Superdry franchise store will be located at 20 Connaught Street. The
will occupy the ground floor and Robert new store is split across two floors.
Goddard’s designer clothing store will open
on the first floor.
Superdry is an exciting contemporary WORK BEGINS ON NEW SITE
brand which focuses on high quality products. The upcoming development on Oxford Street
will see the incorporation of 92 apartments
and 9,939sq ft of ground floor retail space. The
NEW STORE LAUNCH TO REDEFINE news comes from following Galliard Homes’
PHYSICAL SHOPPING EXPERIENCE recent purchase from TfL of TCRW Sohom a
£140M residential-led development.

Capgemini Invent, the digital innovation, of in-person retail through new and exciting
consulting and transformation brand of ways to shop. Combining real-life products, NINJA WARRIOR SIGNS LEASE
the Capgemini Group, in partnership with the latest technologies and personalised Located in the Petergate Mall, Ninja Warrior
SharpEnd, a connected consumer agency and experiences, everything on display in the UK is set to open in the autumn of 2021 at The
IoT specialist, and The Drum, a global media CornerShop has been curated based Broadway. The family leisure venue, inspired by
platform, have announced the launch of a on insights gathered from real-life store the hit ITV show will take a two-storey unit in
new interactive retail store, CornerShop. transactions and the challenges retailers and the cente in a move to bring the unique offering
Located on the ground floor of The Drum consumers face today. to West Yorkshire.
Labs in Shoreditch, London, CornerShop Commenting on the launch of the store,
has been built to illustrate the store of Steve Hewett, Global VP, Retail Customer
the future, using the latest technologies to Experience, Capgemini Invent said: “While NEW LEASE AT THE BROADWAY
reimagine the shopping experience for food, the long-term impact of the pandemic on Cosmetics retailer Morphe is to open its
drink and fashion. retail stores is yet to fully reveal itself, the first store in Wales at the St David’s shopping
Inspired by the traditional British ‘corner events of this year have radically escalated destination in Cardiff. The shop will sell Morphe’s
shop’, the modern version has been retailers’ need to build out their digital range of professional quality tools and makeup
designed to show retailers and brands how capabilities. The industry is on the cusp of a as well as products from brands such as Lunar
new innovations can evolve the customer new era, and it is being driven by advances Beauty, Iconic London, SUVA Beauty, OFRA
experience, improve in-store operations, in technology that are totally reshaping Cosmetics, NABLA Cosmetics and more.
and enable consumers to rediscover the joy consumer expectations.”

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