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STREET SOCCER CHOOSES

EDINBURGH FOR FIRST STORE ARMANI LANDS ESSEX STORE
Landsec has announced that Italian luxury
fashion brand Armani has opened its first-ever
A youth charity supported by Sir Alex outlet in Essex at Braintree Village, in line with
Ferguson, Street Soccer, has launched its non-essential retail opening across the country.
first ‘community store’ at Ocean Terminal Spanning 1,889sq ft, the new Armani store joins
shopping entre in Edinburgh’s Leith. Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Timberland all
The 1,750sq ft space on the first floor of operating within Braintree Village.
the centre will be used for a combination of
retail sales and meeting and chill out places
for the young people the charity supports. COVENT ADDS TWO FLAGSHIPS
Founded in 2009, Street Soccer is a social No Chaos and Scum have launched experiential
enterprise which uses football inspired flagship stores in London’s Covent Garden. Both
training and development to empower brands are housed ina 2,000sq ft unit at 3 Neal
young people to make positive changes in Street where No Chaos has retail space on the
their lives. first floor and Scum offers its latest experiential
Ocean Terminal is already home to a and interactive concept in the basement.
number of particular outlets with a social
purpose, including The Leith Collective,
Projek42, the Wee Museum of Memory and RIBBLE CYCLES UNVEILS UNIT
House of Jack. A new flagship showroom in the heart of the
Ribble Valley has been opened by Ribble Cycles.
Spanning 2,000sq ft, the space has been designed
BUCHERER OPENS A UK FLAGSHIP to showcase Ribble’s complete cycle range
BOUTIQUE IN COVENT GARDEN whilst blending digital with the physical to create
an immersive and sensory consumer experience.
Bucherer continually surprises with own brand offering including its timelessly
innovative business models and sets the beautiful and modern jewellery creations. SKY SHOP OPENS ITS DOORS
pace in the luxury segment as the world’s Decorating one wall of the boutique, Hines, the international real estate firm has
largest watch and jewellery retailer. This customers can discover Bucherer’s announced that Sky, Europe’s leading media and
spring the family-run company announced distinctive fine jewellery collections entertainment company, has chosen to open
the opening of a new boutique in Central including Peekaboo, B Dimension, Lacrima, one of its first bricks-and-mortar retail shops
London’s Covent Garden district, unveiling Pastello and Variato as well as their famed at 220-249 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Opening
an exciting new chapter in its UK expansion. range of Solitaires. In a dedicated space on 6 May, it will take a 2,500sq ft space.
Resplendent in a beautiful, high-end adjacent to fine jewellery, Carl F. Bucherer
design, Bucherer’s new London boutique watches take centre stage. Bucherer’s
is finished with elegant materials such as BLUE collections are also available in the TRAFFORD CENTRE ADDS UNIT
bronze metal and locally sourced natural new boutique, offering exclusive Limited Irish brand Gym+Coffee has launched a
stone. Originally two shops combined, the Edition and unique timepieces in the brand’s clubhouse concept store in The Trafford
square floor plan offers over 4,000sq ft of iconic blue colourway in collaboration with Centre, the athleisurewear brand’s first forway
space with two separate entrances. The prestigious peers including Audemars Piguet, into the North West. Following the opening of
original design concept creates a ‘round Blancpain, Panerai and IWC Schaffhausen. non-essential retail, the company acquired a
tour’ allowing customers to wander from In a further exciting development this unit on Upper Regent Crescent, after signing a
room to room via portals and viewpoints, new boutique will be Bucherer’s first UK lease on a 3,000sq ft unit.
seamlessly moving from space to space. retail space to offer its successful Certified
The new boutique is home to Bucherer’s Pre-Owned concept.

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