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news inbrief

SEVEN DIALS WELCOMES NEW
TENANT WARM & WONDERFUL UNIQUE STORE OPENS DOORS
Tesco has opened its first “just walk out”
store, giving customers the chance to buy
Shaftesbury has announced the opening
of a debut pop-up store in Seven Dials for groceries without having to scan items or visit
Warm & Wonderful, the independent British a till. The GetGo store has opened in Holborn,
knitwear brand, most well-known for its central Lonond, and follows a small trial of a
iconic red sheep sweater, famously worn by similar store at Tesco head office in Welwyn
Princess Diana, David Bowie and a host of Garden City.
other 80s icons.
Off the back of a recent renaissance, LINA STORES SET TO EXPAND
Warm & Wonderful selected Seven Dials
to launch its latest collection from its first The Howard de Walden Estate has announced
physical retail space in over three decades that it has signed a partnership with Lina Stores,
coinciding with its first e-commerce site the Italian delicatessen and restaurant, to add
launch. Located at 55 Monmouth Street, to the already acclaimed food and beverage
the 500sq ft store will stock Warm & offering across Marylebone Village. The new site
Wonderful’s latest collection, consisting will cover 5,250sq ft and is set over two floors.
of the famous sheep sweater in multiple
exclusive colours, as well as never seen
before children’s sweaters. JOHN LEWIS LAUNCH STORE
Hammerson has announced that a new
experiential store by John Lewis featuring
ZARA LAUNCHES NEW SHOP AT its ANYDAY range has opened at flagship
destination, Highcross, Leicester. The brand
ONE NEW CHANGE IN LONDON boasts homewares, technology and clothing, all
competitively priced for a broader customer base.
Landsec has announced the official is enabled through the ZARA app, allows
opening of international fashion retailer, guests to purchase items displayed in
ZARA, at One New Change, the premier the One New Change store digitally and LABTECH UNVEILS NEW UNITS
retail and leisure destination in the City collect them in store within half an hour. Six more independent F&B brands has landed
of London. This function also enables customers at Camden Market Hawley Wharf. Officially
Located on Cheapside, the new to book fitting rooms and locate items opened in August, the market now houses 30
23,000sq ft store features the latest easily in store. The One New Change unit indepenedent food and beverage operators,
women’s and men’s collections over two will also feature an automated pick-up bringing a myriad of flavours and worldwide
floors, and follows recent ZARA openings point for guests to collect online orders cultures to the destination.
across the Landsec portfolio at Bluewater and self-checkout to offer a seamless
and St David’s, Cardiff. customer experience.
Created by the brand’s in-house team, This opening coincides with research, 1REBEL LAUNCHES REBEL LABS
ZARA One New Change encapsulates reported by CACI and Location Sciences, London’s number one boutique fitness brand,
the architectural philosophy of clarity, confirming that at the end of September, 1Rebel has launched its first ever personal
functionality, sustainability, and beauty the City recorded its highest visitation training Labs studio in the popular Holborn
– with curved lines running through the levels since the start of the pandemic. The space. The brand-new training studio will let
space to enable continuous engagement Cheapside area has seen a nine per cent over 60 world-class 1Rebel instructors interact
with the products on display. The store increase in visitation over the past four personally with Rebels one-on-one, offering a
features the very latest store and online weeks, and a 25 per cent increase since truly personalised fitness experience.
integration features. ‘Store Mode’, which the end of the last lockdown back in April.

ESCAPE LIVE
OPENS ITS DOORS

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has announced the
opening of competitive leisure concept Escape
Live, with the brand making its North West
debut in 8,800sq ft space at Liverpool ONE.
Visitors to Escape Live will be able to choose
from six escape rooms including the brand’s
official Horrible Histories escape rooms and their
official Peaky Blinders immersive experience,
based on the popular BBC television series.
Escape Live adds to Liverpool ONE’s broad
competitive socialising offer along with Junkyard
Golf, Roxy Ball Room and On the Green.

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