Real estate

- Administrators for the beleaguered high street greeting cards specialist Clinton Cards have announced that nearly half of the retailer’s stores are to be closed to help pay off its debts.Corporate Advisory & Restructuring firm Zolfo Cooper said in...

- Even a casual observer can see how the in-store retail experience has vastly changed for shoppers over the past decade.Since 2002 we have seen an inexorable rise of desirable, lifestyle-led brands from personal technology through to luxury goods. ...

- Variety store & catalogue retailer Argos is to embark on a ‘radical overhaul’ of its business which could see many stores shut, according to reports today.The Daily Telegraph claims that new Managing Director of Argos John Walden has hired OC&C St...

- A 0.9 acre former Royal Mail site in Berkhamsted has been acquired by property firm Metric Property Investments, and high street retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is set to open a new store on the plot.M&S has signed a 20-year lease on 80 per cent of...

- On Wednesday Philip Clarke unveiled his much anticipated plans for turning around the domestic woes of Tesco. As UK profits and market share continued to edge downwards, Clarke revealed a back to basics approach in a bid to re-engage with customer...

- UK capital city London has regained its position as the world’s most targeted centre by international retailers, a report released today claims.Property firm CBRE has published the findings of its annual ‘How Global is the Business of Retail’ repo...

- Around 100 jobs are to be lost at Telecommunications firm Everything Everywhere as the group looks to consolidate its store portfolio.Everything Everywhere, which was formed by the merger of Orange and T Mobile in 2010, currently operates 750 stor...

- Getting on board with a major global retail brand is an enticing prospect for many landlords and aspiring franchisees, but navigating the planning system can be a major headache where it is necessary to obtain planning consent, such as a change of...

- Levels of staff theft & incidents of store robbery at UK convenience stores have risen in triple digits over the last year, according to a new survey.The Association of Convenience Store (ACS) has today released its annual Crime Survey for 2011 wh...