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11th October 2013 WEEKLY RETAIL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE MARKET KNIGHT FRANK RETAIL NEWS General Retail News J Crew the American fashion retailer, Topshop the fashion chain, plan to use will enter London this week with the the ‘Kate Moss factor’ to open 20-30 opening of its small menswear store in pop-up stores within department Bloomsbury. The opening will be stores in China. The Arcadia Group followed by a flagship store on Regent subsidiary have this week agreed with Street in November and a boutique the fashion icon to launch her latest womenswear store in Brompton Cross. clothing range next spring. Primark the fashion retailer, has Cloggs the JD Sport-owned footwear entered discussions to buy the retailer, will launch a chain of Pavilions shopping centre from UBS in standalone stores in order to provide a Deal of the Week Birmingham and open its biggest UK more upmarket offering at a higher store which could be as large as price point. The first store will open in 23.5 Degrees, the licenced Starbucks 200,000 sq ft. Shrewsbury in December and be franchisee, has exchanged on new a followed by 20 more in the next five lease for a café in the central square of Dubarry the footwear retailer, has years. Nicholson’s Shopping Centre, announced the opening of a new Maidenhead, opening in early 2014. flagship store on the King’s Road, The Perfume Shop the fragrance Chelsea. The store is expected to open retailer, has agreed a deal with express Knight Frank Retail are urgently early next month. delivery service Shutl to provide 90- seeking further opportunities in minute deliveries in time for the Berkshire and Surrey. Gondola Group the restaurant chain Christmas period. The service will cost operator, will open a Zizzi, £7.50 and initially only cover London Chimichanga and Coal Grill and Bar at with phased expansion planned. the Gloucester Quays development in November, joining Pizza Express, Greggs the bakery, announced that it Nando’s, Ed’s Diner and Portivo Lounge opened 20 new shops in the 13 weeks in boosting the areas F&B and to 28 September, closing 17 in the entertainment offerings. same period and completing 141 refits – taking its total number of stores to British Land has confirmed the sale of 1,693. the 460,000 sq ft Bon Accord & St. Nicholas shopping centre in Aberdeen Cineworld Group the cinema chain, is to F&C REIT for £189 million. The to sell its Picturehouse cinemas in Bury Tweet of the Week centre comprises 75 shops and 1,400 St Edmunds and Aberdeen after a parking spaces with anchor tenants review by the Competition Knight Frank Retail @KFRetail John Lewis and M&S. Commission. 8th October 2013 Donna Ida the denim retailer, will open Intu the shopping centre operator, has a pop-up store at McArthurGlen’s gambled on Spanish market recovery More than 2/3 of retail executives Cheshire Oaks from 5th-20th October with the joint venture acquisition of an believe physical shops are the most as part of their ‘The Art of Denim’ 800,000 sq ft shopping centre in important way to engage with campaign. The deal forms part of Oviedo for €162 million. Anchor customers McArthurGlen’s drive to increase denim tenants include Primark, Zara and http://www.egi.co.uk/news/7734 sales across its six UK designer outlets. H&M. 74.nw RETAIL IN DETAIL: 11TH OCTOBER 2013 Retailer optimism Sports Direct the sportswear retailer, RETAIL OUTLOOK FOR THIS WEEK saw share prices slump 4.33% to 674.5p as a result of investor sentiment following the sale of shares by CEO Dave Forsey and FD Bob Mellors last week. Mellors and Forsey exercised their right to buy 1m shares in the company at 10p per share and sold 950,000 at 680p the same day, making WH Smith the stationery and N Brown the online, catalogue and a profit of almost £13m. bookseller has announced above stores group, has announced increased expectation pre-tax profit for the year revenue and profits for the first half of Go Outdoors the outdoor retailers, has ending 31 August, recording a 6% rise the year ending August 2013. The agreed a £33 million refinancing deal to £108 million. The company has group’s pre-tax profit rose 7.1% to £45 with Barclays in order to increase its opened four high street stores in the million with revenue increasing 8% to portfolio of 44 stores and develop its year to 31 August compared to 30 £409.6 million. Like for like sales online business. Yearly sales growth of outlets in the travel sector, citing increased by 7.8%. The trend looks set 19% to £171m, generating pre-tax airports, train stations and hospitals as to continue with like for like sales for profit of £1.5m, has acted as the greater areas for growth than high September also rising 8%. catalyst for these expansion plans. street stores. The Sting the fashion retailer, is Nando’s will open five new restaurants planning to exit its store at Westfield in Scotland, with the first opening this week in Hamilton followed by units in Stratford after only two years of its ten Did You Know? year lease signed in 2011 due to St Andrews, Glasgow and OMNi disappointingly low footfall in the Edinburgh in February 2014. Apple generated $65bn of revenue centre. The company are looking to last year – larger than the GDP of move from their 21,200 sq ft store on Iraq, Croatia, Libya and Ecuador. which they pay a rent of £932,500 pa. Market sentiment Latest research from the British Retail Food and drink sales figures will be a The Financial Times recorded that shop Consortium shows that retail sales concern for retailers approaching the closures reached a rate of 18 a day in endured their weakest monthly rise of crucial Christmas period. The final the UK this month. However, signs of 2013 last month, with like for like sales quarter will be critical and determine life can be found in the emergence of only up 0.7% from September 2012. whether 2013 is seen as a promising or more pop-up stores. Fashion pop-ups Although internet sales of non-food disappointing year for the sale of food and service suppliers including cafés, goods rose 13.4% year on year and and drink. hairdressers and nailbars have children’s clothing and shoes generally been received positively for performed well throughout the back to taking vacant high street space on a school period, the major drop came in short-term basis. grocery sales. Warm September weather has been blamed for stifling sales of autumn and winter clothing. KEY CONTACTS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY AGENCY LEASE ADVISORY Ian Barbour, Partner, Head of Retail Richard Griston, Associate Partner Jeremy Elphick, Partner T +44 20 7861 1223 T +44 20 7861 1188 T +44 20 7861 1590 E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] The above information is sourced from Property Week, Estates Gazette, Retail Week, Drapers, The Times and the BBC and does not necessarily represent the view of Knight Frank LLP in relation to particular properties or projects and must not be relied on in any way. No legal responsibility can be accepted by Knight Frank LLP for any loss or damage resultant from the contents of this document. .