Liverpool ONE has reported its busiest festive shopping season since 2019, with January shaping up to be one of its most successful starts to the year in six years. The retail and entertainment destination has announced double-digit footfall growth of 10% as well as a strong uplift of 7% in overall ... Read More...
Retail
A pair of entrepreneurs have taken the keys for Liverpool’s latest £1 shops – with both owing a debt of thanks to their family. Jayne Hayter, who previously worked on Smithdown Road for 10 years in the Old Bank, is returning to open her shop ‘In Loving Memory Of’ – specialising ... Read More...
IKEA has today (25 October) announced plans to open a new scaled-down store in Aintree. The North West is a key region for IKEA with its first UK store opening in Warrington 30 years ago - later followed by a store in Ashton- under-Lyne. Now, the retailer is strengthening its physical ... Read More...
Japanese-inspired lifestyle brand, Kenji, has officially unveiled its new retail concept at 45 South John Street within Liverpool ONE. It is the first of three new concept stores to be launched by the Manchester-based retailer across the North West. Taking 1,500 sq ft, the Kenji concept incorporates retail, leisure and hospitality into ... Read More...
Wirral Council is looking to progress its regeneration of New Ferry by purchasing properties in the area. Once the sites are under public ownership, the local authority plans to clear them to make way for new retail and residential developments. Proposals to buy the properties in the town, which was left devastated ... Read More...
Fashion brand HUGO BOSS will expand its BOSS Store into the former Carluccios restaurant at Liverpool’s Metquarter. The extension will give the retailer a total of 10,500 sq ft of space at the leisure and retail complex, which is currently undergoing transformation. A new fit-out of the BOSS Store will be carried ... Read More...
The second phase of Liverpool Shopping Park is expected to create up to 885 new jobs. Meeting the ”changing needs of operators and shoppers” had prompted a delay in the next stage of the development being brought forward, but plans have now been unveiled. A 60,000 sq ft anchor retail store and ... Read More...
Information on St. Modwen’s revised Kirkby town centre plans will be available to the local community next week. The owner, developer and asset manager will host an information event in the area after proposals were altered to meet the requirements of recently announced supermarket operator Morrisons. People who live and work in ... Read More...
A Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) could be used on the stalled New Chinatown development site if it isn’t sold to a new developer. A request for CPO powers to be used by Liverpool City Council will be considered by cabinet members during a 21 July meeting. Chinatown Development Company Ltd acquired the ... Read More...
A public consultation into the new long-term vision for growth at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) will get underway on Monday (26 June). An updated Airport Master Plan is being set out, highlighting development and expansion ambitions through to 2030 and 2050 which could transform the transport hub. LJLA has plans to serve ... Read More...