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Return of large-scale events boost sales at Wembley Park and LDO

Last weekend’s Harry Styles gigs saw sales surge by 76 percent across Wembley Park and London Designer Outlet (LDO) compared to the overall average for each weekend last month. Quintain sales in a release that forthcoming Ed Sheeran event at the stadium for five nights starting this weekend is anticipated to drive similar strong trading result....

23 Jun 2022

Retail

Nike to expand LDO store by more than two thirds

US sportswear giant Nike is expanding its store footprint at London Designer Outlet (LDO) by more than two thirds. After eight years of trading at the popular outlet shopping destination, Nike is to up its store size by 68 percent to 15,500 square feet. Nike will occupy a 10,000 square foot pop-up space before the new permanent store opens in Q2...

15 Feb 2022

RetailFeatured

London Designer Outlet sees strong sales as consumers flock back to stores

London Designer Outlet (LDO) has reported strong sales and footfall since reopening last week in line with the easing of lockdown restrictions in England. Total sales at the shopping destination were 148 percent higher last week than they were during the first week of the June 2020 reopening. Sales were also higher than they were on the...

22 Apr 2021

Business

London Designer Outlet reports strong sales since reopening

London Designer Outlet (LDO) has reported strong sales since it was permitted to reopen at the beginning of this month following the end of England’s second national lockdown. Total sales at the capital’s outlet centre are up 22 percent compared to post-lockdown October levels, and even up a slight 0.4 percent increase year-on-year, an important...

10 Dec 2020

Retail

London Designer Outlet expands Adidas store

The London Designer Outlet (LDO) is set to expand its Adidas store to adopt its new design format, which will be a first for UK outlets. Adidas will increase its floor space by 63 percent to 10,550 square feet. The new design format will concentrate on featuring high-resolution interactive displays and active participation spaces for consumers....

26 Nov 2020

Retail

London Designer Outlet signs Radley

Fashion and lifestyle outlet centre London Designer Outlet has signed accessories brand Radley to open a 1,440 square foot store in the shopping centre in Wembley Park. Radley will join designer brands including Beauty Outlet, Converse, Dune, Guess, Kurt Geiger, Lee Wrangler, Levi’s, Lindt, Puma, Replay, The North Face and Zwilling. Wembley Park...

19 Nov 2020

Retail

London Designer Outlet reveals ‘The LDO Edit’

The London Designer Outlet (LDO) at Wembley Park is launching a new online service, The LDO Edit, which it says is the UK’s first click-and-reserve outlet shopping service. The service aims to fuse the experience of physical shopping with the ease of shopping online, featuring additional, time-limited discounts on top of the outlet centre’s...

9 Oct 2020

Retail

London Designer Outlet signs two new brands

The London Designer Outlet in Wembley Park has signed two further brands where negotiations took place during the coronavirus lockdown, Police and Nicce, to its fashion and lifestyle outlet. The destination has seen a significant increase in key trading metrics. By comparing August with July, a 40 percent footfall increase can be seen...

8 Sept 2020

Business

London Designer Outlet posts surge in Christmas sales

Fashion and lifestyle centre, London Designer Outlet (LDO) posted revenue growth of 11.1 percent and like for like sales rise of 7.6 percent excluding newly opened stores, over the Christmas holiday period. The company added that total revenue in sportswear rose by 32 percent, and by 31 percent in homeware. Additionally, footwear and fashion...

8 Jan 2020

Business

London Designer Outlet posts 9.2 percent sales growth

London Designer Outlet (LDO) at Wembley Park has announced that it achieved 22 consecutive quarters of year-on-year growth. The company said, for the months of June, July and August, total revenue grew by 9.2 percent compared to the same three months in 2018. The company added that like-for-like revenue, when newly opened stores like Champion,...

29 Aug 2019

Business

London Designer Outlet sales increase over Easter

London Designer Outlet (LDO) in Wembley Park, achieved its 18th consecutive quarter of year on year growth and 21st consecutive quarter of total revenue growth. The company said in a statement that comparing the seven-day periods up to and including Easter Monday in both 2019 and 2018, total revenue rose 4 percent year-on-year and footfall was...

26 Apr 2019