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Dune unveils new elevated retail concept at Westfield Stratford

British footwear retailer Dune London has reopened its Westfield Stratford City store following a two-month renovation featuring a “bespoke flagship concept” offering customers an elevated shopping experience. The refreshed 1,291-square-foot store introduces a new flagship concept designed in-house by the brand’s creative and global store...

Retail|In Pictures

New Balance launches new retail concept in London

Boston-based athletic footwear and apparel brand New Balance has opened a new retail concept at Westfield Stratford City in London designed to target a younger consumer. The London Stratford store is the first of its kind globally with a second store of the same concept set to open in Boston, US, in 2023. The concept has been designed to “put...

Retail|Beauty

Sephora confirms second UK store in London

Beauty emporium Sephora has confirmed it is opening a second store in the UK at Westfield Stratford City in London. The second store is expected to open in November and follows the success of Sephora’s return to the UK market with the opening of its Westfield London store in March and dedicated e-commerce and app in October after its purchase...

Retail

Westfield launches competition to find sustainable retailers

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has expanded its retail competition ‘Westfield Grand Prix’ to the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Austria focusing on sustainable retail concepts and businesses. The competition first founded in 2007 in France, aims to help entrepreneurs open their first stores to test their concepts and forms part of Westfield’s broader...

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Westfield reveals that community is a top priority for retail in 2021

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has released new research on the impact of the pandemic on the future of retail, which reveals that community has emerged as a top priority for consumers, suggesting that locally morphed experiences will allow physical retail to thrive in 2021 and beyond. In its ‘Westfield How We Shop: What’s Changed’ report the...

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Westfield owner expands sustainability strategy to US and UK

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the real estate company that owns Westfield London and Stratford City, has announced plans to expand its Better Places 2030 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy to the US and UK. Launched in 2016, Better Places 2030 strategy’s main goal is to cut the group’s carbon emissions in half by 2030 with a...