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Whole Foods still pressing ahead to ‘expand UK footprint’ despite shuttering stores

Retail Gazette

The move “will allow us to invest in enhancing the customer and team member experience as we expand our footprint to serve more customers and communities in the UK”, a Whole Foods spokeswoman told The Grocer.

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Aldi confirms new store locations under £550m investment

Retail Gazette

The discount grocer will open shops in Preston and Derby later in March, with further sites planned across Castle Gresley, Bardon, High Wycombe, and Stoke Gifford in the coming months. Each shop opening is set to create around 40 new jobs on average, according to the discount grocer.

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Showfields and the bankruptcy of the ‘most interesting store in the world’

Inside Retail

Showfields made the mistake of over-paying for real estate and then expanding a concept that had rather limited appeal. While Showfields may have scaled a bit too quickly and under unfavourable real-estate agreements, the concept of a modernised experiential shopping remains popular with the Millennial and Gen Z consumer base.

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Aldi calls on the public to identify new UK store locations

Retail Gazette

The areas with the most suggestions will then be considered as prime locations as the grocer looks to build hundreds of new stores across Britain. The German discounter has asked Brits to identify which areas across the UK need a new Aldi store, with suggestions to be submitted by 31 May.

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Aldi names top priority store locations across London, creating 3,500 new jobs

Retail Gazette

The discount grocer recently announced a long-term plan to operate 1,500 stores across the UK, with a particular interest in shops within the M25 due to strong demand for Aldi in the capital. Additionally, Aldi is looking for sites to accommodate its Aldi Local store formats, which measure around 5,000 sq ft.

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Shopping Center Outlook: Why Open Air, Mixed Use and Tech-First Locations Are Hot

Retail TouchPoints

Kampf noted that shopping centers can be almost any size as long as they have the right tenants, whether it’s a smaller space anchored by a specialty grocer or a larger center where multiple national and local brands exist side-by-side. One example is Northwood’s Prestonwood Place in Addison, Texas, just outside of Dallas.

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Lidl seeks investor to build 12 new stores

Retail Gazette

The discounter has begun to look for investors to build the new shops, which it will then rent from them, stating in a funding pitch it is offering “a unique opportunity to acquire the freehold and fund the construction of 12 supermarkets let to Lidl GB”, The Grocer reported.