Best gifts for 2024: Our bumper Christmas Gift Guide of 44 must-buy presents Life&Style It’s time to get serious about your presents, whether you’re looking for the best gifts for mum, top presents for dad or filling up a stocking for the rest of the family, we have you covered, from fashion to technology, fashion, fragrance and spirits. Check out our incredible annual gift guide, complete with links to [...]
Oxford Street: Sadiq Khan plans to pedestrianise iconic retail centre Politics Sadiq Khan has announced plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street in a bid to reinvigorate the nation’s “most famous high street” and attract more shoppers. The mayor of London has announced the proposals to turn the road into a traffic-free avenue, alongside a wider regeneration of the shopping destination. Pedestrianisation plans would be delivered via the [...]
Has London gone quackers? How a rubber duck shop is staying afloat in the City anna moloney Amid a backdrop of struggling UK retail, a chain of rubber duck shops in London is thriving. Anna Moloney investigates.
London’s Oxford Street set for major boost after popular bargain store plots opening March 11, 2024 London's Oxford Street is set to get a major boost after a popular off-price retailer is gearing up to open its second site on the retail drag.
Supersize vapes and fake designer goods seized in £55k raid on Oxford Street candy store February 1, 2024 Illegal supersize vapes, fake designer mobile phone covers and sweets with additives banned in the UK were among items seized by London law enforcement following a £55k raid on one of the West End’s American Candy Stores.
Oxford Street revival to ‘peak’ next year as West End recovers from candy store scourge December 12, 2023 Sam Foyle, director of retail at Savills said that everyone has been looking at the street “really positively” and there are currently 15 deals from businesses under offer at the moment.
London is about to get the biggest kebab house in the country December 5, 2023 Oxford Street is set for a new, three-storey kebab emporium - with everything from arcade machines to a healthy menu,
Nipper’s back: HMV swings open the doors of historic Oxford Street store November 24, 2023 HMV is to swing open the doors of its historic Oxford Street store after a four-year absence, with the retailer’s boss saying it is a “great moment” in the chain’s recovery.
West End braces itself for Black Friday spending boost November 23, 2023 Retailers in London are bracing themselves for the start of the Christmas spending period as a swarm of bargain hunting Brits are set to hit the West End this Black Friday. Unseasonable weather in both the summer and autumn battered the majority of retailers’ earnings over the first and second quarter of the year, so [...]
Could the eastern end of Oxford Street revitalise West End retail? November 5, 2023 A host of new stores at one end of Oxford Street are breathing life into London's oldest shopping street