Stuart Rose cheers One New Change October 28, 2010 CITY shopping centre One New Change attracted thousands of workers from across the Square Mile when it opened for trading yesterday. Outgoing Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose officially opened the mall, which is home to 60 shops and restaurants on Cheapside opposite St Paul’s Cathedral. Topshop owner Sir Philip Green and representatives of [...]
FASHION NEWS IN BRIEF October 28, 2010 WOMEN’S FAVOURITE SPANX NOW FOR MEN Spanx, the undergarments with a cult following among women keen to have their wobbly bits held in place, has just released a range of the hold-in pants for men. The male undergarments have been designed to help men “firm and flatten”’ and quash “beer bellies”. Selfridges has reported waiting [...]
Finally, the City gets the retail hub it deserves October 27, 2010 DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT LAND SECURITIES AFTER years in the making, I am very excited to introduce One New Change, the City of London’s newest and largest retail experience, as it opens at midday today. Boasting 60 stores over three floors, One New Change offers something for everyone. Some of the UK’s most loved brands, including [...]
Smooth operators come to the City October 27, 2010 IT is said that there is a craze at Goldman Sachs for traders to wax their chests, then unfasten three buttons on their shirts so that their glorious, smooth skin is shown off. Which suggests that when Strip, the upmarket waxing chain, opens its first City store in One New change, it might not just [...]
Topshop boss finds waste in Whitehall October 11, 2010 THE government is wasting staggering sums of money by failing to take advantage of its size and credit rating to get the best deals from suppliers, Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green said yesterday. Prime Minister David Cameron, who commissioned the report, said it “made for pretty chilling reading”, while ministers said the report showed that [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 27, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES BRAZIL IN GLOBAL CURRENCY WAR’ ALERT An “interntaional currency war” has broken out according to Guido Mantega, Brazil’s finance minister, as governments around the world comcompete to power their exhange rates to boost competiveness. Mantega’s comments in Sao Paulo follow a series of interventions by central banks in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan [...]
The Square Mile’s retail revolution September 27, 2010 IN the thrust and frenzy of City life, it’s crucial to have somewhere you can take yourself for a bit of quiet repose, if only while you wolf down a sandwich at lunchtime. Problem is, such spaces are rather thin on the ground in the Square Mile – but in a month’s time, one of [...]
Fashion Week’s going mad for 1950s Mad Men September 19, 2010 LONDON Fashion Week (17–22 September) got underway this weekend with more than a nod to 1950s Mad Men style. Channelling the popular programme’s signature look, Jasper Conran yesterday revealed models with the nipped in waists and prim cardigans beloved of the show’s Betty Draper. Another era – the 1970s – was also in evidence, with [...]
West Coast move for UMG boss Grainge September 12, 2010 LUCIAN Grainge, the newly-ensconced chief executive of Universal Music Group who went out to the US a couple of months ago to take up his new post, has based himself in California. He had originally planned to be based – with his wife and children – in New York before changing plans. Grainge’s move marks [...]
Land Secs says City shopping site all but full September 6, 2010 LAND Securities has managed to secure tenants for 96 per cent of its retail space in the One New Change shopping centre on Cheapside, over a month before the firm expects construction to end. The property developer said yesterday it is in talks over the remaining handful of units, which include the two rooftop cafes [...]