Results tagged “shopping”

Olympic security fears at Westfield Stratford City will result in the loss of 5,000 car parking spaces for three months during the summer.

Locog already carries out random checks on vehicles entering the mall located next to the Olympic Park but Westfield will be closing all of its car parks throughout the 2012 Games.

Europe's biggest shopping centre promised a major boost to Stratford but, three months after it opened, businesses that have been part of the town centre landscape for decades say they are struggling.

Retailers outside the mall are finding themselves fighting a losing battle against Westfield Stratford City.

By Kay Lockett

"A man without a smiling face, should never open a shop," says Noel Saunders, managing director of John Lewis Stratford City, quoting a Chinese proverb as he welcomes the first customers of the day to the department store.

He said: "I'm at the front door every day. I came across this saying, which sums up and evokes a sense of what retailing is all about. My simple take on it is to be present and say good morning to the first rush of customers and make them feel welcome.

I attended the opening of the new Stratford City shopping centre.

It is impressive, with 300 shops and restaurants, hotels, a cinema, bowling, and a casino and offices to come. Another DLR extension has opened to help get people in and out. On the opening day it was so crowded it was almost impossible to move.

The Docklands Light Railway will operate more trains to cope with increased passenger numbers heading to Westfield Stratford City when it opens next week.

From Tuesday until Sunday September 18 the DLR will run trains as frequently as every five minutes between Woolwich and Stratford International and every six minutes between Canary Wharf and Stratford.

The last brick has been laid at Westfield Stratford City as construction of the 1.9million sq ft shopping centre is now complete.

This gives its retailers and other occupiers a six-month period to fit out ahead of the scheme's opening this September.

When Westfield Stratford City opens its doors in September, shoppers will be able experience the taste of foods from around the world.

The shopping centre has announced its plans for a food market that will pay homage to the original Great Eastern Market that operated in the area more than 100 years ago.

Regular customers at Next in Canary Wharf can look forward to having a bigger store to visit after planning permission was granted for the retailer to expand.

Tower Hamlets Council gave the nod last week for the store to increase its floorspace by utilising space in the car parks underneath its premises in Canada Place Mall.

What started as six shops, a boat and a pub has grown into a retail empire and this week the Canary Wharf malls added Tiffany & Co and Jaeger to their impressive portfolio.

Vice-president, retail Camille Waxer celebrated 20 years at the helm in May.
Camille said: "We are thrilled with Tiffany being here. We were close to exchanging in 2008 but the timing wasn't right to have a luxury brand.

One New Change has transformed the landscape of the Square Mile, with its developers hoping to reinvent the City into a seven-day tourist destination.

Thousands of people flocked to the new shopping centre last week, as One New Change opened in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral.

A shopping centre to rival the West End and Canary Wharf opens its doors today and hopes to transform the Square Mile into a tourist mecca.

Located on Cheapside with views over St Paul's Cathedral, One New Change combines modern office space with a shopping centre in the heart of the financial district.

Epic is the only way to describe the Westfield Stratford City development.

Set to be the largest shopping centre in Europe, and with the Olympic Park next door, the former disused industrial rail space is currently a building site of mammoth proportions.

A nostalgic sweet shop in Greenwich Market is serving up sugary treats to satisfy even the most cavity-filled sweet tooth.

Flying saucers, rhubarb and custard, handmade toffee and more than 500 other jars crammed with sweets fill the colourful shelves of Mr Humbug.

Levi's became the latest addition to Canary Wharf's retail collection when it opened its doors this morning in what it hopes will be a stroke of "jeanius".

The leisurewear store opened in Canada Place mall at 11am, and business was already brisk by lunchtime.

Canada Square is set to get a little more hip when jeans giant Levi Strauss opens a store in the mall.

The iconic jeans brand is set to take over the premises vacated by Oasis when it moved its store to Jubilee Place mall before Christmas. It should be selling its 501s sometime in the spring.

What does a Canary Wharf worker munch during the crunch?

As branch manager of Canada Place mall supermarket Waitrose Food and Home, Russell Cattell has noticed changes in what turns up in the shopping baskets of the 80,000 customers that wander through each week.

Kate Kuba is set to reopen its doors in Canary Wharf.

The shoe shop, in Cabot Place West, confirmed it will welcome back customers in the next week and is actively recruiting staff.

It was supposed to be the restorative to cure the ailing British economy. But has last week’s VAT cut done the trick in Canary Wharf?

The Wharf checked the pulse of stores in Canada Place and Cabot Place malls to see if the Chancellor’s gift was the perfect pick-me-up.

CANARY Wharf's latest shopping haven is flinging open its doors today (Thursday, March 13).

Fashion favourite Zara is among the star attractions at the Cabot Place West mall expansion, a new 40,000 square foot hub of shoe shops, clothing companies and top-class eateries.

Wharf shopaholics will be able to sate their cravings for bargains at stores such as River Island, fashionable footwear store Kate Kuba, Massimo Dutti, Hugo Boss and Reiss Accessories.

Other tenants include posh fast food outlet Leon, jewellers Brilliant Inc, Duchamp, Dune and Space NK. Lingerie outlet Myla will open next week.

WHARF ladies have long lamented the lack of shoe shops in the area.

Save for a double dose of Jones the Bootmaker, the malls have been hard-up on heels.

But now their prayers have been answered, with the news that not one but two new retailers are heading to the new-look Cabot Place West.