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Return of large-scale events boost sales at Wembley Park and LDO

Last weekend’s Harry Styles gigs saw sales surge by 76 percent across Wembley Park and London Designer Outlet (LDO) compared to the overall average for each weekend last month. Quintain sales in a release that forthcoming Ed Sheeran event at the stadium for five nights starting this weekend is anticipated to drive similar strong trading result....

Retail

Boxpark secures planning permission for Wembley site

Boxpark and Quintain has secured planning permission for the largest Boxpark scheme to date in London’s Wembley Park. Set to open in late 2018, Boxpark Wembley will be positioned in the heart of Wembley Park directly on Olympic Way, as part of a 500,000 square foot retail and leisure space transforming the area. Unlike its Shoreditch sister...

Retail

London Designer Outlet to launch Skills Academy

London Designer Outlet has been awarded funding to develop a new training academy to teach retail skills and encourage more people to develop a career in retail. The Quintain-owned outlet in Wembley Park, London, has secured the funding from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills to set up a Skills Academy as part of a competition run by...

Design

LK Bennett signs-up to LDO

Premium womenswear retailer LK Bennett is the latest fashion brand to sign up to the London Designer Outlet, which is currently under construction at Wembley. The outlet centre, which is set to open in autumn 2013, will be London’s first designer shopping outlet, and LK Bennett will occupy a 1,900 square foot unit on a ten year lease. LK...

Design

LDO finalises anchor tenants

Property investment and development company Quintain has announced that footwear brand Clarks has signed up as the final anchor tenant for its new designer outlet destination, London Designer Outlet in Wembley. Clarks has signed a 10-year lease and will open the 5,295 square foot store next year, joining Marks & Spencer, Gap, Nike, Superdry,...