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Lakeside enhances luxury offer with store expansions

Lakeside, the Essex-based shopping centre owned by property company SGS and asset managed by Global Mutual, is extended its international luxury line-up with three significant upsizes. In a statement, Lakeside confirmed that Boss, Tag Heuer and Goldsmith have also signed up to extend their presence in the shopping centre. Luxury fashion brand...

Retail

Lakeside strengthens fashion offer with Pull&Bear and Stradivarius

Lakeside, the shopping centre in Essex, owned by property company SGS and asset managed by Global Mutual, has added Pull&Bear and Stradivarius to its fashion line-up. Clothing and accessories retailer Pull&Bear has opened a new 9,642 square foot unit, while womenswear brand Stradivarius has secured an 8,710 square foot space in the shopping...

Retail

Lakeside welcomes international retailers Cath Kidston, Calzedonia and Intimissimi

Three international fashion brands have signed leases for retail units at intu's Lakeside shopping centre. British lifestyle brand Cath Kidston has opened a new store at the shopping centre in the run-up to Christmas. The new retails spans 1,492 square feet and offers the lifestyle brands range of homeware and apparel for women and children....

Fashion

Intu launches first nationwide TV campaign

Shopping centre operator Intu, which manages the Trafford Centre, Lakeside and the Manchester Andale centre, has launched its first fully integrated, through-the-line campaign, spearheaded by its first nationwide TV commercial. The festive TV ad will be aired across digital platforms and tailored for regional TV networks around the UK, as it...

Retail

Intu launches pilot apprenticeship scheme

Intu, which owns and manages shopping centres including Lakeside, is launching a pilot national apprenticeship scheme to help “nurture and grow talent” within the company. The pilot scheme is launching at Intu Lakeside in Essex, and dependant on its success Intu intends to roll out the apprenticeships nationally across its 15 regional shopping...

Design

Forever 21 opens at Lakeside

American fashion retailer Forever 21 has opened its sixth UK store in shopping centre Lakeside in Essex. The store spans across more than 28,600 square feet of retail space, in a space previously occupied by Topshop and Topman prior to their relocation to a new flagship within the centre, and the fashion retailer has added an additional two...

Design

New Topshop flagship at Lakeside

Retail group, Arcadia, has unveiled a new 25,000 square foot megastore for its Topman and Topshop stores at the Lakeside Shopping Centre. Previously operating from two different sites in the shopping mall, the two sites have been brought into one and will act as a flagship. Chris Harris, Group Property Director at Arcadia, said: “We are...

Design

Lakeside shopping centre gets upgrade

Capital Shopping Centres has announced plans for a £180million upgrade of Lakeside Shopping centre in Essex. Plans include 30-40 additional shops and new flagship stores, whilst the investment will result in the creation of 2,500 extra jobs, once the development is complete. Paul Lancaster, general manager of Lakeside, said: “Lakeside has served...