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Columbia and New Era become latest brands to join London Designer Outlet

London Designer Outlet (LDO) can reveal international sportswear and outdoors retailer Columbia as the latest brand to sign at London’s leading outlet destination, taking a 2,210 sq ft unit on a 10-year lease. Columbia is set to open this Autumn, as LDO continues to curate a mix of premium and aspiration fashion and lifestyle labels which appeal...

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London Designer Outlet reports “best ever” Black Friday trading

London Designer Outlet (LDO), located at Wembley Park, recorded its “best ever” Black Friday sales performance in its ten-year history, exceeding 2022’s record-breaking performance by 8.6 percent. The success of Black Friday contributed to LDO’s best November on record for the second year in a row, with sales surpassing 9 million pounds. The...

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London Designer Outlet Black Friday sales exceed pre-pandemic levels

Black Friday sales at London Designer Outlet (LDO) exceeded pre-pandemic levels according to the shopping outlet's latest sales figures. Total sales across the London fashion outlet between November 20 and 26 this year rose to 2,462,278 pounds from 2,460,535 pounds during the same week in 2019. This year’s sales during Black Friday week recorded...

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LDO reports sales surge linked to Ed Sheeran show

Wembley Park and London Designer Outlet (LDO) saw a surge in sales as Ed Sheeran fans descended on the popular shopping destination to watch the singer perform. Sales at Wembley Park and LDO on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June were up 83 percent compared to the average of each weekend in May. Despite the weekend falling amid the national rail...

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London Designer Outlet enjoys strong Easter footfall

Footfall at London Designer Outlet (LDO) increased by more than a fifth over Easter compared to the same period in 2019, prior to the pandemic. The Wembley Park-based fashion and lifestyle destination experienced a 21.9 percent increase in footfall during the Easter weekend compared to 2019 levels. Meanwhile, sales during Easter were 3.8 percent...

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Nike to expand LDO store by more than two thirds

US sportswear giant Nike is expanding its store footprint at London Designer Outlet (LDO) by more than two thirds. After eight years of trading at the popular outlet shopping destination, Nike is to up its store size by 68 percent to 15,500 square feet. Nike will occupy a 10,000 square foot pop-up space before the new permanent store opens in Q2...

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Menswear sales surge at LDO; Calvin Klein to open permanent store

London Designer Outlet (LDO) has reported an increase in fashion sales sparked by an influx of shoppers visiting the shopping destination to watch the new James Bond film. In the first full week that No Time To Die was in the cinemas, leisure and fashion and beauty sales were consistently above pre-pandemic levels, with menswear performing...

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Lyle & Scott to open first London store at LDO

British menswear brand Lyle & Scott is to open its first store in the English capital at London Designer Outlet (LDO). The 800 square foot store will be the brand’s only outlet to open in the UK this year, and will join a line-up of other brands at LDO including Guess, Kurt Geiger, Dune, The North Face and Adidas. “Many of our loyal customers...

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London Designer Outlet sees strong sales as consumers flock back to stores

London Designer Outlet (LDO) has reported strong sales and footfall since reopening last week in line with the easing of lockdown restrictions in England. Total sales at the shopping destination were 148 percent higher last week than they were during the first week of the June 2020 reopening. Sales were also higher than they were on the...

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London Designer Outlet reports strong sales since reopening

London Designer Outlet (LDO) has reported strong sales since it was permitted to reopen at the beginning of this month following the end of England’s second national lockdown. Total sales at the capital’s outlet centre are up 22 percent compared to post-lockdown October levels, and even up a slight 0.4 percent increase year-on-year, an important...

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London Designer Outlet posts 9.2 percent sales growth

London Designer Outlet (LDO) at Wembley Park has announced that it achieved 22 consecutive quarters of year-on-year growth. The company said, for the months of June, July and August, total revenue grew by 9.2 percent compared to the same three months in 2018. The company added that like-for-like revenue, when newly opened stores like Champion,...

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London Designer Outlet to offer Dropit service

The London Designer Outlet at Wembley Park will become the first shopping centre to offer Dropit, the app-based, store-to-door delivery service. Launching in time for Christmas, the Dropit service will be available from December 1 and will be free-of-charge for the first 3,000 customers spending over 125 pounds. It will give shoppers the ability...