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Mayor of London approves Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has given the green flag to pedestrianisation plans for London’s Oxford Street following a second consultation addressing local traffic diversion. Transport for London (TfL) has now been instructed to move forward with a proposal to remove traffic between Great Portland Street and Orchard Street. The move will...

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Puma opens largest European flagship on Oxford Street

Sportswear giant Puma has opened what it said is its largest-ever European flagship store on London’s Oxford Street. The 24,000 square feet site is also the first flagship store in the region, situated to give customers the “chance to connect with more people than ever before”. Within the store, the brand offers a selection of its...

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What Indeed’s “hard-to-fill” jobs list reveals about the state of fashion retail

In fashion, we often obsess over the rarefied: the couturier with a hand like poetry, the stylist who can pull a look together with three pins and a prayer, the buyer with an instinct for what the world will want next season. But sometimes the true cracks in the system show up somewhere less glamorous: on the shop floor. Indeed’s latest list of...

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Mayor hails one-day Oxford Street car-ban as start of rescue plan

Over the weekend, London’s famed shopping destination, Oxford Street, underwent a car-free trial. The initiative was hosted as a way to exhibit what the street would be like once pedestrianised, a proposed project initiated by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. For one-day, September 21, the street from Oxford Circus to Orchard Street was closed for...

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Oxford Street to trial pedestrianisation in one-day event

London’s iconic shopping destination Oxford Street is set to embark on a one-day pedestrianisation trial as a proposal to make the area permanently car-free moves forward. On September 21, from 12pm to 8pm, the space between Orchard Street and Oxford Street will be closed off to cars for a free event. Themed areas will take over the site,...

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Topshop’s return to the High Street: A reunion at Liberty

This August, a familiar name in British fashion history reappears on the London retail map. Topshop and Topman, once synonymous with Oxford Street’s democratic glamour, will return to physical retail with a residency inside Liberty’s Tudor-framed store. It is an ironic twist of geography: just streets away from their former Oxford Circus...

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Selfridges secures approval for exclusive members club on Oxford Street

Luxury retailer Selfridges is preparing to enter the private members club market. Westminster Council has granted the department store group permission to transform part of its Oxford Street flagship into an exclusive space for select clientele, fusing retail tradition with modern demands for ‘experiential’ shopping. The approved plans, passed...

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Oxford Street pedestrianisation project receives public backing

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s plans to pedestrianise iconic shopping street Oxford Street are set to go ahead after receiving backing from both the public and local businesses. A consultation addressing the project found that around seven in ten parties supported Khan’s transformation plans, while two-thirds specifically approved of the...

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From heritage to modernity: Inside Moss’ strategy to reinvent its physical retail footprint

In 2023, Moss Bros dropped the ‘Bros’ from its name, signaling a strategic pivot towards positioning itself as a contemporary menswear label – one that retains the essence of its storied heritage. This rebrand was marked by the reintroduction of the brand as simply ‘Moss’, accompanied by a series of store openings under the streamlined name....

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Pull&Bear unveils new retail concept with Oxford Street flagship

Youth fashion brand Pull&Bear, part of the Inditex group, has reopened its UK flagship store on London’s Oxford Street with a new retail concept to reflect its refreshed “modern identity”. The 15,000-square-foot flagship, located at 213 Oxford Street, spans two floors and has been reimagined with a digitised design and immersive retail concept...

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London Mayor launches public consultation for Oxford Street pedestrianisation

Mayor of London, Saqid Khan, has launched a public consultation for his proposal to pedestrianise Oxford Street. The project aims to help turnaround performance of the iconic street, which has suffered in the face of the pandemic and the growth of online shopping. Next to turning the street into a “pedestrian-friendly public space”, Khan is also...

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Oxford Street could be getting a pedestrianised update

After a year of struggle among occupying retailers, plans to update Oxford Street could be moving ahead as part of a “transformative” 90 million pounds public realm scheme for the shopping street. The most significant change among this strategy is the new proposal to pedestrianise the street, an idea recently put forward by the Mayor of London,...