Westfield Stratford news and archive

New Balance launches new retail concept in London

Boston-based athletic footwear and apparel brand New Balance has opened a new retail concept at Westfield Stratford City in London designed to target a younger consumer. The London Stratford store is the first of its kind globally with a second store of the same concept set to open in Boston, US, in 2023. The concept has been designed to “put...

Retail|Beauty

Sephora confirms second UK store in London

Beauty emporium Sephora has confirmed it is opening a second store in the UK at Westfield Stratford City in London. The second store is expected to open in November and follows the success of Sephora’s return to the UK market with the opening of its Westfield London store in March and dedicated e-commerce and app in October after its purchase...

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Westfield launches competition to find sustainable retailers

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has expanded its retail competition ‘Westfield Grand Prix’ to the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Austria focusing on sustainable retail concepts and businesses. The competition first founded in 2007 in France, aims to help entrepreneurs open their first stores to test their concepts and forms part of Westfield’s broader...

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Westfield reveals that community is a top priority for retail in 2021

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has released new research on the impact of the pandemic on the future of retail, which reveals that community has emerged as a top priority for consumers, suggesting that locally morphed experiences will allow physical retail to thrive in 2021 and beyond. In its ‘Westfield How We Shop: What’s Changed’ report the...

Culture

Westfield launches exhibition to mark Black History Month

To commemorate Black History Month, Westfield has collaborated with London-based artists and creators to open new exhibition spaces at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City that celebrate Black culture, families and individuals from the nearby boroughs. The exhibitions will run throughout October and aim to share “unique and incredible...

Fashion

Westfield owner expands sustainability strategy to US and UK

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the real estate company that owns Westfield London and Stratford City, has announced plans to expand its Better Places 2030 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy to the US and UK. Launched in 2016, Better Places 2030 strategy’s main goal is to cut the group’s carbon emissions in half by 2030 with a...

Retail

Shoppers flock to Westfield over Christmas

Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City attracted 15.6 million shoppers over the full festive period, to mark the malls’ “busiest ever Christmas,” stated Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. Footfall was up 11 percent, representing double-digit year-on-year growth in the period from the start of November 2018, when the festive season launched at the...

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Westfield predicting bumper Christmas footfall

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has revealed that its two London shopping centres welcomed more than 827,000 visitors from December 7-9, which the company states is a “positive indicator” for the rest of the festive season. Over the weekend, Friday, December 7 to Sunday, December 9, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City recorded a 14 percent...

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Westfield Stratford City attracts 50 million visitors

Westfield Stratford City in East London has attracted 50 million visitors in the last year, hitting the milestone for the first time. Since opening in 2011, Westfield Stratford, owned by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, has welcomed more than 323 million visitors, and generated retail sales of more than 7.4 billion pounds. Michel Dessolain, Europe...

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Streetwear rental pop-up to open at Westfield Stratford

Westfield Stratford City is launching a new concept store, The Drop, which will allow shoppers to rent athleisure fashion, to raise money for Save the Children’s Big Up Uganda initiative. The rental pop-up will be curated by celebrity stylist Alizé Demange who has hand-picked streetwear items from brands including Nike, Alpha Industries,...

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Westfield attracts “significant visitors” over Easter

While wet weather kept shoppers off the high street over Easter, shopping centre Westfield has reported a “significant” increase of 18 percent in visitors compared to last year, over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City attracted more than 940,000 shoppers over the long weekend, with Easter Saturday...

Retail

Arket to open third store in London

H&M’s Group newest brand, Arket, is set to open its third store in London next spring as the Swedish retail group continues to roll out its latest store concept. Set to open in spring, 2018, the store will be located in Westfield Stratford City. The third UK Arket store opening comes after the brand’s debut opening this August. Arket opened its...