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Workers fear House of Fraser store’s lease won’t be renewed
Our retailing correspondent MT WALLETTE reports on suggestions that House of Fraser is considering the status of its Centrale lease There’s growing concern among staff and workers at one of Croydon’s last remaining department stores about the future for their … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Debenhams, House of Fraser, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, House of Fraser, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Internet can’t replace real life shopping in Surrey Street
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With Debenhams the latest Centrale department store battling for survival, reader LEWIS WHITE offers his views on the blight that is the modern, online retail experience Hindsight says that it’s a pity that Centrale was ever built. Whitgift … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Debenhams, Surrey Street
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, Debenhams, Hammersfield, Hammerson, House of Fraser, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
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More retailers in peril as Green scandal hits the High Street
It may yet become known among retailers as “Black Thursday”, the day when the doomed fate of Britain’s High Street was sealed. It was certainly a day when the business case for the long-delayed £1.4billion redevelopment of the Whitgift and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Debenhams, House of Fraser, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Debenhams, Hammersfield, Hammerson, House of Fraser, Kate Moss, Philip Green, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Now Debenhams could be seeking rent break from Centrale
Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest set-back to a £1.4billion redevelopment of the town centre based on retailing Hammerson, one half of The Croydon Partnership which wants to rebuild a vast town centre shopping mall, could face the … Continue reading
More trouble in store as House of Fraser is sold to Ashley
MT WALLETTE, our retailing correspondent, on the latest set-back for Croydon’s plans for a £1.4bn temple to shopping House of Fraser, the troubled department store, has this morning been snatched out of administration by Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley for … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Central, House of Fraser, Sarah Jones MP, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, House of Fraser, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Centrale’s House of Fraser saved – for now – from closure
M.T. WALLETTE, our retailing correspondent, on the latest piece of almost good news for Croydon town centre, as the chairman of one department store talks of the ‘existential threat’ to business on the High Street Croydon’s House of Fraser, the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, House of Fraser, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, House of Fraser, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Free beer: House of Fraser’s sports lounge event: May 30
There’s beer on the House (of Fraser) in central Croydon tonight. The sports lounge at Croydon’s House of Fraser is hosting a special promotion this evening, Thursday May 30, from 6.30pm to 9.30pm, offering free beer, nibbles and a goody … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, England, Fraser, Harrods, House of Fraser, London, Sports Direct
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