Tag Archives: John Lewis

M&S recruiting 130 staff ahead of opening Purley Way store

Posted on August 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: The company CEO’s life-long association with the Croydon store may have helped to give the beleaguered Whitgift Centre a reprieve. By STEVEN DOWNES Marks and Spencer is recruiting more than 130 staff in advance of its opening a new … Continue reading →

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Financially challenged Purley Way among John Lewis closures

Posted on July 9, 2020 by insidecroydon

The John Lewis At Home store on the Purley Way will never reopen its doors. Croydon shoppers who had made the most of the department store’s limited presence since it opened its out-of-town site had their fears confirmed this morning … Continue reading →

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Now Debenhams could be seeking rent break from Centrale

Posted on September 11, 2018 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Westfield deny any deal is done for town centre John Lewis

Posted on September 22, 2017 by insidecroydon

Our retailing correspondent, M.T. WALLETTE, dampens down recent speculation arising from a speech from a director of the shopping mall developers Westfield today denied reports on social media that one of its most senior executives had announced that a deal … Continue reading →

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Westfield delaying while they seek key deal with John Lewis

Posted on July 21, 2017 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Our retailing correspondent, M.T. WALLETTE, reports on the Godot-like wait for an anchor tenant for Hammersfield’s not-so-supermall Westfield have delayed re-submitting their plans for the £1.4billion redevelopment of the town centre and Whitgift Centre because are they are still … Continue reading →

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Animal charities stage event for pet owners Purley Way, Aug 17

Posted on August 15, 2016 by insidecroydon

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has teamed up with Cats Protection and the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals to hold a free event addressing pet owners’ various needs at John Lewis Home on the Purley Way this Wednesday August 17. … Continue reading →

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John Lewis keeps Croydon waiting over Westfield store

Posted on January 28, 2016 by insidecroydon

Westfield have yet to secure a deal with John Lewis to take a flagship department store in the £1 billion supermall that they want to build in the town centre. Getting John Lewis into the centre of Croydon has been … Continue reading →

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Could Dead Mall Syndrome be coming to a high street here?

Posted on January 7, 2015 by insidecroydon

“Did you have a good Christmas?” is a question that takes on a different meaning for shop-keepers and retail analysts. STEVEN DOWNES on a shopping trend in America of which Croydon’s Hammersfield developers must be wary Next month will see … Continue reading →

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Westfield swoops in early with planning application for Croydon

Posted on September 11, 2012 by insidecroydon

Anyone mention the phrase “unseemly haste”? Do images of vultures come to mind when it is reported that property developers Westfield, urged on by their mates, the multi-million-pound landowners the Whitgift Foundation, have just submitted their planning application for central … Continue reading →

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These are the questions Croydon needs answered by Westfield

Posted on July 25, 2012 by insidecroydon

So Westfield is claiming 91 per cent of the people of Croydon favour its scheme for the redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre. Just as we predicted. After all, the only thing more predictable than the results of North Korean elections … Continue reading →

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