Shopping centre giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has welcomed a “robust” first quarter for 2025, as sales and footfall increased amid wider expansion plans and a restructuring strategy. Over the period, the company’s proportionate turnover came to 943.3 million euros remaining largely flat compared to the same quarter of 2024. Tenant sales...
28 Apr 2025
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the parent company of shopping centre chain Westfield, has announced the combination of its Northern European business, which will be led by its new London-based chief operating officer, Vincent Jean-Pierre. The new format will see the company’s UK, Dutch, Danish and Swedish operations combine under one umbrella....
3 Apr 2025
British fitness brand Gymshark has opened its third permanent store in London at Westfield White City completing “the triangle of London,” as it looks to target a more premium, fashion-conscious customer base. The 9,000 square foot store, located on the ground floor of the shopping centre, has been designed to complement its experiential...
1 Apr 2025
CDC Investissement Immobilier, a subsidiary of the French public sector financial institution Caisse des Dépôts (CDC), has acquired a 15 percent stake in Forum des Hall. The agreement signed with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), the current owner of the iconic Parisian shopping centre, reflects a net sale amount of 235 million euros. The...
7 Jan 2025
Footwear retailer Schuh has opened a new hybrid store at Westfield London White City, which has taken on a gender neutral format while catering to both adults and kids. Throughout the 2,800 square metre space, the retailer intends to exhibit a shopping experience that encourages self-expression, as seen in a layout of brands and sportswear that...
16 Dec 2024
International womenswear brand Leem has opened its first permanent store in the UK at Westfield London, following a pop-up at the shopping centre in 2023. In a statement, Leem said the transition to a permanent store marks a “significant milestone” in the womenswear brand’s global expansion plans and is part of the brand’s broader strategy to...
3 Dec 2024
Sportswear brand Gymshark is continuing on its path of retail expansion, revealing that it is planning to open a total of four new stores over the next 12 months, including two UK permanent retail locations, its first-ever pop-up and its first store in mainland Europe. The pop-up will be the first to be introduced, with Gymshark set to open the...
30 Sept 2024
Over one year on from its takeover by Next, and Cath Kidston appears to be on the verge of returning to physical retail. The news was shared on the brand’s official Instagram page, where the exterior of a boarded up store appeared in a mysterious video hinting at the new location. Upon closer inspection, the brand confirmed that the new store is...
House of Fraser has finally closed the doors of its last Central London store in Westfield shopping centre, Shepherd’s Bush. It comes as the multi-brand retailer exited from its Oxford Street location in 2022, as well as a further centrally located store three years prior. Initially reported by This is Money, the Frasers Group-owned brand now...
3 Jan 2023
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has unveiled an array of development plans for its Westfield Old Orchard site in Skokie, Illinois. The company said the North Shore destination will be “unlike anything else in Chicagoland”, with a park, event space and various amenities to be added to the modernised retail centre. The multi-phase plan already...
8 Dec 2022
Brands are continuing to increase their retail footprint at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford, as Nike, Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Footlocker and Pull & Bear all sign up for larger stores. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield UK, which owns Westfield London and Westfield Stratford in London, has signed almost 40 new agreements for either new shops or...
15 Aug 2022
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has announced it will be furthering the roll out of its Westfield brand into Spain, Sweden and Poland. In autumn, the retail group will be rebranding three of its centres into Westfield flagship stores, including Parquesur in Madrid, Taby Centrum in Stockholm and Galeria Mokotow in Warsaw. It comes as part of URW’...
20 May 2022