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Bean Coffee Roasters appoints agents for national roll-out

29th April 202327th April 2023 Completely Retail News Beta

Independent coffee operator Bean has appointed a leisure real estate advisory business as sole agents to support its plans for a national roll-out. Stärka has been selected to help bring Bean, which currently operates 20 retail and office locations in the North West, to new territories across the country. Bean is looking to open within 1,500 sq ft to 3,000 sq ft fitted units at prime locations in the UK’s top 20 shopping destinations. Stärka’s appointment follows the recent news that Bean has signed for an upsizing at Liverpool ONE’s College Lane,…

Entrepreneur Designs Shoes That Expand As Children Grow, Building Great Business (Watch)

24th April 202323rd April 2023 Good News Network

FYI to the non-parents out there, it takes at least 15 pairs of shoes for a child to grow from a toddler to a teenager—that’s a lot of trips to the Footlocker. Fortunately, an Indian entrepreneur from Pune has designed a line of shoes that slowly uncurl as the child ages, intuitively solving the problem and reducing unnecessary manufacturing waste. Called Aretto, the shoes were designed by Satyajit Mittal and his childhood friend Krutika Lal. Their innovative knitted uppers are designed with all the qualities a parent would want their kids’…

Landsec takes control of Cardiff shopping centre

15th April 20236th April 2023 OzSeeker

Property giant Landsec has secured 100% ownership of St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff. The company bought the retail destination following a purchase of the debt held on 50% of the location owned by beleaguered shopping centre business Intu. Via a separate deal, Landsec has also acquired the adjacent vacant Debenhams store for a “minimal sum”. Landsec said that in the last 18 months, several brands have relocated to St David’s from elsewhere in the Welsh capital, agreed to open new stores, or upsized their existing stores, among them Zara,…