Chief Executive of Shaftesbury, Brian Bickell was celebrating the exclusive Pride pop-up store opening at 53a Neal Street, Seven Dials, alongside Alison Camps, Co-Chair of Pride in London. The ‘Street Party’ Pop-up store is in conjunction with Pride in London 2019 and Mary Portas ‘Queen of Shops’, and is open to the public until 12 July. 

Grosvenor Europe has today announced that luxury jewellers ROX is set to open a 1,600 sq ft boutique at Liverpool ONE in late 2019, marking the retailer’s debut in the city.

Grosvenor Europe has announced that leading US beauty retailer, Morphe Cosmetics, has now opened its first store in the North West on Liverpool ONE’s Paradise Street on Friday, 31 May 2019. 

International renowned US sock brand, Stance, hosted the launch party for the ‘Lend Me Your Ear’ collaborative project at their debut store in 3 Neal Street, within the Mercers’ estate. 

John Lewis & Partners has announced details of a £21 million investment and refurbishment of its 93,000 sq ft Peterborough shop in the Queensgate shopping centre, due to be completed by January 2020.

Silverburn took home the Best Destination award at the Revo ACE Awards 2019, coming out on top for providing consistently great customer experience.

Asia’s largest social gaming café, Wanyoo, is to open its second UK site and first outside of London at the new £25million Cathedral Lanes development in Coventry City Centre. The hugely popular esports operator has agreed a new 15 year lease for the 3,911 sq ft unit.

ICON Outlet at The O2, the 210,000 sq ft premium urban outlet developed by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners has announced the signing of Showcase, an exclusive fashion events company, bringing together the world’s leading brands into a new fashion landmark in London. 

Birmingham’s first cat café, Kitty Café, opened its doors for the first time in Grand Central earlier this week.

Sloane Stanley welcomes two luxury beach-wear pop-ups to the King’s Road, Chelsea’s iconic shopping destination. Returning to the estate this Spring, and celebrating a milestone with its tenth pop-up is resort and loungewear brand, Seraphina. Due to their continued success the brand has repeatedly selected the King’s Road each year to showcase their collection facilitated by Sloane Stanley’s pop-up platform offer. Additionally, artisan clothing and lifestyle brand, An Indian Summer returns to the Sloane Stanley Estate after their debut pop-up last year.

Dishing up dessert success in Chinatown London, Shaftesbury has announced three exciting new dessert signings to add to the line-up, expected to open this summer. The additions will continue to bolster dessert demand within the destination whilst complementing the current dining offering. 

The St David’s Partnership, owners of St David’s in Cardiff, one of the UK’s premier retail and leisure destinations, has announced the signing of luxury chocolatier and cocoa grower, Hotel Chocolat. 

As an evolution of our Aver Insights reports, in which we share our thoughts on some of the most interesting and innovative ideas, events and experiences in the industry, we held our first Insight Seminar last night at our offices at WeWork Holborn.

Seven Dials has officially announced the next installation for its community initiative, The Artist’s Artist Project, which sees an ongoing series of public artworks exhibited in the unique West End destination, before being donated to selected charity partners.

Committed to offering a breadth of choice in Chinatown London, Shaftesbury is pleased to welcome the latest new openings to the destination: Korean food and culture hub, Oseyo, and Cantonese steamed bun concept, Bun House.

LabTech, owners of Camden Market, have today announced the signing of Baba G’s, Indian inspired burger brand, marking their first dine-in restaurant concept in the Market’s North Yard. 

Nappa Dori, the Indian luxury leather goods brand, has officially opened its doors in London’s West End village of Seven Dials. Located at 15 Monmouth Street, the two-storey, 1400 sq ft boutique marks the first European venture for the brand.

Lendlease and Invesco Real Estate, the global real estate investment manager, are celebrating the success of ‘Summer in the City’, an event that took place on 4 May at Queensgate shopping centre in Peterborough.

Sloane Stanley has today announced the opening of premium urban lifestyle cycling store, Velorution, at 325 King’s Road. Specialising in urban, electric and folding bikes with stylish apparel and accessories, this is the fifth Velorution store in London. 

CBRE Global Investors has announced that experimental dessert bar, Whisk, has chosen Angel Central for their first central London pop-up. The brand will take the 2,100 sq ft first floor unit adjacent to Vue, running from May 14thto August 3rd.