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Fashion Network
18-07-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Lone Design Club launches 'Airbnb of pop-up retail'
Noting that one in three brands are now using pop-ups in a market on track to hit £80 billion by 2028, Revolving Spaces 'opens doors for brands to activate high street spaces faster, smarter, and on their own terms'. It's quick to point out that this 'isn't another listing marketplace… Revolving Spaces is a fully branded, automated lead generation and commercialisation engine designed to help landlords activate assets hands-free, while giving brands seamless access to prime real estate'. Built out of Lone Design Club's own need (it was running up to five pop-ups a month with 80+ brands), Revolving Spaces 'cuts operational effort by 80% and boosts booking speed by 50%', it claims. Integrated messaging, automated bookings, and CRM functionality "simplify brand interactions', while real-time performance analytics offer insights into sales, footfall, and engagement. The result is a claimed 30% revenue uplift in Year 1, 50% faster vacancy turnaround, and 45% less admin burden. Hammerson, Ingka Centres (IKEA) and others have so far adopted the scheme. The platform was initially piloted by commercial property giant Landsec at its St David's Cardiff shopping centre under the leadership of then-head of Asset Management Nicholas Porter, who has since joined Lone Design Club as Strategic Advisor. He said: 'Revolving Spaces enhances landlords' operational efficiency, enabling them to attract a diverse mix of brands creating a dynamic 'revolving door' of relevant, rent-paying tenants that often exceed ERV. Managed via the platform, this boosts income, supports valuation growth, and supplies landlords with valuable R&D insights that pinpoint the next high-growth brands and unlocks further opportunities for store openings, pop-ups, brand activations, and media spend. Rebecca Morter, CEO & founder of Lone Design Club, added: 'Landlords today need smarter ways to unlock revenue without adding pressure to stretched teams. Built from the ground up by operators, it automates the messy, manual work of short-term leasing and connects landlords directly with a pipeline of 10,000+ ready-to-go brands. We're not just simplifying the process we're changing the model. This is about future-proofing portfolios, filling space faster, and reshaping how retail and real estate work together.'
BBC News
16-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Ikea store in Brighton's Churchill Square to open in August
Ikea will open its new two-storey shop in Brighton on 14 August, the retailer has Swedish homeware store will launch its new two-storey, 6,695 sq m (72,064 sq ft) site as the anchor unit for Churchill Square Shopping new shop will be the first time that the unit in Churchill Square has been filled since Debenhams closed in May 2021 as the brand disappeared from the High Street during the Covid-19 Gilpin, market manager of the store, said the opening is "a celebration of Brighton's bold personality". The opening of Ikea in Churchill Square comes after the shopping centre was bought by the Ingka Centres, part of the group which also owns bought the shopping centre in November 2023 in a deal estimated to be worth £145m. 'Vote of confidence' The store is the latest of Ikea's smaller High Street shops, as opposed to its full-sized sites which first opened in the UK in plans for a full-size Ikea shop in Lancing were axed in 2021 with the company blaming changing customer Sankey, leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, said the opening of the new shop is a "real vote of confidence" in the city, bringing new jobs and investment into the local Ikea pop-up shop, opened in Churchill Square ahead of the new development, will close on 10 August.
Fashion Network
24-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Lone Design Club's 'Local hero' Brighton store opens with Eterna as first resident
Lone Design Club (LDC) and Ingka Centres have opened their previously flagged Local Hero location in Brighton, a pioneering pop-up retail space now open in Churchill Square. It's a continuously evolving space that the concept store retailer and the IKEA-linked shopping centres company have created to 'offer innovative brands the opportunity to rent fully equipped retail spaces for short-term, flexible periods'. The first brand to move in is Eterna (it's taken the space for the next three months), the newly-launched sister company to local Brighton business and sneaker reseller OG Kicks. Founded by local entrepreneur Ryan Jackson, it 'brings together a curated selection of sneakers, activewear and essentials from trusted brands'. So what is Eterna getting from its residency? Apart from a prime location, the space comes with a full suite of essential amenities, including a POS system, tills, rails, display shelving, and digital screens, so brands can be up and running within hours of moving in. The next 12 months will see the space rotating a mix of local, and established fashion, lifestyle and sustainable brands. LDC said Local Hero is 'a launchpad for the future of retail, a cutting-edge retail hub designed to empower brands, providing a seamless, high-impact space to test, launch, and connect directly with customers in one of the UK's most vibrant coastal cities'. Its CEO and founder Rebecca Morter said it's also about 'rewriting the rules of retail — creating spaces that are accessible, dynamic, and designed for the next generation of brands. Together with Ingka Centres, we've built a model that makes it easier for independent businesses to thrive on the high street, and for landlords to activate their spaces in a more meaningful way. Brighton's creative energy makes it the perfect launchpad for what we see as the future of community-driven retail'.
Fashion Network
24-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Lone Design Club's 'Local hero' Brighton store opens with Eterna as first resident
Lone Design Club (LDC) and Ingka Centres have opened their previously flagged Local Hero location in Brighton, a pioneering pop-up retail space now open in Churchill Square. It's a continuously evolving space that the concept store retailer and the IKEA-linked shopping centres company have created to 'offer innovative brands the opportunity to rent fully equipped retail spaces for short-term, flexible periods'. The first brand to move in is Eterna (it's taken the space for the next three months), the newly-launched sister company to local Brighton business and sneaker reseller OG Kicks. Founded by local entrepreneur Ryan Jackson, it 'brings together a curated selection of sneakers, activewear and essentials from trusted brands'. So what is Eterna getting from its residency? Apart from a prime location, the space comes with a full suite of essential amenities, including a POS system, tills, rails, display shelving, and digital screens, so brands can be up and running within hours of moving in. The next 12 months will see the space rotating a mix of local, and established fashion, lifestyle and sustainable brands. LDC said Local Hero is 'a launchpad for the future of retail, a cutting-edge retail hub designed to empower brands, providing a seamless, high-impact space to test, launch, and connect directly with customers in one of the UK's most vibrant coastal cities'. Its CEO and founder Rebecca Morter said it's also about 'rewriting the rules of retail — creating spaces that are accessible, dynamic, and designed for the next generation of brands. Together with Ingka Centres, we've built a model that makes it easier for independent businesses to thrive on the high street, and for landlords to activate their spaces in a more meaningful way. Brighton's creative energy makes it the perfect launchpad for what we see as the future of community-driven retail'.
Fashion Network
24-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Lone Design Club's 'Local hero' Brighton store opens with Eterna as first resident
Lone Design Club (LDC) and Ingka Centres have opened their previously flagged Local Hero location in Brighton, a pioneering pop-up retail space now open in Churchill Square. It's a continuously evolving space that the concept store retailer and the IKEA-linked shopping centres company have created to 'offer innovative brands the opportunity to rent fully equipped retail spaces for short-term, flexible periods'. The first brand to move in is Eterna (it's taken the space for the next three months), the newly-launched sister company to local Brighton business and sneaker reseller OG Kicks. Founded by local entrepreneur Ryan Jackson, it 'brings together a curated selection of sneakers, activewear and essentials from trusted brands'. So what is Eterna getting from its residency? Apart from a prime location, the space comes with a full suite of essential amenities, including a POS system, tills, rails, display shelving, and digital screens, so brands can be up and running within hours of moving in. The next 12 months will see the space rotating a mix of local, and established fashion, lifestyle and sustainable brands. LDC said Local Hero is 'a launchpad for the future of retail, a cutting-edge retail hub designed to empower brands, providing a seamless, high-impact space to test, launch, and connect directly with customers in one of the UK's most vibrant coastal cities'. Its CEO and founder Rebecca Morter said it's also about 'rewriting the rules of retail — creating spaces that are accessible, dynamic, and designed for the next generation of brands. Together with Ingka Centres, we've built a model that makes it easier for independent businesses to thrive on the high street, and for landlords to activate their spaces in a more meaningful way. Brighton's creative energy makes it the perfect launchpad for what we see as the future of community-driven retail'.
