{"id":10193,"date":"2023-08-22T02:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T02:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/westfield-boosted-by-raft-of-retailers-upsizing-stores\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T02:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T02:25:50","slug":"westfield-boosted-by-raft-of-retailers-upsizing-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmsretail.com\/RetailNews\/westfield-boosted-by-raft-of-retailers-upsizing-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Westfield boosted by raft of retailers upsizing stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has reported continued growth in store upsizes across both Westfield UK shopping centres.<\/p>\n

The property giant said that both Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City saw a rise in demand from retailers that wanted to increase the space of their stores.<\/p>\n

Retailers including Whistles, beauty specialist Rituals and luxury jeweler Bucherer all expanded their stores.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, URW reported store openings for brands seeking to embrace larger spaces to meet increased demand, such as Zara in Westfield Stratford City, which upped its store space by almost 30% and EE Studio\u2019s flagship store, which tripled its store footprint at Westfield London.<\/p>\n

The shopping centre giant said it had a \u201cstrong pipeline\u201d of further brand openings scheduled for the second half of the year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Sportswear signings and store openings also surged by brands including New Balance, Origin Kicks and Lids.<\/p>\n

Both Westfield centres experienced a boom in the beauty and food and beverage categories, with the signing of a second UK Sephora store at Westfield Stratford City and for gelato brand Badiani at Westfield London.<\/p>\n

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield UK leasing director UK Kate Orwin said: \u201cWe\u2019ve experienced a strong half year in retail leasing, primarily fuelled by a substantial demand for upsizing at both of our UK centres.<\/p>\n

\u201cMajor brands are increasingly investing in our prime physical locations to offer customers unique and captivating in-store experiences\u201d.<\/p>\n

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