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Phase Eight unveils new store concept at relocated Milton Keynes store

British womenswear brand Phase Eight has revealed a new retail concept at its relocated Centre:mk store on Silbury Arcade. The label has opened the first of its new flagships at the shopping centre, in a 161.1 square metre space showcasing a selection of its feminine collections. In a release, Caroline Money, global group retail director at TFG...

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CENTRE:MK STUDY REVEALS THE RISE OF THE FLEXI-WARDROBE TREND

According to a recent study commissioned by centre:mk, one of the UK’s top 10 shopping centres, 49 per cent of adults now own more ‘relaxed’ clothes than ever before. The poll of 2000* adults revealed that Britain has become a nation of fashionable ‘loungers’ due to people now living a flexi-lifestyle. With the majority of the nation partially...

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'Flexi-wardrobe' on rise in UK as comfort trumps formality

Following huge shifts in the way people live and work in recent months due to Covid-19, new data reveals that 49 percent of UK adults now own more ‘relaxed’ clothes than ever before as they embrace a ‘flexi-wardrobe’. With much of the nation abruptly thrown into a new normal of home-working and virtual social events, 28 percent of people now...

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Offering consumers ‘experiences’ is the future of shopping

The future of shopping will require retailers and shopping centres to embrace “community builders”, use “emotionally intelligent” staff to act as brand experiences, and offer experiences to connect with consumers, a new report commissioned by the owners of Centre:MK has found. The Milton Keynes shopping centre owners, Hermes Investment...