Ldc news and archive

LDC partners with UK landlords to host pop-ups in empty shops

The Lone Design Club (LDC) is partnering with landlords to save the high street “one empty unit at a time” by re-imaging retail by introducing independent designers and brands. 2020 was a challenging year for retail and the economy, and LDC aims to activate empty retail spaces by giving small brands access to locations that wouldn’t generally be...

May 17, 2021

Retail

Number of empty stores in UK soars in first quarter of 2021

The number of empty stores across the UK has soared in the first quarter of 2021, new data reveals. The overall GB vacancy rate increased to 14.1 percent in the first three months of the year, from 13.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the latest BRC-LDC Vacancy Monitor. The figure is 1.9 percentage points higher than in the...

May 3, 2021

Fairs

Lone Design Club to showcase British brands at China Fashion Week

Lone Design Club, which champions independent and sustainable brands via e-commerce and immersive pop-ups, is teaming up with China Fashion Week for a special showcase later this month. China Fashion Week has invited Lone Design Club through its designer cultural exchange programme between the UK and China, to highlight British designers on its...

Mar 24, 2021

Retail

Lone Design Club wins Retail Futures 2020

The Fashion District, in collaboration with the Fashion Innovation Agency at London College of Fashion, UAL, has named retail disrupter Lone Design Club as the overall winner of the second edition of its Retail Futures competition. The innovation challenge prize sponsored by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield called upon fashion and tech companies to...

Nov 9, 2020

Retail

Lone Design Club launches LDC X pop-up

London Design Club, the retail disrupter championing independent designers, has launched a new concept, LDC X. A pop-up designed to highlight a single brand for maximum impact. Launching on Great Portland Street in London, the LDC X concept is being supported by The Crown Estate and will consist of solo brand pop-ups stores, designed and curated...

Oct 2, 2020

Retail

Lone Design Club teams up with SwapChain

Lone Design Club is teaming up with SwapChain to celebrate Swap September at its London Fashion Week pop-up in Covent Garden. The partnership with SwapChain, co-founded by designer Patrick McDowell, marks Lone Design Club’s first foray into the second-hand, vintage clothing market and will allow customers to discover luxury fashion in a...

Sep 22, 2020

Retail

Lone Design Club launches Wales’ first-ever shoppable window

London Design Club, the retail disrupter championing independent designers, has launched the first digital shopfront in Wales, allowing consumers to literally window shop with the use of QR codes, as it continues to look for ways to bridge the gap between the physical and online. The ‘Phygital’ windows will allow shoppers to browse the best in...

Sep 7, 2020

Retail

UK's Lone Design Club doubles down on sustainable message

Lone Design Club is launching the sustainable summer sale and events series with a month-long pop-up store in Covent Garden, which will not just be about selling designer deadstock but also to help educate customers, designers and the industry on the state of sustainability within the fashion world. The sustainable sale pop-up store on Long Acre...

Aug 12, 2020

Retail

Lone Design Club launches shoppable window

London Design Club, the retail disrupter championing independent designers, has launched a shoppable window on South Molton Street in London as it looks to bridge the gap between the physical and digital with the use of QR codes. The “Phygital” store is the London Design Club’s latest innovation in retail in partnership with South Molton Street,...

May 26, 2020

Management

UK's High street closures remain at historic high

London - A record number of stores disappeared from the UK’s top 500 high streets in 2018, according to PwC research compiled by the Local Data Company (LDC). In total, 3,372 shops opened, compared to 5,833 closures, meaning that the high street saw 2,481 store exits in 2018, compared to 1,772 stores in 2017. This marks the largest full year net...

Apr 10, 2019