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The Latest Breaking News from Oxford Street

Westminster Labour councillor quits party and joins Tories blaming 'Sadiq Khan vanity projects'

Paul Fisher, who was elected a Labour councillor in the West End in 2022, said: ‘Sadiq Khan has failed London’

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Everything you need to know about the potential pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan wants to make Oxford Street ‘a world-class, accessible, clean avenue’

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Oxford Street pedestrianisation could shake investor confidence and cause crime spike, City Hall warned

Plan to remove motor traffic from ‘nation’s high street’ seen as ‘enormously contentious’ by local residents, Soho Society argues

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Oxford Street would be 'extremely unpleasant' if cyclists were allowed in pedestrianised area - Sadiq Khan's cycling tsar

But bikes could be allowed in the street ‘out of hours’, says TfL director

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Puma to open huge new West End flagship on Oxford Street this Autumn

Puma’s move follows announcements from Ikea and Mango about major launches this year

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Cool Britannia is closing its Oxford Street flagship store, marking another challenge for the high street amid retail struggles

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How Topshop became one of the most iconic high street brands ever

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Topshop posts cryptic hint about return to high street almost five years after closure

Topshop was a former giant of the high street until Philip Green’s Arcadia Group collapsed in 2020

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IKEA's Oxford Street store finally has an opening date - everything we know about the new London store

Shopping bags at the ready, IKEA is making a name on the UK's most well known street

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Oxford Street’s long-awaited Ikea store finally gets an opening date

An 130-seater Swedish deli will serve up meatballs galore

The Independent UK

Ikea to open Oxford Street store in May after 18-month delay

Swedish furniture retailer’s arrival is seen as crucial to hopes of reviving the London shopping street

The Guardian - UK

Ikea to open its first West End store on Oxford Street on May 1

The store's opening follows a complex and delayed three-year renovation to improve the listed building’s environmental performance

Evening Standard

Space NK to open beauty superstore in former Topshop flagship on Oxford Circus

NK Space was founded in 1991 by the entrepreneur Nicky Kinnaird - whose initials gave the company its name

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Legal action fund to block Sadiq Khan's Oxford Street pedestrianisation voted down

Conservative councillors had hoped a judicial review could ‘force the mayor’s hand’ over what they call an ‘ill thought out vanity project’

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Khan promises to restore Oxford Street to ‘former glory’

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has launched a public consultation on pedestrianisation of the famous shopping area.

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Sadiq Khan launches public consultation on pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

Mr Khan announced the proposal to pedestrianise a 0.7-mile stretch of the popular shopping district in September.

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Sadiq Khan says he wants to take control of Oxford Street because council has 'failed' the area

Mayor wants to part-pedestrianise the ‘tired’ street and doesn’t want Labour-run authority to be ‘obstacle to progress’

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Celebrity 'used as bait in £100,000 romance fraud' at Oxford Street souvenir shop

Police have issued a Valentine’s Day warning about romance frauds after exposing a celebrity scam

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A new IKEA location received a record-breaking 3,730 applications for just 150 open roles. Inside the pay and perks luring talent back to retail

Ikea's new location in London offers employees livable wages, flexible schedules, and other perks.

Evening Standard

Oxford Street recovery complete as vacancy rate falls to lowest since 2019

The vacancy rate could fall below 1% next year as demand remains strong says Savills

Evening Standard

Which shops are closing on Oxford Street this year?

Discover why major retail brands including Microsoft and Zara are closing stores on Oxford Street as the shopping district enters a new era

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Big retail brands look to leave Oxford Street stores as shopping district enters 'new era'

Owners of Park House, which is home to Pandora, Swarovski, Bershka, Urban Outfitters and the flagship River Island store, said the retailers are not renewing their lease

Evening Standard

Londoners won't have to foot £150m bill to pedestrianise Oxford Street, vows Sir Sadiq Khan

Mayor’s new budget due next week could see his share of council tax bills hit £500

The Independent UK

Drop in Boxing Day footfall ‘signals return to declining pre-pandemic levels’

Boxing Day shopper footfall was down 7.6% across UK retail destinations by 8pm, in comparison to last year, MRI Software found.

Evening Standard

Oxford Street: proposed changes to bus routes to allow pedestrianisation 'not due to be revealed until 2026'

TfL draft budget sets out timetable for public consultation on nation’s most famous shopping street

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