The retail sector looks to be shrugging off High Street challenges with demand for new UK stores rising latest figures show, as a host of London-listed companies outlined plans to expand their bricks and mortar estate in 2024.
Chief executives of a number of FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 firms, that sell goods ranging from clothes to homeware and sausage rolls, are among those that told the Evening Standard they collectively plan to open in the region of more than 200 sites this year or in their financial year.
