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Oxford Street US-style candy store caught selling magic mushroom cookies

The store was the same one raided by council and police after charging £899 to tourist for two packets of sweets

Evening Standard

Why has this Central London shop become the capital's most unlikely dating hotspot?

The new IKEA Oxford Street has become an unexpected drop-in for couples on a date night, reports Helen Down

Evening Standard

Inside the Topshop revival: ‘We’re going to get things wrong — but we will bring back its swag’

It was London’s fashion mecca, loved by everyone from off-duty models to bargain-hunting teens — now it’s back, insiders tell Joe Bromley what's in store

Evening Standard

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Banning cars in city centres has worked around the world. Why isn’t London’s Oxford Street pedestrianised yet?

From Sydney to Seoul, the results have been positive. It’s time for Sadiq Khan to put his foot down, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

The Guardian - UK

Ikea’s new central London store has learned from ‘a lot of mistakes’ over 7 years

“We have [made] a lot of mistakes when designing city location stores,” Ikea’s Tolga Öncü told Fortune.

Fortune

Ikea superfan travels 194 miles to be one of first customers of new Oxford Circus store

Vicky Dawson travelled from her home in Wrexham to join crowds queuing to visit the new store which opened at 10am today

Evening Standard

Tourist charged £899 for two packets of sweets by Oxford Street US-style candy store

Record haul of ‘fake’ goods found after shop raided - but staff evade capture through secret underground exit

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The all-time best Ikea hacks as its Oxford Street store opens

From fluted sideboards to greenhouses, here are the cult Ikea hacks you should know about

Evening Standard

First look inside Oxford Street's long awaited flagship Ikea store after £450m investment

Around 60,000 shoppers a week are expected to visit the shop in the former Topshop flagship

Evening Standard

UK Ikea boss backs calls to pedestrianise Oxford Street as flagship store opens

New outlet due to welcome shoppers on Thursday regarded as key to helping revive famous London thoroughfare

The Guardian - UK

'Senseless vanity project': Sadiq Khan faces backlash over Oxford Street pedestrianisation plans

Residents’ groups tell London Assembly investigation that need for change has been overstated by Mayor of London

Evening Standard

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’

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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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The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

An 130-seater Swedish deli will serve up meatballs galore

The Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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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