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 Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025
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 · Apr 30, 2025
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 · Apr 29, 2025
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 · Apr 29, 2025
'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 · Apr 23, 2025
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 · Apr 3, 2025
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’ Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025
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 Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025
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 Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2025
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 · Apr 1, 2025
Popular Oxford Street retailer closing down marking latest blow to iconic London shopping street Cool Britannia is closing its Oxford Street flagship store, marking another challenge for the high street amid retail struggles Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025
How Topshop became one of the most iconic high street brands ever You just had to be there Marie Claire · Mar 24, 2025
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 The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025
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 Ideal Home · Mar 18, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025 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 · Mar 18, 2025 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 · Mar 18, 2025 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 · Mar 13, 2025 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 · Mar 6, 2025 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’
Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025 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.
Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025 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.
Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2025 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’
Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2025 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
Fortune · Feb 11, 2025 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 · Feb 10, 2025 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