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I was given a preview of IKEA's new Oxford Street store - and it has a special treat for customers

IKEA is finally opening its doors on one of the most famous shopping streets in the country

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Ikea opens Oxford Street shop dedicated to its famous blue carrier bag

Pop-up Frakta shop offering blue candy floss and mirrored room opens on site of delayed larger store

The Guardian - UK

Ikea opens pop-up dedicated to blue carrier bag on London’s Oxford Street

The pop-up will be next door to where it plans to open a new large store in spring 2025.

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Ikea opens shop dedicated to its blue carrier bag on London’s Oxford Street

A new store is set to open in spring 2025

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Plus! Can Sadiq Khan make Oxford Street great again?

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Sadiq Khan creating 'Oxford Street office' to help him seize control of UK's most famous shopping thoroughfare

Up to 15 jobs created as mayor plots takeover of UK’s most famous shopping street

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Pedestrianising Oxford Street will let it live up to its reputation, says expert who transformed Times Square

Removal of traffic from Times Square ‘can be model for UK’s best-known shopping street’

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Barometer! Paul Mescal is hot (for now), Ikea on Oxford Street is weird

What’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer

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'Oxford Street improvements may take years because of Sadiq Khan' - campaign group

Mayor having ‘great conversations’ with businesses on part-pedestrianising the country’s most famous high street

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John Lewis Christmas advert this year tells tale of two sisters

This year’s ad is actually about going shopping and features Oxford Street store plus song by Richard Ashcroft

The Guardian - UK

From music to books: HMV to open literary space at flagship Oxford Street store

From November 18 an entire floor of the shop will be dedicated to books and literary events

Evening Standard

'F*** off!': BBC presenter Nicky Campbell targeted by phone thief on Oxford Street

One Hackney resident has even had their phone snatched and then thrown back since it was the wrong brand

Evening Standard

Dramatic moment Met officers put phone snatcher to ground in Oxford Street

Sofian Hadar pleaded guilty to theft and was jailed for 11 months

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Tom Grennan kicks off the festive season as he switches on Oxford Street Christmas lights

The event ushered in a season of events on Oxford Street, which will include a partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital’s GOSH Charity

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London's Christmas lights 2025: Switch-on dates and best displays from Oxford Street to Kew Gardens

From Kew Gardens to Chelsea, here’s your calendar of the best Christmas lights events for this year

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John Lewis opens new-look beauty hall as temples of pampering return to high street

Revamp of Oxford Street store follows opening of Fenwick’s ‘largest beauty hall outside London’ in Newcastle

Evening Standard

John Lewis unveils new look Oxford Street store as it shelves plans to convert much of flagship into offices

A flagship Jamie Oliver Cookery School and Cafe on the third floor is opening in spring next year as part of the changes to the store.

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Paddington Bear rip-off merchandise worth £9,500 seized in Oxford Street shop raids

Hundreds of tote bags, T-shirts and other souvenirs were confiscated in raids on nine shops ahead of the release of Paddington 3

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Oxford Street pedestrianisation could pave the way to brighter days ahead for West End offices

Despite the changing needs of businesses, high quality office space in the West End is still in high demand

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Sadiq Khan: my 10-year plan to clean up London’s rivers – just like its air

The Mayor of London sits down with Dylan Jones for a chat about politics, traffic – and his status as an unlikely sex symbol

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Illegal sweets, cereal, and crisps set to be incinerated after Oxford Street American candy store raid

Big-name American sweets, crisps and cereal were seized as they contain ingredients banned in the UK

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Stella McCartney rapped over foul-mouthed fashion posters along London’s Oxford Street

Critics approached her company saying the ‘indecent’ adverts might be seen by children

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New York's Times Square is a model for the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, says Sadiq Khan

London mayor visits Manhattan tourist hotspot during a four-day visit to the Big Apple

The Guardian - UK

Where will the Oxford Street buses go?

Letters: Pedestrianising London’s busiest shopping street will make it better for visitors, but what will happen to all the buses that currently use it, ask John Cartledge and Martin and Barbara Harris

Evening Standard

OPINION - So now even more of Oxford Street will be pedestrianised? Oh dear, Sadiq Khan has got this so wrong

So, Sadiq Khan isn’t just going ahead with his pedestrianisation of Oxford Street, he’s extending it. He’s declared that “it's clear that the vast majority of Londoners and major businesses back our exciting plans, so I'm pleased to confirm that we will now be moving ahead as quickly as possible”.

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