DARK SECRETS: 5 | Vintage Vibes

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

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

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 · 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

The Guardian - UK · 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 18, 2025