Smart Turnout, the brainchild of a former Scots Guard have opened a pop up shop in Selfridges, London.
In true British heritage style, Smart Turnout produces a range of knitted jumpers, ties, socks and accessories that have been seen on the likes of celebrities such as One Direction.
The pop up is open until the middle of June.
To support Christian Aid Week, stars have been busy designing garden tools which will be displayed in a pop up shop at 65 Broadwick Street, London from 14th – 19th May. The theme of the week is to give the necessary tools to people living in poverty to help them build a better future.
Tali Lennox, Alan Titchmarsh and Lydia Brighton are among the celebrities that have put their creative skills to good use and the results will be auctioned off on Ebay will all proceeds going to Christian Aid.
Toms has opened its first ever UK pop up shop in Seven Dials, Covent Garden showcasing the brand’s shoe and eyewear collections.
In keeping with the brand’s ethos they continue to match each pair of shoes purchased with a new pair of shoes for a child in need and in a similar vein their “Summer of Sight” is aiming to help restore sight to 100,000 children from sales of their eyewear range.
The pop up is open until June 28th.
With the latest LDC report still showing a high of 14.6% vacancy rates for retails premises in the UK, it is more important then ever for landlords to maximise all streams of income and boost the image of the high street. Pop up shops are proving to be an invaluable tool to generate some rent, generate a buzz and boost the appeal of vacant properties – perfect for the landlord and great for our clients.
Brand Agency Amplify and housing charity Shelter set up a pop up estate agency in Liverpool last week to draw attention to the presence of rogue landlords in the city.
The idea behind the event was to get 1,500 signatures on a petition to get the newly elected City Mayor to address the issues and to ensure safe, decent housing for all, with the team here at Popupspace sourcing this prominent city location.
Samsung are the latest big company to util
ise the pop up shop in an exciting launch of their new mobile phone. Reminiscent of the Apple Store – the glass unit – which they are calling a mobile pin location was seen at their Galaxy S III Launch event.
The first Pins will be open on May 29th at Spitalfields Market, Westfield and White City with a similar pop up in the Olympic Park and Hyde Park later in the year.
Rum brand Sailor Jerry opens its first branded space in the UK this week, in a pop up bar location sourced by the team here at Popupspace.
The pop up bar is named ‘Hotel Street’, after the Hawaiian Honolulu red-light district where tattooist Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins worked.
Hotel Street will comprise a gallery, bar, live music venue and store selling Sailor Jerry merchandise. It will also host a fortnightly Sunday film club showing cult classics and rock ‘n’ roll documentaries.
The bar is located on Charing Cross Road in the heart of London’s West End and will be open from 20th April for three months. Tickets will be available via www.sailorjerry.com/uk.
Following the Government’s response to the Portas Review of the country’s ailing High Streets, Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has put some money behind Mary Portas’ ideas.
The funding package includes a £10 million High Street Innovation Fund. Kick started by tax-payers’ money, the Government hopes that councils and landlords will boost the fund so the scheme could see £30 million being made available to help small and start-up businesses bring vacant high street shops back into use. The fund has been allocated to 100 local authorities blighted by empty shops, each of whom will receive £100,000.
Martin Blackwell, Chief Executive at the Association of Town Centre Managers, commented:
“We recognise that £100,000, while useful, is not a panacea. It is vital that local authorities spend it wisely, learning from what has been achieved already. Additionally, we want all locations across the UK, beneficiaries or not, to benefit from the knowledge gained as new ideas are piloted.”
Pop up shops are likely to play a starring role in the implementation of the fund by local authorities.
The Government is encouraging local authorities to use new ways of getting empty properties occupied, including offering business rate discounts – which councils are now able to do following a change in the law. Councils are also being asked to use their planning powers – including ‘meanwhile uses’ – to help revitalise the high street.
February 2012 saw the highest level of shop vacancy rates on record, with 14.6% of shops on the UK’s high streets sitting empty.
The Portas Review identified the need for change with an underlying theme of ‘adapt or die’. To support anyone involved in implementing the changes recommended in the Portas Review, the Local Data Company (LDC) has launched the ‘Town Tool Kit’.
The Tool Kit comprises data and insight which the LDC says will help town centres better understand how they are evolving against national trends. The data on offer include an occupancy profile, footfall analysis, socioeconomic and demographic information and further details are available from the LDC.
Jewellery brand Pandora has opened a new pop up store at London Heathrow’s Terminal One.
The ‘travelling pop up store’ will be open for just three months before being moved to another UK airport.