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In 2006 the outlet received a £8.6 million revamp which included the opening of new stores and dozens of new jobs. In 2018 the centre went through a re-branding. This involved the renaming of the site to become Affinity Lancashire, leaving behind its former name Freeport Fleetwood. [3]
The Ashford Designer Outlet is a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, England. The McArthurGlen Ashford Designer Outlet was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and engineers Buro Happold, and opened in March 2000. There are over 120 designer brands located at the shopping outlet.
Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet is an outlet centre in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. Located off Junction 10 of the M53 , it is the largest outlet centre in the United Kingdom, with 145 stores and the first designer outlet village in Europe, [ 1 ] when it opened in March 1995. [ 2 ]
In the United Kingdom, an out-of-town shopping centre is an enclosed shopping centre located outside of a town centre.The impact of out-of-town shopping centres in the United Kingdom is studied in the context of urban planning, [1] town centre redevelopment, [2] the retail industry [3] [4] and even public health and gender divides. [5]
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Bicester Village is a designer outlet shopping centre on the outskirts of Bicester, a town in Oxfordshire, England. It is owned by Value Retail plc. [1] The centre opened in 1995. The centre is the second most visited location in the United Kingdom by Chinese tourists, after Buckingham Palace. [2]
Livingston Designer Outlet is the largest outlet mall in Scotland, [1] and opened in October 2000 under the ownership of McArthur Glen as McArthur Glen Livingston Designer Outlet and sits opposite the popular The Centre (Livingston) shopping centre. The glass roof reminiscent of the Crystal Palace was designed by an architect called Don Hisaka.
The first freeport in the United Kingdom opened in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, as an attempt to combat de-industrialisation and a declining economy. Several freeports operated throughout the United Kingdom, but by 2012 the Conservative -led government decided not to renew their licences.