Fashion
Goldsmiths upsizes at Merry Hill mall
Published
September 30, 2025
Midland’s Merry Hill mall is adding to a series of retail upsizes, with British jeweller Goldsmiths now unveiling a “significantly larger unit at the top 10 super-regional centre”.
Located in the heart of the Upper Mall, Goldsmiths has moved from its existing 2,700 sq ft space into a 6,000 sq ft unit opposite the soon-to-launch new M&S, merging two units for a new state-of-the-art store.
The upsize, in a key corner unit allowing for a full glass wrap-around façade, features a larger dedicated Rolex room, alongside branded areas from Omega, TAG Heuer, Tudor, Longines, and Tissot. It also benefits from the addition of Rolex Certified Pre-Owned and Longines branded areas, for an even more extensive range of watches.
Goldsmiths joins the likes of Footasylum, Costa, and EE, all of which having grown their presence at Merry Hill in the last 12 months, “investing heavily in upgrading the store experience”.
Alistair Winning, Asset Manager for operator Sovereign Centros from CBRE, said: “The arrival of Goldsmiths’ upsized store has been a much-anticipated addition, highlighting our tenants’ dedication to investing in Merry Hill.
“By expanding, the brand is playing an even bigger part in fulfilling our visitors’ demand for premium jewellery, with Merry Hill’s success in this category built on an understanding of what our catchment wants to spend its money on.”
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Published
January 13, 2026
Sosandar’s trading update for the festive quarter on Tuesday talked of momentum continuing to build “with significant growth in own-site revenue”.
The womenswear retailer also said that trading was in line with full-year expectations in the last three months of 2025.
Revenue rose 10% to £13.4 million with own-site revenue rising 27%. And the gross margin of 66% was up from 64.7% in the prior year, driven by an improved intake margin.
It’s part of the brands at M&S offer and its strength came despite M&S continuing to trade with stock levels below the prior year following its well-publicised cyber incident, but with stock levels expected to normalise by the imminent spring season.
Sosandar also said it has seen an encouraging performance through stores, with sales ahead of the prior year.
It all means that the strong trading of H1 continued in H2, which is good news for the brand that had previously seen a slowdown in its fast growth.
As for the strong own-site performance, the company said it saw higher site traffic, improved conversion rates and increased order volumes from new and existing customers.
Co-CEOs Ali Hall and Julie Lavington said that “the foundations have been laid for sustained profitable and cash-generative growth and we are excited for what 2026 will bring”.
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The government is moving towards a more liberal and simplified import regime, and the details will be disclosed once these are finalised through the cabinet, he said.
Bangladesh has prepared a draft new Import Policy Order (IPO) for 2025-2028, incorporating major changes in the existing IPO for 2021-2024, Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin recently said.
The government is moving towards a more liberal and simplified import regime, and the details will be disclosed once these are finalised through the cabinet, he said.
Inputs have already been taken from Bangladesh Bank and other stakeholders, and the draft would be placed before the cabinet soon, he was cited as saying by domestic media outlets.
Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman said the government will hold a high-level meeting on January 19 to review prices, supply and stock situation of essential commodities ahead of Ramadan season.
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