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WESTFIELD 2018 is a landmark year for Westfield
London and for retail. Westfield
London has undergone its most
LONDON
significant transformation since it
opened in the capital 10 years ago and
unveiled an expansion which marks
its latest phase in revolutionising the
face of British and European retail.
With the expansion, Westfield London Westfield London features the best
is now the largest retail centre in in fashion, dining, leisure, events,
Europe and consolidates its position services and technology with
as the go-to retail and entertainment customer experience at the heart.
destination for Londoners, UK and
international tourists. The further investment in Westfield
London, in the centre’s 10th
anniversary year, is testimony to
the strength of the centre, which
experiences high retail demand for
space from luxury and high street
brands looking to house their flagship
stores.2 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 3
•T
he £600m expansion sees provides a major focus on dining
Westfield London become the and experience. Westfield Square
largest shopping centre in Europe, has hosted events including live
bringing its total footprint to 2.6m screenings of the Royal Wedding
sq. ft. of lettable space. and Wimbledon, Eid festival, The
House With A Clock In Its Walls’
•T
he expansion launched on 20th premiere and a summer series of
March 2018, six months ahead of arts and culture events.
schedule, signalling the start of a
phased opening and culminating •W
estfield London has attracted
with its 10th anniversary celebrations over 30 first-to-UK retailers since
on 30th October 2018. opening in 2008, and continues
to do so with the expansion,
•M
ore than 100 new shops, cafes, welcoming:
restaurants and entertainment Westfield London
destinations will open as part of the -E
urope’s largest (17,400 sq. ft.)
740,000 sq. ft. expansion. Japanese Food Hall, Ichiba.
is a 50:50 joint venture
between Westfield and
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he world-class new retailers, -U
rban Revivo, the Chinese fashion
flagship stores and restaurants will brand’s first store outside Asia Commerz Real, a subsidiary
bring the total number of outlets to
450 upon completion.
which will be opening soon.
of Commerzbank AG.
-T
he first in a new generation of
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield listened boutique bowling venues for All
to its customers, and as a result: Star Lanes.
•J
ohn Lewis & Partners celebrated -P
uttshack, the world’s first super
the opening of its 50th UK store tech indoor mini-golf experience.
with 230,000 sq. ft. of exciting retail
concept space, offering a total of -F
irstLight Cycle, a brand new
23 services through a concierge- fitness concept and revolutionary
style Experience Desk. This was the indoor cycling experience.
number one store on the list of what
customers wanted. -P
remium bar and restaurant, Maple
in Westfield Square.
•P
rimark debuted a 70,000 sq. ft.
new store. This was the second •W
estfield London has become a
most requested retailer by Westfield key homes and interiors destination
London customers. offering superior service. Retailers
already include John Lewis &
•A
djacent to the Dimco Building, Partners, West Elm, BoConcept,
which hosted Burberry’s AW18 Habitat, Heal’s, Raft and will be
London Fashion Week event, is joined by H&M Home, DFS and
Westfield Square. A new dedicated Natuzzi Italia.
outdoor events space, which4 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 5
10 YEARS OF
WESTFIELD
IN LONDON
For 10 years, Westfield London has
made an unparalleled contribution
to London’s economic, business and
retail landscape. Despite difficult
global economic times, Unibail-
Rodamco-Westfield committed to
opening Europe’s largest urban
shopping centre in 2008 as it was
confident in the resilience of the
London economy and the potential
market opportunity. Today, with
footfall of 27.5m and sales of £1.01bn, it
is defined as an international retailing
centre under the London Plan town Its proven sales results have provided
centre hierarchy. world-leading retailers with the
confidence and platform to choose
In 10 years, Westfield London has Westfield London and the UK for
welcomed nearly 270m* visitors, the launch of their brands. A range
driven a 28% rise in footfall and of top name retailers have launched
generated over £9.2bn in sales. their first UK stores within the centre
including Aspinal of London, Coach,
Tesla, Skagen and UGG Australia.
Westfield London has also acted as
an incubator for new brands who
have operated small kiosks and then
expanded to multi-stores including
Model’s Own and Kikki-K.
*October 2008 – August/September 20186 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 7
Westfield London has also had a at a
major impact on the food scene. glance
Since opening in 2008, it has
transformed the dynamic of dining
inside a retail destination, comprising
the largest dining offering inside a
UK shopping destination with over
50 dining locations ranging from Westfield London has a unique Westfield London has
restaurants to small food outlets. offering anchored by four major
270m
welcomed over
Today, it has over 80 options, which department stores including John
will expand. The success of the food Lewis & Partners, M&S, Debenhams
offering is evidenced by names such It also launched a hotel-style and House of Fraser, along with major
as Comptoir Libanais, which opened concierge service – never before seen retailers including Waitrose, Next and visitors and generated a 28% rise
its first store in Westfield London in a UK shopping centre – with services Primark, the UK’s only luxury quarter in footfall over that time
and now boasts over 20 stores in the from valet to handsfree shopping and inside a shopping centre, The Village,
UK. Food and beverage sales since home and hotel deliveries. It has the as well as the UK’s number one
opening have grown by 90%, with largest indoor events space of any cinema, Vue.
£9.2bn
annual sales approaching £110m. shopping centre and was the first
retail centre to stage film premieres Westfield London is unique, having
Westfield London has pioneered a and major events. been at the heart of one of London’s
series of major retailing firsts for the most important regeneration in sales since opening
UK. It was the first shopping centre Westfield London has been proud to projects: injecting a fresh vibrancy
to open a quarter dedicated to luxury welcome some of the biggest stars in to West London to restore it to a
retailers – featuring over 40 high- the world, playing host to the most cultural predominance akin to that
end stores including Louis Vuitton, coveted events in London including: of the 1908 London Olympic Games.
Burberry, Gucci and Prada. Sales in movie premieres for The House Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has been
The first shopping The first concierge
The Village have grown by 50% since With A Clock In Its Walls, Prince of a catalyst to London’s latest landmark centre to stage service in a UK
opening. Persia, The Avengers and Captain development area – the £8bn a world movie shopping centre
premiere - speaking 22
America; The Kardashians’ clothing regeneration of White City. languages
line launch and Fashion for Relief
with Naomi Campbell. A-list icons to U n i b a i l - R o d a m c o -We s t f i e l d The first UK shopping centre to open
have switched on Unibail-Rodamco- celebrates its 10th anniversary in a luxury precinct, The Village, which
50%
has seen sales growth of
Westfield’s Christmas lights include the capital with the culmination of
Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Rita its £600m expansion of Westfield
Ora, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani – London – showcasing its expertise
with Lady Gaga also giving a music borne from a decade at the forefront of
performance in a snow globe atop retail innovation, located at the centre since opening
Westfield London’s famous roof. of a now vibrant local community.8 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 9
10
YEARS
TRANSFORMING
RETAIL
Between Westfield London and
Westfield Stratford City, the two
centres showcase more than 550
retailers across high street and luxury
fashion, leisure and entertainment,
and 125 places to dine - attracting
the best UK and international stores.
Nearly 160 retailers have chosen to
open in both locations, recognising Close to 90 retailers have opted to
the benefit of bookending London debut stores as first-to-market at the
to attract customers and grow retail two centres since opening, including
sales. Major brands such as H&M names such as Missguided, Ikea,
and Zara have also chosen Unibail- Smiggle, Lindex, Armani Jeans and
Rodamco-Westfield centres to house NYX.
their largest stores in the UK.
During its 10 years in London, Unibail-
Over 10 years, the two centres have Rodamco-Westfield has acted as a
attracted over 590m shoppers and true pioneer in retail – bringing new
generated over £16.7bn in retail sales categories and experiences to retail
which has helped attract some destinations.
of the world’s greatest retailers to
stage their UK launch in Westfield Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s concept
centres. ‘Destination 2028’ was created based
on insights from a panel of experts.
Imagery showcases how retail
destinations might look in the next 10
years as Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
celebrates a decade of pioneering
retail in the UK capital.10 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 11
Another first for Unibail-Rodamco- The major leisure sector encompassing
Westfield is introducing car showrooms the cinemas, gyms, casino and Westfield
inside a shopping centre. Unibail- London’s flagship space Kidzania now at a
Rodamco-Westfield was the first accounts for 5% of revenue across both glance
to create the auto category for centres.
shopping centres bringing brands
such as Tesla, Seat, Bentley, Jaguar And it’s not only the retail experience
Land Rover, Hyundai and Mercedes that Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has
Benz, which is worth close to £100m transformed – it has also helped
in annual retail sales. regenerate two key areas of London
in Shepherd’s Bush and Stratford, with
Food and beverage has been a Croydon coming soon. The Unibail-
Westfield London and Westfield London and Zero waste is sent to
solid success story within the two Rodamco-Westfield centres have Westfield Stratford City Westfield Stratford City landfill at both Westfield’s
centres, with sales growing 50% since acted as catalysts to the revitalisation have attracted over have seen almost flagship centres, with
opening and now accounting for 12%
of total sales across both centres. The
number of food and beverage outlets
of the wider areas. There is currently
over £32bn worth of investment
surrounding its three London sites
590m 50%
visitors and generated over growth in food and
87%
of waste recycled and
has flourished from 128 outlets to which will bring new jobs, homes, £16.7bn sales since arriving beverage and over 60% 13% converted
150 outlets generating over £253m in offices, retail as well as cultural and in London in health and beauty to energy
sales since opening
sales between them. learning institutions. Investment in
infrastructure within the public domain
Health and beauty sales have risen is critical to successful regeneration.
58% since opening – growing from U n i b a i l - R o d a m c o -We s t f i e l d
35 to 50 retailers, with brands such alone has injected £350m worth of
as Charlotte Tilbury, Urban Decay, investment to improve transport Unibail-Rodamco- The centres have won over The two flagship
20
Morphe, MAC, NYX and Smashbox, connections and public facilities. Westfield has a London centres
£3.5bn+
deliver over
all recognising the benefit of having
their own standalone store outside
of a department store. Health and
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is helping
to rejuvenate local communities in UK/Europe pipeline
sustainability awards
and commendations
£2.2bn
beauty sales generate over £137m in London through the creation of new comprising further residential in annual sales and
including Westfield
and retail development at receive over 77m
annual retail sales as a category, and jobs and new homes. It now supports Stratford City being the
Westfield Stratford City customer visits
first UK shopping centre
sales are up by 265% across both 30,000 jobs in London and will create and new destinations in each year
to receive a BREEAM
Croydon and Milan Excellent design rating
centres. a further 7,000 with the expansion of
Westfield Stratford City and a new
development in Croydon. In addition,
U n i b a i l - Ro d a m co -We st f i e l d h a s
created over 100,000 construction
jobs through its developments across
the UK. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
will build close to 4,000 new homes
in London.12 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 13
This year, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Adwoa Aboah, alongside the The ‘Meet the New Neighbours’
is working with a range of icons who Muppets’ leading lady, Miss Piggy. The campaign launched in press, digital,
each personify the breadth of offer at striking campaign was directed and social, OOH, PPC and in-centre,
the centres including entertainment, photographed by Andreas Sjodin. running until the end of November
food, fashion and family. 2018.
The collaboration supports the new
Its ‘Meet the New Neighbours’ retail, leisure and dining offering •T
he new retailers are among
campaign stars James Corden OBE, moving into the W12 neighbourhood more than 100 new shops, cafes, •A
brand new fitness concept,
TV cook and food writer Nigella during its expansion throughout 2018, restaurants and entertainment FirstLight Cycle has launched.
Lawson and model of the moment Westfield London’s 10th anniversary destinations that opened across the
year. It runs above the line, across course of the year including John • In addition, H&M, adidas, Boots, Lush,
MEET
digital, social channels and in-centre. Lewis & Partners, adidas, H&M, West The White Company, Monsoon,
Elm, Currys PC World, Boots, Space Guess, UGG , Pull & Bear, Bershka
NK, Mango and The White Company. and River Island launched bigger or
THE NEW
better stores within the expansion.
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ohn Lewis & Partners opened a
new state-of-the-art 230,000 sq. ft. • Westfield London has become a key
NEIGHBOURS
full line department store over four destination for homes and interior
levels in response to being Westfield lovers offering superior service.
London customers’ number one Retailers include John Lewis &
requested store. Partners, West Elm, BoConcept,
Habitat, Heal’s, Raft, H&M Home,
•N
ew fashion retailers joining the DFS and Natuzzi Italia.
expansion include Primark, Chinese
brand Urban Revivo, Boden, •A
new dedicated outdoor events
Bravissimo, Stradivarius, Frencheye, space, Westfield Square, which is one
Monki, Emperor and Charles of the focal points of the expansion
Tyrwhitt. adjacent to Wood Lane and White
City tube stations, provides a major
•P
rimark opened a 70,000 sq. ft. focus on dining, entertainment
store that features the latest trends and experience. It features:
in women’s, men’s and children’s - Europe’s largest (17,400 sq. ft.)
fashions including footwear and Japanese Food Hall, Ichiba;
accessories as well as lingerie, - The first in a new generation of
beauty and homeware, while the boutique bowling venues for
design and layout of the store builds All Star Lanes (16,910 st. ft.);
on Primark’s latest contemporary Puttshack - the world’s first super
retail concept. tech indoor mini-golf experience
co-created by Adam Breeden,
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ther retailers in the line-up include Founder of Bounce; Premium bar
luxury beauty brand Space NK (820 and restaurant, Maple.
sq. ft.), innovative beauty store
Urban Decay (1,856 sq. ft.), Miller •O
n 30th October, Westfield London
Harris, Penhaligon’s and Blink Brow will be celebrating its 10th year
Bar. anniversary.14 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 15
THE
WHITE CITY Westfield London has been a catalyst
for the £8bn redevelopment of
OPPORTUNITY
the wider White City Opportunity
Area in the London Borough of
Hammersmith and Fulham. Unibail-
Rodamco-Westfield will directly
contribute over £200m to support the
successful development of the White
WIDER WHITE
City Opportunity Area in particular CITY OPPORTUNITY
improvements to infrastructure, AREA ACROSS ALL
education, skills and public realm. STAKEHOLDERS
A strong partnership has been built
between Westfield London, Imperial
College London, the BBC, Stanhope
and Berkeley St James, who are
together driving forward a shared
vision for the regeneration of the
area. White City uniquely brings
together retail, education, science,
creative, business, leisure and
residential partners, all committed to
reinvigorating the area.16 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 17
Westfield London Wider White City
Opportunity
8,000
500
Up to
Over
89
5,000
up to
new permanent jobs are being created new homes in the first
at Westfield London – bringing a total of affordable housing
up to 20,000 new permanent positions block, which is almost high quality
created since 2008 complete new homes shops, restaurant, bars and cafés
£7m
Members Club and
Hotel - Soho House
5,100
an additional
invested to
support transport
improvements
a total of over
£200m Circa 20
£8bn
including rail invested to support cinema screens A new park, open
infrastructure, infrastructure and spaces and public
30
jobs created during increased bus public realm in the squares, comprising
the construction capacity and road borough over the around
phase improvements 10 years
total investment
Over Creating over
Excellent transport
A commitment between the Council
£600k 19,000 connections with
four underground
stations connecting acres, the equivalent
and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield to work has been invested new jobs, with to three tube lines, to 5 Trafalgar Squares
together to create training, employment to support local jobs opportunities for two bus stations - to be enjoyed by
and procurement opportunities for the and training training and and the Overground new and existing
local community apprenticeships line communities18 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 19
THE
The Westfield London expansion
opened on 20th March, signalling
EXPANSION
the start of a phased opening of
the vast project throughout 2018.
Welcoming new retailers to the
IN FACTS
UK and London, creating flagship
stores, celebrating new concepts
and crafting new spaces, it’s a
year that is filled with exciting
launches, news and events that
truly cements Westfield London’s
position as Europe’s largest retail,
dining and leisure destination.20 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 WESTFIELD LONDON IN 2018 21
1,000
450
The world-class new retailers, flagship stores The
at a
and restaurants will bring the total number to
glance
additional parking
spaces being created
expansion sees Westfield London become
the largest shopping centre in Europe, bringing
2.6m
its total footprint to
outlets upon completion
5,300
totalling
50th
John Lewis & Partners celebrated
the opening of its
10th
sq. ft. of lettable space parking spaces
anniversary More than Primark has opened a
70,000
on 30th October
1 0 0
2018 UK store as it unveiled
230,000 new shops, cafes, restaurants sq. ft. new store - its latest
sq. ft. of exciting new space and entertainment destinations contemporary retail
in Westfield London will open as part of the concept
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