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Ikea Hammersmith

You tell us that redevelopment is not due to start until 2021. In the meantime Ikea have done a pretty good job of killing off Hammersmith as a shopping destination with accelerating shop closures in the Mall. Let us hope it can only get better. There is no information for residents as to their plans, so difficult to feel positive about their takeover and the proposed rebranding of Kings Mall with a tortured made-up name.

Alan Denney ● 1656d3 Comments

Not sure where Ikea is meant to be located within the Mall but notice that the shopfront for Lidl and I believe Clarks shoe shop are now visible.

Carol Burge ● 1522d

Renaming shopping centres never seems to work. There was initially an attempt to rebrand the Oaks in Acton because of its association with discount retailers but that was given up on when M&S and Waitrose decided against moving in.Shopping centres are likely to increasingly cater for people without bank cards or who prefer to use cash because the shift to online shopping during the pandemic is no going to be reversed.

Mark Evans ● 1526d

It may be that tenants in the shopping centre would be entitled to compensation if they were denied lease extensions so it suits IKEA that the centre remains empty. However, I don't think they are likely to be the main reason for lack of customers at the moment.

Paul Corcoran ● 1592d