{"id":165896,"date":"2020-03-23T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/retailers-including-jojo-maman-bebe-and-arcadia-demand-rent-relief-from-landlords\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:05:06","slug":"retailers-including-jojo-maman-bebe-and-arcadia-demand-rent-relief-from-landlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/retailers-including-jojo-maman-bebe-and-arcadia-demand-rent-relief-from-landlords\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers, including JoJo Maman Bebe and Arcadia, demand rent relief from landlords"},"content":{"rendered":"
Retailers are at loggerheads with landlords over rent cuts and holidays, as looming bills threaten efforts to keep stores open and workers in jobs.<\/p>\n
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Quarterly rents that can run to millions of pounds are due on Tuesday. Those who run non-food sites are under increasing financial strain as shoppers have stopped spending on most things but groceries because of coronavirus. They also face mass closures as the outbreak spreads.<\/p>\n
Retailers argue that landlords have fewer fixed overheads such as rent and chunky wage bills.<\/p>\n