All Department stores articles – Page 25
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AnalysisDebenhams closures: What’s happening to all the stores?
The closure of Debenhams stores has left empty spaces in prime locations on British high streets – what will replace the department stores?
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AnalysisThree ways retailers are rethinking stores for future success
Retail Week’s inaugural Stores Week, celebrating bricks and mortar, kicks off today. From The Entertainer and Dixons Carphone to Theo Paphitis Retail Group and AS Watson, retailers and brands from across the sector will reveal how they’re shaping their store strategies. Here’s a taster of what to expect.
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AnalysisFuture of the flagship: Finding its place and purpose in a post-Covid world
Has the flagship store changed for good? Retail Week considers its role in the retail landscape of tomorrow
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GalleryStore gallery: Harrods opens Chocolate Hall as Knightsbridge revamp continues
Harrods has opened a new Chocolate Hall as it concludes the restoration of its iconic food halls.
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GalleryStore gallery: Frasers Group’s revamped Cruise flagship
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has opened its refurbished luxury flagship Cruise in Glasgow.
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NewsMars food chief joins Marks & Spencer board
Marks & Spencer has appointed Mars Food global president Fiona Dawson to its board, bringing “cutting-edge” consumer and brand experience.
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NewsJohn Lewis to begin renovations on Peter Jones store in London
John Lewis is due to commence a renovation of its iconic Peter Jones facade in Chelsea, London.
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AnalysisFive ways to turn your staff into customer champions
Retail Week’s Customer Champions report, produced in association with Critizr, outlines the crucial role of frontline staff in welcoming customers back to stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Five ways that W Galen Weston changed retail
Retail Week looks at how the entrepreneur and philanthropist built a transatlantic empire and changed the face of the industry.
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NewsJohn Lewis hires financial services chief as it seeks to extend reach
John Lewis Partnership has appointed a director of financial services as it seeks to push into that market to complement its retail operations.
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NewsJohn Lewis boss Wicks lays down gauntlet to M&S and Next with Anyday launch
John Lewis boss Pippa Wicks believes the retailer can wrestle sales from high street rivals Marks & Spencer and Next through the launch of its new entry-level brand Anyday.
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NewsJohn Lewis unveils ‘most affordable range ever’ in time for stores reopening
Department store group John Lewis has launched an own brand promising “quality and style at everyday prices” that will be in stores from Monday when ‘non-essential’ retailers reopen.
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AnalysisLive updates: Retail’s big reopening as Covid restrictions ease
The lights are being turned on again, three months after many stores went dark for the third lockdown as Covid gripped the country.
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GalleryFirst look: Frasers unveils vision for department store of the future
Frasers Group has lifted the lid on its first new department store since it acquired House of Fraser in 2018.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Has private equity ownership done retail more harm than good?
Buy cheap, pile on debt, flog assets and extract the value, sell high to a new owner and pay yourself handsomely – that’s one characterisation of private equity, with recently collapsed department store group Debenhams seen as the poster child in critics’ eyes.
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AnalysisCan John Lewis make a small-format department store work?
The retailer has announced plans to introduce a new store format, but is it what the UK high street really needs?
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NewsJohn Lewis to close eight stores putting over 1,400 jobs at risk
Department store chain John Lewis has said it will not reopen eight stores across the UK, putting 1,465 jobs at risk.
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AnalysisFive lessons from Christmas retailers must act on to nail peak 2021
Christmas 2020 might have been unique, but it produced learnings that will be crucial for all retailers as they navigate a much-changed market. Here are five key lessons taken from Retail Week’s Christmas 2020: Learnings for the year ahead report that retailers need to act on now to nail peak 2021.
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Opinion‘JLP and Morrisons’ green and community drives provide platform to rebuild’
One would be forgiven for thinking British business was on the brink of collapse amid some of the headlines this morning.
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AnalysisIs John Lewis at risk of becoming a ‘middle-class Argos’?
John Lewis Partnership’s first full-year loss in its history revealed the scale of disruption affecting the retailer, particularly its eponymous department store division.