All Gallery articles – Page 79
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GalleryPuma Rewind
To be fair this is only partly a shop, if you regard one of the functions of a shop as being to display goods that people might want to buy. This is, self-evidently, a truck that appears to have a variant of a Chinese puzzle along one of its sides.
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GalleryCrystal gazing
Austrian cut-glass retailer and brand Swarovski has opened a store on Oxford Street that is a bling heaven. John Ryan reports
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GalleryKmart Eastland, Melbourne, Australia
Mass merchandising of the kind generally found in edge-of-town locations has managed, over the years, to get itself something of a bad name for cavernous, lacklustre interiors.
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GalleryLondon Living, John Lewis, Oxford Street
London Living, a pop-up ‘shop’ created by John Lewis on the third floor of its Oxford Street flagship, is like taking an apartment and forgetting to put doors and corridors from one room to the next.
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GalleryCopenhagen stores: Retail’s Great Danes
There’s a lot more to the retail panorama in the Danish capital than stripped pine and bright colours. John Ryan reports on Copenhagen’s retail scene
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GalleryPhoto Gallery: Skillsmart Retail Rising Stars Awards 2010
Retail showed again why it is the top industry for producing some of the finest talent around. Here we profile the winners on a night to remember
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GalleryJohn Lewis at Home: At home on the Purley Way
John Lewis has opened its second home-only store on Purley Way in Croydon, but are the locals keen customers? John Ryan reports
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GalleryHed Kandi, Bluewater
For those who spend their evenings in nightclubs tripping the light fantastic, the chances are good that the words Hed Kandi will be familiar. This is a company that produces predominantly dance music and is owned by that global force in such matters: Ministry of Sound.
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GalleryMaking sense of in-store imaging
There are more ways than ever of communicating visually with your customer, but does it all add up to a better store? John Ryan reports
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GalleryTemma Cologne
Temma, in the southern part of Cologne, is the kind of food shop rarely encountered this side of the Channel.
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GalleryWegmans Jamestown, New York State, US
Wegmans is one of the more upscale food retailers in the eastern United States and, like its rivals, it generally trades from big box properties.
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GalleryA perfect brew of tradition and luxury
The East India Company has a rich history, but can its relaunch with an opulent new shop in London do this justice?
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GalleryMango, Toronto
Occasionally in the shadow of its larger Spanish rival Zara, we all know Mango - it’s an international purveyor of women’s fashion, Euro-style.
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GalleryCult following
The new Cult store at Lakeside is parent company SuperGroup’s largest to date. John Ryan visits and talks to chief executive Julian Dunkerton about the group’s approach to store branding
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GalleryThe Danish Tiger roars into Croydon
Variety retailer Tiger has set itself apart from the competition with a simple but effective design. John Ryan visits its Whitgift Centre store
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GalleryDer Bäcker Ruetz, Kematen in Tirol, Austria
If you venture into the Austrian Tirol you can get a sense of the traditional baker that has more or less vanished at everywhere but the top end in the UK.
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GalleryTalk Talk, London
Talk Talk, one of the bigger operators in the UK has opened a concept store in the heart of Soho that does little other than provide a space for potential customers to come in and test drive the internet courtesy of the service it offers.
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GalleryNext Home: The Next chapter in homewares
Next Home’s new format store is a case of evolution rather than revolution, but that doesn’t make it a bad store, says John Ryan
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GalleryJJB Sports: Playing to win
JJB Sports is trialling a new look store in Slough that seeks to do the simple things well. John Ryan gives the store a workout
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GalleryBase, Antwerp
Seen one mobile phone shop, seen ‘em all. As a rule of thumb this is not that wide of the mark, but every now and again you come across something that does makes you sit up and take notice.