All articles by John Ryan
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will the supermarket shop-in-shop resonate now high streets have reopened?
One of the retail phenomena of the past year has been the rise and rise of the supermarket shop-in-shop.
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Opinion‘Online shops mimicking physical stores are new danger for bricks and mortar’
‘Stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’. Whatever your view on the outcome of the strategy that saw most of the population confined to barracks, the result for physical retailers has been calamitous.
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OpinionOpinion: How social distancing can be ‘baked in’ to new store designs
One-way systems, hygiene stations, duct tape on the floor. All of this adds up to just one thing – retailers doing what they can to make their stores safer places for those choosing to frequent them.
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OpinionOpinion: Keeping calm and carrying on – the village store shows its worth
Doing volunteer work in a village shop is normally a pretty relaxed affair, consisting of amiable exchanges with those dropping by and making sure you’ve marked up the papers for those who’ve ordered them if you happen to be an ‘opener’.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The store design trends and products you need to know
The world’s biggest retail trade fair, Euroshop, in Dusseldorf, took place last month, but what were the big store design trends businesses should be acting on?
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AnalysisIn pictures: The 10 best stores of the decade
Store design expert John Ryan selects the 10 most landmark shops that have opened over the past decade.
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VideoWill John Lewis’ focus on in-store experience pay off?
After the opening of John Lewis’ revamped department store in Southampton, where services and experience are centre stage, Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald and stores editor John Ryan discuss whether it lives up to its ‘playground’ billing and how effectively the new approach has been executed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are market halls like M&S’ the future of grocery retail?
M&S’ new market hall store concept looks good, but is it economically viable on a large scale? John Ryan explores whether this is the future of grocery retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why is the east end of Oxford Street still so grotty?
What looked like a renaissance for the east end of Oxford Street appears to have stalled, but what are the prospects for a revival?
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GalleryIn pictures: Samsung’s King’s Cross store – a new take on tech
Samsung has unveiled an eye-catching ‘showcase’ at London’s King’s Cross. Stores editor John Ryan takes a tour.
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VideoWatch: Will Microsoft store launch a new fleet of flagships?
As Microsoft opens its first flagship store in Europe on Regent Street, the team look at what it means for bricks-and-mortar retail in the capital and beyond.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Boots vs the beauty titans
Can Boots’ new Covent Garden store help it compete with beauty brands and department stores? John Ryan reports.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Six retailers taking shops to the customer
Taking offers to where the people are could be the new way of ensuring that your proposition is not overlooked. John Ryan reports
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VideoWatch: Can a CVA stave off Arcadia's collapse?
As landlords prepare to vote on Arcadia’s CVA, the team discuss whether Sir Philip Green’s business can be saved.
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AnalysisIn pictures: What Debs and HoF can learn from Galeries Lafayette
The opening of a new Galeries Lafayette department store on Paris’ Champs-Élysées is a lesson in what is possible in creating a point of difference.
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AnalysisAnalysis: World's biggest Primark packs a novelty-filled punch
The world’s biggest Primark opens in Birmingham this morning and it is chock-full of novelty. John Ryan reports.
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GalleryFirst look: Inside Primark's new Birmingham flagship
Five floors, beauty parlours for men and women, Harry Potter and Disney shop-in-shops, as well as a Disney café on the top floor, are just a few of the elements that distinguish Primark’s new Birmingham branch.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to make a store feel 'local'
How can retailers make a store feel tailored to its location? John Ryan looks at retailers getting it right, and those getting it wrong.
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OpinionOpinion: Can HMV do a Waterstones and reinvent itself?
At various points in the past couple of weeks, it’s looked very much as if one of the last refuges for the middle-aged might go the way of all flesh.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Should retailers be afraid of Amazon stores?
There is much to be in awe of about Amazon, but can its forays into the world of physical retail be numbered among its successes?