All articles by John Ryan – Page 33
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OpinionComment: There is more than one reason for Homebase’s store closures
There is more than changing consumer habits behind the decision by Homebase, the DIY retailer, to close a tranche of its stores.
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GalleryStore gallery: Steamer Trading Cookshop opens at Bluewater
Cookware retailer Steamer Trading Cookshop has opened its first mall store in Bluewater shopping centre. Retail Week pays a visit.
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GalleryStory gallery: Trader Joe’s LA store brings humour to discount retail
Aldi-owned US discount grocer Trader Joe’s seeks to inject humour into the business of food shopping with its Los Angeles’ branch.
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NewsObituary: Industry pays tribute to retail design legend Rodney Fitch
Rodney Fitch, who founded a company that remains in the vanguard of the store design industry, has died after a return of the illness he had fought over the past 18 months.
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OpinionComment: UK retailers should board the Halloween bandwagon
Halloween is imminent, but the sales potential of this event is still to be realised. Retailers need to jump on this US bandwagon.
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GalleryStore gallery: Timberland’s Regent Street store shows retailer’s heritage
Timberland’s redesigned Regent Street flagship employs cutting-edge store design to remind customers of the brand’s history.
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GalleryStore gallery: Are discounters gaining on supermarkets’ store design?
Discounters and supermarkets still have different approaches to store design, but North London stores show that this divide may be shifting.
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OpinionComment: American Eagle must do things differently in the UK
Is there sufficient difference between the multitude of US casualwear retailers to persuade shoppers to keep shopping?
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GalleryIn pictures: John Lewis opens first dedicated in-store opticians
Westfield Stratford is the location for the first John Lewis opticians, which opened this morning in a tie-up with glasses and sunglass company Luxottica.
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GalleryStore gallery: H&M, Selfridges and Birmingham’s other stand-out shops
Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre reinvigorated the city’s retail offer, but how has Britain’s second city continued to innovate?
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GalleryStore gallery: Le Bon Marché’s Japanese promotion makes a good store better
Luxury Parisian department store Le Bon Marché has used its Japanese promotion to add clever details to its already impressive store design.
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GalleryThe Cambridge Satchel Company opens Covent Garden flagship
The Cambridge Satchel Company opened its latest shop this morning, a two-floor, 1,400 sq ft store in London’s Covent Garden.
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NewsUPDATE: Retail Week quiz: So you think you know your supermarkets?
So you think you know your grocery stores? Try our quiz and see if you can guess which stores these pictures have been taken in.
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GalleryStore gallery: Tesco Express stores cater for local shopping needs
One Tesco division that has done well recently is its Express c-store chain, which caters in different ways for local shopping needs.
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OpinionComment: Is store design coming to an end in a discount nation?
As market share continues to be snatched from the ‘big four’, does the success of discount food retail spell the end of store design, or is it something else?
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GalleryStore gallery: Spar’s Budapest supermarket takes a route less ordinary
Spar’s supermarket in Budapest’s upscale MOM Park defies the design norms of a supermarket, instead making the store a retail destination.
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NewsStore gallery: Victoria Beckham opens first store on Dover Street
Victoria Beckham has opened her first store, on London’s Dover Street, composed of three floors and covering 6,000 sq ft.
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OpinionComment: House of Fraser's click-and-collect café is a long shot
House of Fraser has announced it will offer a click-and-collect service in Caffé Nero… is this a bridge too far and is the timing right?
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GalleryStore gallery: How the hypermarket store format succeeds in France
French hypermarkets offer lessons to British retailers with large stores. How do they do it? Retail Week reports from Calais.
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GalleryStore gallery: Puma’s Johannesburg store streaks ahead of the competition
Puma Select’s Johannesburg store uses adapted and repurposed store design principals to create an innovative and flexible visual design.