All articles by John Ryan – Page 38
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GalleryStore gallery: Gap, Boxpark, London
Gap’s Boxpark store in East London proves that ‘edited’ and ‘curated’ aren’t always cliche.
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OpinionComment: Creating real difference in retail is a difficult thing to achieve
The shirt sellers of London’s Jermyn Street are an object lesson in how single category retailers can struggle to convince when they are all grouped together.
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AnalysisStore gallery: London's West End retailers show off windows for spring
As spring gets under way, Retail Week takes a look at how the season is reflected by retailers in London’s West End.
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GalleryStore gallery: Eataly Milan, Italy
The latest Eataly in Milan is housed in the former Smeraldo Theatre, which gives the four-floor store a different quality.
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OpinionComment: Can supermarkets have their cake and eat it?
Store design and deep discounting needn’t be mutually exclusive, but they make unnatural bedfellows.
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GalleryStore gallery: H&M Runway Times Square, New York
H&M’s flagship store in New York is probably the fashion retailer’s most digitally enabled outlet.
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GalleryStore gallery: New convenient look for the Co-op
The Co-operative is under pressure but is working hard to improve its fortunes. Will its new format store help?
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OpinionComment: Why luxury stores can be very dull
A deep-seated fear of upsetting the design applecart underpins a lesson in ennui in many luxury stores.
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GalleryStore gallery: The finest fit-out matches upmarket food at Ströck, Vienna
The ambience of Viennese upmarket food emporia Ströck is matched by an upmarket interior designed by JHP Design of London.
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OpinionComment: The M&S lingerie and beauty shops are just the tip of the iceberg
The great majority of retailers have the chance to hive off elements of their offers and to create something new, but why don’t they do it?
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GalleryStore gallery: Asda’s 2020 vision on Old Kent Road
Asda has revamped its Old Kent Road store with an eye on shoppers’ needs now and in the future.
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NewsMarks & Spencer to open first lingerie and beauty standalone store
Marks & Spencer lingerie and beauty stores will open in Saudi Arabia this month, following a model developed in the retailer’s Indian business (pictured).
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OpinionComment: Warehouse’s London flagship points the way for others
Is there any reason that a flagship has to be in central London and is it better to focus on other locations and to make more profit?
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GalleryStore gallery: Budgens supermarket, Islington
The days of the impersonal faceless supermarket are increasingly a thing of the past as even the biggest retailers seek to forge a link with local shoppers in an attempt to convince that a store is relevant to a location, rather than just being a part of a roll-out.
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GalleryStore gallery: In-store innovations from EuroShop 2014
The retail and design worlds descended on Düsseldorf last week for the EuroShop extravaganza.
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GalleryIn pictures: Warehouse flagship opens on Oxford Street
Fashion retailer Warehouse welcomes first customers to digital store on London’s Oxford Street.
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OpinionComment: If you have in-store screens, at least turn them on
Using digital screens as major features in a store presupposes that they work. If they don’t, they need to be fixed – quickly.
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GalleryStore gallery: Dunelm, Milton Keynes
The homewares stores may not be the most aesthetically pleasing, but they have a lot to offer. John Ryan visits the Milton Keynes shop.
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GalleryStore gallery: La Rinascente Milan, Italy
When it comes to windows things are usually simple. The shopper stands in front of the glass and stares in.
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GalleryIn pictures: Euroshop gives retailers a vision of the future of stores
Euroshop in Dusseldorf is in full swing and currently thousands of visitors are walking the many massive halls of the Messe in search of the next big thing.