All articles by John Ryan – Page 46
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GalleryStore of the week: Asparagus Patch, Liverpool One
Who says that asparagus is the preserve of the over-precious metrosexual-leaning Nimby classes?
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GalleryIn pictures: Kiddicare opens its eighth store, in Enfield
North-east London is the latest location in which parent and child retailer Kiddicare opens a store.
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NewsMarks & Spencer stores director Nayna McIntosh to stand down
Marks and Spencer is losing another of its longstanding executives as its director of store environment and product presentation Nayna McIntosh prepares to exit the business in August.
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OpinionComment: Why F&F expansion will work while Fresh & Easy failed
Being relevant at a local level and understanding a market is the key to success for any retailer.
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GalleryStore gallery: Does in-store design lead to higher shop revenue?
In-store design increasingly includes digital elements but does that lead to higher shop revenue or are the innovations serving another purpose?
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GalleryStore of the week: Marks & Spencer, Kalverstraat, Amsterdam
Stores with touchscreens are commonplace these days - all part of the multichannel/omnichannel (call it what you will) effort that retailers hope will help them accrue incremental revenues.
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GalleryStore of the week: HEB, Montrose, Houston
The US is frequently characterised as a country with relatively few coast-to-coast operators, but that has a host of large regional players that dominate a particular state or cluster of states.
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GalleryStore gallery: Oasis refreshes store look at Trinity Leeds
Fashion retailer Oasis was looking a bit stale, but now it has a store template that represents the future.
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OpinionComment: Supergroup stores show what matters
Retailers need good stores as much as good stock if they are to succeed in the current climate.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Marks & Spencer interactive store in Amsterdam
Marks & Spencer has opened a compact store on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat that puts digital at the heart of the enterprise.
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OpinionComment: Digital may mean more in-store choice for customers
Marks & Spencer has opened a store on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat that may point the way of things to come.
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GalleryStore gallery: Bullring shopping centre boosts Birmingham’s retail offer
Birmingham city’s Bullring shopping centre and locality add up to an impressive offer and a retail destination.
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GalleryStore of the week: 14oz, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin
This is a store that would be way beyond the means of most retailers to create and maintain, but this is a denim-led offer.
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OpinionComment: Williams-Sonoma may find the UK going tough
Selling cheap impulse-buy items may be straightforward, but shifting upmarket homewares is a trickier proposition.
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GalleryStore of the week: White Stuff, Spitalfields, London
At a time when many retailers are scrambling to prove their multichannel credentials, White Stuff offers something of a single-digit salute to the world of the interweb via its windows.
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GalleryStore gallery: Grocer Tesco updates its convenience store offer
Tesco has revamped its Metro store near London Bridge to include a Harris + Hoole cafe and Euphorium Bakery.
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GalleryStore of the week: David Bowie Is All Yours, Selfridges
There is much to be said for keying into attention-grabbing events of the moment as a method of adding incremental sales
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OpinionComment: The weather is not the source of all evil
Sometimes there are things other than the weather that might be responsible for average results.
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GalleryStore gallery: Value grocer Aldi’s new convenience store format
The German value grocer Aldi has entered the fiercely competitive convenience sector with a shop on Kilburn High Road.