All articles by John Ryan – Page 50
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OpinionComment: Look beyond your immediate sector for success
A brief visit to Solihull last week was enough to convince that shed retailing and experience are not mutually exclusive.
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GalleryStore gallery: Project DIY for Homebase
The retailer has revamped its Ruislip store to include a Habitat shop-in-shop and a decoration inspiration area.
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GalleryStore of the week: Wired, Quadrant Arcade, London
By the time you read these words the store in question will have closed.
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GalleryIn pictures: Christmas window displays
Retail Week picks the best Christmas window displays from around the UK.
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OpinionComment: Pop-ups mean trouble
The life has gone out of many pop-ups and they’re there because they have to be.
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GalleryStore of the week: Kirk Originals, Conduit Street, London
Making much of little is what Kirk Originals, an eyewear retailer and optician, is about. Its products are uniformly small when put in the context of the size of the space that accommodates them, and yet the store has real wow factor.
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GalleryStore gallery: Christmas windows that catch the eye
From fairy tale landscapes to a focus on product, there is a wide variety of windows this year. John Ryan reports from London’s West End.
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco Extra opens in Woolwich with new look F&F
F&F shop-in-shop offers blueprint for the rest of Tesco in the UK.
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OpinionComment: Stupidity Inc - a high street shoots itself in the foot over Space (NK) invader
High Streets may have empty units, but it may be their own fault.
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GalleryStore gallery: USC revamps its house of brands
A makeover of USC’s Buchanan Street store may have been cost-conscious but it shows off a big selection of brands.
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GalleryStore of the week: Smythson, New Bond Street, London
You know a shop’s posh and going to involve heading for the deeper recesses of your wallet if the words “by royal appointment” appear somewhere in close proximity to the store name, and Smythson on New Bond Street is no exception.
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OpinionComment: Are you Experience? Retail property doesn't get digital...yet
New build under threat, but is property waking up to the digital reality?
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GalleryStore gallery: Harvey Nichols Beauty Bazaar, Liverpool
Harvey Nichols’ first Beauty Bazaar store in Liverpool is a glamorous shopping experience complete with added extras.
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GalleryStore of the week: Joe Fresh, Fifth Avenue, New York
Canadian supermarket clothing brand Joe Fresh has left the food aisles behind and is now a serious contender as a fashion retailer.
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GalleryStore gallery: London’s denim retail destinations
Selling jeans is one of the toughest tasks a retailer can take on – the product can often be similar but the branding and marketing mix determines success.
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OpinionComment: New Look's new look store
Debt and growth are not incompatible and New Look is showing the way
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GalleryStore of the week: Tiger, Brighton
In spite of its name, budget variety store Tiger is something of a minnow in the UK.
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GalleryIn pictures: New Look flagship reopens on Oxford Street
The store opposite Primark’s Marble Arch value behemoth reopened this morning following a makeover
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OpinionComment: Morrisons - move faster in-store
Morrisons has come from behind with its “fresh” format, but it could still gain ground if it speeded up
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GalleryIn pictures: Harvey Nichols opens Beauty Bazaar and food hall pop-up in Liverpool One
Department store Harvey Nichols has opened its first Beauty Bazaar on the site of the former Habitat in Liverpool.