All Staff pay articles – Page 69
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AnalysisOracle Retail Week Awards: Fat Face Chichester thrives under new store concept
Fat Face is this year’s winner in the Store Design of the Year category. Unfortunate circumstances turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the retailer.
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NewsMaternity specialist Mamas & Papas unveils new look after rebrand
Mamas & Papas is to push the button on a rebrand including a new logo, packaging, store design and improved services.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Role of stores will change dramatically
The role of stores will change dramatically in the future, retailers at Retail Week Live said today.
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OpinionComment: & Other Stories - the next big thing in fashion retail?
Last week saw the global debut of & Other Stories, a new fashion format from H&M, and there was a lot of excitement.
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GalleryStore of the week: Online retailer Moo, Shoreditch, London
The Moo shop in the Boxpark mall is a rare beast - an online retailer that is making the leap from the virtual to the terrestrial world.
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GalleryStore gallery: Budgens grocery stores – appealing to local customers
Convenience retailing should be about tailoring the offer to a locality. John Ryan visits two Budgens stores where that is done consummately.
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GalleryStore gallery: New H&M format & Other Stories opens on Regent Street
London’s Regent Street scores a retail global first this morning as new H&M format & Other Stories opens its doors at 12pm.
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News
Grocery retailer Auchan reveals new supermarket format
Grocery retailer Auchan has revealed its long-awaited new supermarket format dedicated to fresh and gourmet food.It has been branded Arcimbo, after the Italian Renaissance painter Arcimboldo.
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OpinionComment: Shoppers don’t care about retail and eco
Time was, not so long ago, when retailers were falling over themselves to show that they were green and were toasted for their BREEAM rating.
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GalleryStore gallery: What are the supermarket interiors of the future?
Grocers constantly strive to improve the in-store experience to win over shoppers in a competitive environment. John Ryan finds out what the future of food shopping looks like.
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GalleryStore of the week: Nike Flyknit, Gare de Lyon, Paris, France
A translucent purple geodesic dome sits outside the Gare de Lyon in Paris, cutting a contemporary dash when set against the late 19th century architecture.
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OpinionComment: Retailers are wasting money on new shops
Starting anew when fitting out a shop is a formula for delaying return on investment.
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GalleryStore of the week: Merkur supermarket, Mariahilferstrasse, Vienna
For a small country, Austria has a lot of good supermarkets. And to an extent, they are very often one of the many guises adopted by Spar.
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GalleryStore gallery: Westfield London uses small stores to stand out
Most developers can bring in the high street’s big retail names, but the addition of small stores can make a shopping centre stand out.
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NewsDixons launches in-store bunker for gaming fanatics
Dixons has launched a ‘Gaming Bunker’ to allow gamers to trial some of the highest-specification gaming technology on the market.
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OpinionComment: Wake up and smell the coffee shops
Time was when we used to be pretty happy with a cup of dark liquid that didn’t taste of much in particular and which was dispensed from a glass flask containing what was claimed to be “filter coffee”.
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GalleryWindow of the week: Fashion retailer, Topshop, Oxford Circus, London
At the top end of the market, there are times when it might seem that success in visual merchandising is posited upon throwing large amounts of time and money at a window.
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GalleryStore gallery: Whole Foods Market branches out to Cheltenham retail park
The majority of Whole Foods Market stores in this country are, with the exception of the leviathan flagship on Kensington High Street, modestly sized and in affluent metropolitan locations.
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OpinionComment: Discount fashion - when more really is less
News that value-clothing chain Store Twenty One is pleading with landlords for rent reductions should not be entirely surprising.
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GalleryStore of the week: The Harry Potter Shop, King’s Cross, London
There’s been a luggage trolley in the new departures hall of London’s King’s Cross station that appears to be disappearing into a wall for some time now. Above it is the legend ‘Platform 9¾’.