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GalleryFred Perry For Kids, Westfield
This is something of a hybrid, straddling that awkward divide between an RMU (a retail merchandising unit) and a pop-up store. It’s actually in the middle of Westfield London’s lower level and is one of a number of temporary stores that cleave the long public areas in two.
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GalleryCutting edge
A new look store from the archetypal edge-of-town shed retailer is a surprise, but will it work? John Ryan visits Matalan in High Wycombe
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GalleryThe Conran Shop, London
At this time of year for retailers there is only one objective: sell, sell, sell (at an appropriate margin naturally), while for shoppers it’s a case of buy, buy, buy (at the lowest possible mark-up, of course).
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GalleryOn your bike
Expensive bikes deserve an upscale store interior. And Sigma Sport has a store that makes you want to spend money. John Ryan reports
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GalleryDigdeep, Richmond
The point where sportswear collides with casualwear can go one of two ways - into the realms of the chavtastic, or into the world of the poshboy relaxing at the weekend.
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GalleryForever 21, Birmingham
Three floors of fashion, 56,000 sq ft and the first of its kind in the UK. This was the prospect that greeted shoppers queuing outside the Forever 21 store in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago.
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GalleryStore gallery: Comet's new look
Electricals retailer Comet is introducing a new look to its stores designed to make shoppers feel more at home. John Ryan and George MacDonald visit the Purley Way store to find out more
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GalleryA new way to trade electricals
MD Hugh Harvey talks about Comet’s emphasis on friendliness and why in the age of the internet small format is the way to go
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GalleryCitadium Paris
Read the blurb on the Citadium website and a bold claim is made that this four-floor, circular temple to fashion is (in a loose translation) “more than a shop, Citaduium today is a way of life where shopping is in tune with fashion, music and events”.
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GalleryThe right stuff from White Stuff
White Stuff has opened its biggest store yet, in Edinburgh, bringing an old building to life with cunning visual merchandising and plenty of humour. John Ryan visits
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GalleryLiverpool One comes of age
It’s close to two years since the first stores opened in Liverpool One, has it succeeded in becoming a part of the city’s fabric?
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GalleryJack & Jones, Oxford Street
There’s been a bit of a rash of Continental retailers invading these shores of late with many of them being what might be termed Scandi brands.
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GalleryHeimat Berlin, Berlin
Walk around the streets of Berlin and you won’t see many people wearing hats and yet there must be some, as this store in the city’s modish eastern Prenzlauer Berg district shows.
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GalleryShopping in the City
The stunning building that is shopping centre One New Change has brought retail therapy to the City’s masses. John Ryan pays a visit
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GallerySchuh pulls off a brand new look
The shoe retailer breaks many design rules usually held dear, but it works. John Ryan visits the newly refurbished store at Meadowhall
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GalleryMarmite Selfridges, London
Remember the Marmite store last Christmas on Regent Street? It came, was admired, and then it went. It was, in essence, a celebration of the black yeast-based condiment and at the time was remarkable for being a single-product proposition pop-up store.
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GalleryTesco flies solo with clothing standalone
Tesco has picked a Prague shopping centre for its first F&F store. John Ryan visits to find out how the supermarket brand is settling in