All Staff pay articles – Page 90
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GalleryMaking sense of a bigger home
Homewares retailer HomeSense has opened a larger footprint store, but can shoppers make sense of their surroundings.
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GalleryLimelight Marketplace, New York
Less of a store of the week and rather more of a destination of the month, Limelight Marketplace is the successful outcome of remodelling a former nightclub housed in a Gothic revival church.
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GalleryAvery Fine Perfumery, Mayfair
Now, the newly launched Avery Fine Perfumery in posh Mayfair adds a new dimension to interactive windows with a shop that provides a “spritz” (their words, not mine) of scent as you pass close to the window.
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GalleryParis fashion: in a league of its own
The World Cup might be in full swing but in Paris ‘le foot’ struggles to be heard above the noise of the fashion crowd. John Ryan reports
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GalleryBhs reborn
Family department store Bhs has had a rocky ride over the past couple of years, but a new store in Uxbridge points to a retail brand that may be about to enjoy better times.
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GalleryUnited Nude, New York
From time to time you come across a format that it’s quite hard to improve upon - one where the original design is sufficiently strong and the brand sufficiently well funded for none of the usual value engineering to take place.
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GalleryStanley Gibbons: Stamp of authority
A revamp of stamp retailer Stanley Gibbons’ London flagship creates a modern space for a slightly old-fashioned pastime. John Ryan learns what the new-look store offers the 21st century collector
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GalleryNext, Oxford Street
Next has had a store on the corner of Oxford Street and New Bond Street for a long time, and it seems to have been closed for ages. In fact, it has been undergoing a revamp since January, and last Friday it reopened
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GalleryStore of the Week: Lee flagship, Carnaby Street
Lee, one of the denim world’s older names is seeking to reassert its primacy within this sub-sector with this overhaul of its flagship Carnaby Street store.
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GalleryTopshop, Knightsbridge: A top shop for top people
Topshop’s three-floor store with a top-end fit-out is set to give its famous Knightsbridge neighbour a run for its money.
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GalleryDSGi: The Empire strikes back
DSGi was supposed to run for the hills with Best Buy’s UK arrival, but its Currys store shows the fight is just beginning
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GalleryTrader Joe’s, Brooklyn
An average store for average Joes might well be the strapline for Trader Joe’s were it not for the fact that this store, in Brooklyn, is anything but.
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GallerySussan, Melbourne
It is not often that fashion from Down Under features in these pages, but Australian fashion retailer Sussan opened this flagship store in the refurbished Chadstone Mall in Melbourne earlier this year, following a design created by London consultancy HMKM.
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GalleryShopfitters: doing more for the same
Shopfitters are under the cosh and many have gone under. For those left, there is work, but it is harder to win, says John Ryan
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GalleryJD Sports’ king of stores in Cardiff
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has opened a store in Cardiff with a glossy take on a traditionally lacklustre sub-sector.
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GalleryZara, Oxford Street, London
It is normally the practice in this part of the magazine to showcase stores that are either, new, unfamiliar or both, so the choice of a Zara store on Oxford Street this week might seem curious.
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GalleryA tour of Berlin’s world of retail
Berlin has become a hotbed of retail innovation and home to some of Europe’s best retailing. John Ryan takes a walk around the stores that are raising the bar with quirky design features
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GalleryChurch’s, Westfield London
Buy a pair of Church’s shoes and the expectation is you will probably be wearing the same footwear as you are eased into your coffin. These are products intended to last as long as the wearer and the few stores there are, 12 in total, seem designed to reflect the ...
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GalleryThe Conran Shop, Westfield London
Pop-up shops are in danger of becoming a little bit of last year’s news, given the seeming propensity of almost every retailer to jump on this particular bandwagon.
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GallerySainsbury’s Dursley: The new green norm
Eco-stores may be old hat, but Sainsbury’s latest in Dursley shows green thinking can play a part in a regular store. John Ryan reports