All Staff pay articles – Page 93
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GalleryKronometry 1999, New Bond Street
French watch retailer Kronometry 1999 is exactly what you would expect of a store on New Bond Street.
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GalleryHMV and Waterstone’s: Joined-up thinking
The HMV Group has just opened its first joint HMV and Waterstone’s store, near Newcastle. John Ryan visits to see if the new format works
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GalleryStore of the Week: Hotel Chocolat, Victoria
We’ve all grown used to the world of semi-designer chocolates proposed by Hotel Chocolat - the place in which you buy your beautifully packaged, yummy confections in an environment that makes you feel good about parting with a fair amount of money.
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GalleryGreen Market to new market: Debenhams returns to Newcastle
Debenhams has returned to Newcastle after 15 years and its store has some bold new features. Yet it works.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Prenatal Assago, Italy
Prenatal, the Mothercare of southern Europe, has unveiled a new look for its stores with a format created by design consultancy 20/20. This store, in the Milanese commuter town of Assago, opened in late November and is aimed at positioning the retailer as more affordable, with increased product densities and ...
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GalleryStore Designs on the future
Store design may have been on the back burner in the past 12 months, but John Ryan finds 2010 is shaping up to be better
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NewsNew Look reveals global ambitions as it lines up float
Fashion giant sets sights on expanding international presence as it aims to raise £650m through IPO
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GalleryCharity begins in Edinburgh
Working with retail guru Mary Portas, Save the Children has opened a design-led charity store in Edinburgh.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Urban Outfitters, Edinburgh
The balance of power between Scotland’s two major cities has always been reflected in their retail provision.
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OpinionThe golden shopfront
At last week’s Toy Industry Awards, it was the “Golden Teddy” honour that really stood out — but which retailers might scoop a prize were there to be a ‘golden shopfront’?
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GalleryStore Twenty One: a classier proposition
First trialled in 2008, value fashion retail format Store Twenty One is proving a hit. John Ryan visits Retford to assess its progress
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GalleryCo-operative Group Oakham, Rutland
It’s not often that a supermarket features as a store of the week, principally because it is in the nature of the sector to attempt to standardise everything from product to store design. This tends to mean that if you’ve seen one, it’s likely that ...
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GalleryA retail slice of the Big Apple
Retailers in New York have had a tough year, but there are signs that those that weathered the storm have emerged with better-looking stores
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GalleryStore of the week: Superdry, New York
The eyes of many British retailers seeking to advertise that they are global brands seem, in many high-profile instances, to turn more readily towards the US than Europe when a judgement is made about where to go next.
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GallerySale signage: how to communicate value
Most retailers may still be on Sale, but how effective are they at communicating the value on offer? John Ryan visits Meadowhall with Visual Thinking’s Jeanette Cheetham to find out
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GalleryStore of the Week: Loewe, Valencia
Luxury accessories and ready-to-wear brand Loewe refurbished its shop in Valencia just before Christmas, creating a concept store.
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GalleryA change of Habitat
Habitat has introduced new elements at its latest store, in Liverpool One, but is it a format that could be used elsewhere.
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GalleryHobbs, Covent Garden
Just before Christmas, Hobbs opened a flagship in Covent Garden. The move followed hot on the heels of its Regent Street shop and the Covent Garden interior design followed suit. Except it didn’t.
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GalleryDyson Bluewater
There is a sense currently that if it’s a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, then there will be a new pop-up store on the block and last week, Wednesday saw the opening by Dyson, the vacuum cleaner people, of a temporary store in Bluewater.
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NewsNew look for Jones Bootmaker
Jones Bootmaker has launched a new retail identity at its Milton Keynes store.