All Stores and property articles – Page 140
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GalleryStore gallery: Homebase opens first small-format high street shop
As Homebase seeks to trial new high street formats, it has opened its first-ever small-format store in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
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Opinion‘Amazon’s shift from convenience to experience is warning shot to retail’
It is a topic that has become a regular fixture of boardroom conversations over the past decade.
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Retail VoiceLoyalty is up for grabs – five ways marketers can adapt to shifting shopper habits
Getting to the heart and soul of what your consumers want is key. Catalina UK vice president and managing director Premal Patel shares five strategies that can help build genuine long-term loyalty with a personal touch
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NewsPrimark boss insists ‘fashion is back’ as lockdown easing takes effect
Shoppers filled their baskets with the latest styles as well as staples at Primark when the retailer reopened, signalling hopes of a return to more normal life post-pandemic.
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NewsJohn Lewis to begin renovations on Peter Jones store in London
John Lewis is due to commence a renovation of its iconic Peter Jones facade in Chelsea, London.
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GalleryFirst look: Amazon’s first-ever hairdressing salon concept to launch in London
US tech giant Amazon is set to open its first-ever Amazon Salon in east London, trialling some of its newest technology and stocking products from its new dot-com beauty hub.
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OpinionAnita Balchandani: ‘Expect a spending splurge but not a straight-line recovery’
After a long hiatus, as non-essential retail reopened in the UK the early signs suggest there are reasons to look forward with optimism.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will the supermarket shop-in-shop resonate now high streets have reopened?
One of the retail phenomena of the past year has been the rise and rise of the supermarket shop-in-shop.
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AnalysisFive ways to turn your staff into customer champions
Retail Week’s Customer Champions report, produced in association with Critizr, outlines the crucial role of frontline staff in welcoming customers back to stores.
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NewsRetailers team up with government to launch #ShopKind campaign
Retailers including Tesco and B&Q have teamed up with various trade bodies, the Home Office, charity Crimestoppers and unions to launch a new campaign around staff abuse.
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OpinionAO’s Danny Emmett: ‘Pitting online and in-store against each other is a false fight’
Great innovators from Henry Ford to Steve Jobs had it right. Don’t just give customers what they ask for, give them what they don’t know they want yet
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GalleryIn pictures: Laura Ashley relaunches as shop-in-shop in Next
Laura Ashley has relaunched its homewares department in partnership with Next, unveiling a shop-in-shop concept this week.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Shops and the 15-minute city – how to win in a hyper-local world
As retailers look ahead to a post-Covid reality, could the French concept of a 15-minute city provide a recipe for success in the UK?
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Opinion‘Retail not essential? Try telling that to reopening day shoppers’
There was a joyful sense of release on Monday when, after three months of lockdown darkness, so-called non-essential shops reopened.
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OpinionPeter Williams: ‘To fully restart retail we need a return to pre-Covid behaviour’
When asked my views about looking forward for retail, the honest answer is: “I’m really not sure that I know.”
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NewsGrocery powers retail sales rise in March
Retail sales climbed in March, but many categories remained in decline as grocery powered the increase.
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GalleryIn pictures: Primark, JD Sports and John Lewis lure back shoppers for reopening
As non-essential retail reopens its doors in England on April 12, Retail Week visits key shopping locations to gauge retail offers and shopper appetite.
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NewsHomebase strikes Next shop-in-shop deal as buyers circle
Homebase will open garden centres inside six Next stores from today to coincide with retail’s reopening.
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OpinionAlia Hawa: ‘Covid certificates are unnecessary and will damage retail’s recovery’
With non-essential retail reopening today, news that the government is considering making Covid certificates mandatory for customers in stores comes as another blow.
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AnalysisLive updates: Retail’s big reopening as Covid restrictions ease
The lights are being turned on again, three months after many stores went dark for the third lockdown as Covid gripped the country.