All Stores and property articles – Page 194
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GalleryStore of the week: Cocona pop-up, Eldorado Canyon
A pop-up store 300 ft up a cliff side in Colorado’s Eldorado Canyon is definitely a more niche and specialist location.
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GalleryIn pictures: Dunelm improves in Milton Keynes
Dunelm’s seven-year-old Milton Keynes branch has been revamped. John Ryan visits and assesses what has changed.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail design companies must fail fast
The Tech. conference from Retail Week should have attracted store designers as well as technology fans, so why weren’t they there?
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GalleryIn pictures: The shock of the new in the West End
Times may be tough in retail, but a lot of new stores have seen the light of day for the first time recently. John Ryan pays four a visit in Covent Garden and Regent Street.
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GalleryStore of the week: Doctor Manzana in Valencia
This phone repair shop in the southeastern Spanish city is different from its run-of-the-mill peers thanks to a striking internal design scheme.
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Retail VoiceAre retailers empowering store associates?
As retail evolves to support a complex omnichannel experience, the store associate’s role is changing. But what can retailers do to maximise their value?
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GallerySports Direct: Southampton’s Selfridges of sport?
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley has long repeated his desire to transform his business into the ‘Selfridges of sport’.
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OpinionOpinion: Will Reserved be enough for fickle shoppers?
The arrival of the Polish fashion giant in London was greeted by a curious crowd last week, but what makes the store interesting?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Pureplays tone down tech for debut stores
Established retailers have bent over backwards to digitise stores to attract younger consumers, yet online retailers opening physical space have stepped back from tech. Mark Faithfull asks whether retail is going back to basics.
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AnalysisWatch: Reserved lands on London's Oxford Street
A cavernous store in London’s West End, an advertising campaign plastered over buses, taxis and every available outdoor screen and Kate Moss as a poster girl.
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GalleryFirst look: Reserved's first UK store on Oxford Street
Reserved has thrown open the doors to its first UK store on the site of the former BHS on London’s Oxford Street.
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NewsBurberry to launch new Knightsbridge flagship
Burberry is relocating its twin men’s and women’s shops on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge to launch a new flagship store on nearby Sloane Street.
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OpinionOpinion: Automation means shopper-free shops
The trend towards automating everything in the interests of speed and ‘convenience’ is one to be wary of.
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GalleryStore gallery: Morrisons evolves in-store
The branch nearest Morrisons’ Bradford head office has had a makeover and offers a guide to the grocer’s current thinking.
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GalleryFirst look: How has Amazon made its mark on Whole Foods?
Amazon completed its acquisition of Whole Foods this week and has wasted no time putting its stamp on Whole Foods’ stores.
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OpinionOpinion: The West End’s swings and roundabouts
As one door swings open, another closes in the West End’s two principal thoroughfares.
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InterviewInterview: Bucher puts his mark on Debenhams
A new branch of Debenhams in Stevenage points the way towards how things may look in the not-too-distant future.
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GalleryFirst Look: Arket opens doors to Regent Street shoppers
H&M group’s newest fascia Arket opened at midday today on London’s Regent Street. Retail Week was there, along with crowds of eager consumers.
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GalleryStore of the week: Signs of the time at Marktkauf
The Osnabrück outpost of grocer-cum-general merchandise retailer Marktkauf, in north Germany, has just come through a complete makeover, courtesy of design consultancy Interstore Italia.
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AnalysisFrom Arket to Weekday: The many faces of H&M
Over the past decade, H&M has become an ever more dominant force as its many store fronts have taken over British high streets.