All Stores and property articles – Page 236
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GalleryStore gallery: Urban Outfitters takes a cue from its organic beauty offer
Urban Beauty has opened a new store in Westfield, London and they are now looking towards the more natural side in the design.
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OpinionComment: Asda and Decathlon – desperation or inspiration?
The latest tie-up between retailers looks a little odd – Asda and Decathlon – but there is much to commend what is being done.
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GalleryStore gallery: Google and Currys PC World take on the high street
Currys PC World and Google have teamed up, using a London store as a template to create an engaging retail experience for customers.
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GalleryStore gallery: Mast Brothers’ chocolate shop arrives in Shoreditch
The upmarket chocolate shop has come to London with a scientific store design that gives sweet shopping a grown-up setting.
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NewsNext sales and profits up but chief Lord Wolfson remains cautious on outlook
Next’s full-year sales and profits increased but the retailer’s chief executive Lord Wolfson remains cautious on the outlook.
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OpinionComment: Retail Acquisitions has much work to do to revive BHS
If BHS really is to be a “going concern” then much effort and money will need to be poured into its store portfolio, almost immediately.
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GalleryStore gallery: Dr Fleming pharmacy goes back to the future
Milan pharmacy Dr Fleming uses futuristic store design in an old-fashioned setting to create a truly unique in-store experience.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Sainsbury's Mike Coupe says death of supermarket is "a gross exaggeration"
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has dismissed talk of the death of the supermarket as a “gross exaggeration” but said they will have to become “shopping destinations.”
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NewsBHS's new owners to focus on store revamps, concessions and overseas
BHS’s new owners’ plans for the ailing department store group include refreshing stores, widening the product categories to include electricals and building the overseas business.
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NewsGoogle enters bricks-and-mortar retail space through Dixons Carphone tie-up
Google is entering the bricks-and-mortar retail space with a ‘shop in shop’ concept that it is launching in partnership with Dixons Carphone.
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OpinionComment: Letting big stores go is the answer to surplus space
There is now so much surplus space that finding alternative retail uses, especially for big-box formats, is nigh on impossible.
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GalleryStore gallery: Waitrose and other stores that make the most of small space
Clever store design can mean that sometimes small spaces can be more compelling than larger ones. How is this achieved?
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GalleryStore gallery: E Leclerc’s Bordeaux store diversifies supermarket design
French supermarket E Leclerc has taken inspiration from the building its Bordeaux store is based in, giving its store design Art Deco flair.
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OpinionComment: Greater variation from store to store is the key to better sales
An unwavering approach to interior design is not always the best way to ensure that customers beat a path to your door.
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GalleryStore gallery: Tesco’s Czech hypermarket as a store development lab
The Tesco hypermarket in Letňany, near Prague, shows that this is a retailer in which the spirit of experiment and innovation is thriving.
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GalleryStore gallery: Le Bon Marché's swimwear department exceeds expectations
Ritzy Paris department store Le Bon Marché is well known for its high standards of visual merchandising, and its swimwear department is no exception.
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AnalysisMary Portas: How Harvey Nichols ignited my passion for visual merchandising
In this extract from her autobiography, Mary Portas recalls how she became hooked on visual merchandising at Harvey Nichols in the 1970s.
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NewsStore gallery: Harrods food halls take over its windows
Harrods is promoting its food halls by letting animals take over the windows on the eastern side of the Knightsbridge department store.
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OpinionComment: Shop design matters little if customer service is absent
It’s no good having the right product in the right place at the right time, if the all-important customer-service element is absent.
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GalleryStore gallery: Halfords' new Cycle Republic store in London
Bike shop design is easy, isn’t it? John Ryan pedals by to take a look at Halfords’ new Cycle Republic store in London.