All Stores and property articles – Page 254
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GalleryIn pictures: Topps Tiles first small format Boutique store opens
Topps Tiles opened its first small format Boutique store in Walton-on-Thames this morning.
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NewsMaplin reports strong Christmas trade as it opens first airport store
Maplin is to open its first airport store next month after enjoying a surge in Christmas custom in December.
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OpinionComment: What happened to Debenhams at Christmas?
What could have been done to make Christmas happen at the department store retailer?
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NewsRemaining 42 Barratts stores shuttered by administrators
Administrators to Barratts have closed the troubled footwear retailer’s final stores two months after it collapsed.
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OpinionComment: Time for a store design change in 2014
Has the time come to call time on ‘industrial’-look store interiors and what might be next?
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GalleryStore gallery: Cath Kidston opens floral flagship in Piccadilly
Cath Kidston’s new Piccadilly store showcases the British lifestyle brand in all its chintz-patterned glory.
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GalleryIn pictures: Sports nutrition retailer GNC opens new interactive format
Sports nutrition chain GNC, sister retailer of Holland & Barrett, has opened an interactive store format featuring a fitness equipment area and sports bar.
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NewsIn pictures: Burberry launches Beauty Box in Covent Garden
Burberry has opened a store in Covent Garden’s Piazza that offers beauty products and accessories and which aims to blur the divide between the digital and terrestrial retail worlds.
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NewsIn pictures: G-Star Raw opens Oxford Street flagship
Dutch denim brand G-Star Raw has opened a two-floor flagship store on the site of the former Carphone Warehouse branch on Oxford Street.
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GalleryStore gallery: Sporting Pro Kensington High Street, London
Sporting goods shops tend to fall into two types - those that are brand-owned and offer a complete mono-brand universe, such as Niketown or an Adidas store, and those that are not.
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AnalysisVirtual store tour: John Lewis Oxford Street mapped on Google Street View
In what the retailer is calling a retail first, John Lewis’ Oxford Street store is the first department store in the world to be fully mapped by Google Street View.
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OpinionComment: What does service mean at Christmas?
Christmas may be a time for retailers to shift stock, but service should be at the heart of this time of year.
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GalleryStore gallery: Wine Rack finds balance between expertise and value
Since it bought the Wine Rack business at the beginning of September, Conviviality Retail (owner of Bargain Booze) has been working hard to create a new store template that will be more “democratic”, as chief executive Diana Hunter puts it.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The best video from 2013
Retail Week looks back over the 10 most popular videos of 2013.
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AnalysisTouring emirate's first luxury mall The Galleria
A new luxury mall has opened in Abu Dhabi. John Ryan visits to find out which retailers and brands have taken space in the scheme.
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AnalysisWhole Foods Market undergoes store design revamp
Richmond is the latest chapter in the developing story of US food retailer Whole Foods Market’s UK odyssey. John Ryan takes a look.
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GalleryStore gallery: Debenhams unveils its Oxford Street refurbishment
For years, Debenhams has been seen by many as the poor relation among London department stores. But following a year-long refit, it is back in the game.
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GalleryIn pictures: Christmas windows winners and losers
Forget robins and Santa, Christmas 2013 is a more abstract affair. John Ryan takes a tour of London’s West End to see the Christmas windows on display.
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OpinionComment: Interiors pace picks up as Christmas looms
At a time of year when things are normally slowing down, the interiors pace seems to be heating up.
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AnalysisWaitrose experiments with wines and bakery areas with revamp
Waitrose has been experimenting with its wines and spirit and bakery areas in its Kingston branch. John Ryan visits and talks to head of store development Anthony Wysome.