All Stores and property articles – Page 265
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OpinionComment: Digital may mean more in-store choice for customers
Marks & Spencer has opened a store on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat that may point the way of things to come.
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GalleryStore gallery: Bullring shopping centre boosts Birmingham’s retail offer
Birmingham city’s Bullring shopping centre and locality add up to an impressive offer and a retail destination.
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GalleryStore of the week: 14oz, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin
This is a store that would be way beyond the means of most retailers to create and maintain, but this is a denim-led offer.
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OpinionComment: Williams-Sonoma may find the UK going tough
Selling cheap impulse-buy items may be straightforward, but shifting upmarket homewares is a trickier proposition.
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GalleryStore of the week: White Stuff, Spitalfields, London
At a time when many retailers are scrambling to prove their multichannel credentials, White Stuff offers something of a single-digit salute to the world of the interweb via its windows.
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Discounter Lidl to invest in Portuguese stores
Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl is investing E45m (£38.5m) in Portugal this year in store refurbishments and improved infrastructure.Of the sum, E15m (£13m) will go into new headquarters in Sintra, construction of which will start in June. When completed next year, there will be a staff of 250 working in central ...
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GalleryStore gallery: Grocer Tesco updates its convenience store offer
Tesco has revamped its Metro store near London Bridge to include a Harris + Hoole cafe and Euphorium Bakery.
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GalleryStore of the week: David Bowie Is All Yours, Selfridges
There is much to be said for keying into attention-grabbing events of the moment as a method of adding incremental sales
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OpinionComment: The weather is not the source of all evil
Sometimes there are things other than the weather that might be responsible for average results.
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GalleryStore gallery: Value grocer Aldi’s new convenience store format
The German value grocer Aldi has entered the fiercely competitive convenience sector with a shop on Kilburn High Road.
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NewsCompany profile: Moss Bros
The suit retailer has pulled its socks up in recent years, and there is still plenty of growing room.
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NewsAnn Summers eyes wholesale growth as it reports profits jump
Ann Summers is plotting wholesale growth after its tieup with Shop Direct helped to drive a profits rise in its last financial year.
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco Metro new formats in London Bridge and Islington
Tesco’s Metro stores in London Bridge and Islington show off the retailer’s current design thinking.
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Video: Tesco head of design on the stores refresh programme
Tesco has refreshed 300 of its stores so far as part of a wide refresh programme.
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GalleryIn pictures: The Regent Street Windows Project
Retailers on London’s Regent Street are taking part in an annual exhibition to showcase innovative window displays.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must maintain difference to make acquisitions work
Large retailers are buying smaller ones and there is good reason for them to do so, but they need to respect what they’ve acquired.
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GalleryStore of the week: Pram and pushchair brand Silver Cross, Hong Kong
The best retailing frequently involves finding a niche and then making sure that you ‘own that space’.
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GalleryStore gallery: Shopping centre Bluewater still draws in the crowds
Bluewater faces more competition these days but it still merits a visit. John Ryan reports on what it has to offer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Restructuring firm Hilco begins HMV turnaround
After buying HMV, Hilco faces the task of rebuilding the fallen entertainment retailer’s position on the high street and online.