All Stores and property articles – Page 294
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NewsCoast returns to its occasionwear roots and shows off new format
Fashion chain Coast is to go back to its occasionwear roots as it launches a new store format to attract a wider audience.
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NewsSimply Be to open first bricks-and-mortar store
Home shopping group N Brown is to open its first bricks-and-mortar store for its plus-size brand Simply Be at Liverpool One on September 22.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges windows go product-free
Selfridges Oxford Street has launched The Museum of Everything show with art across its whole frontage.
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NewsH&M brand Monki launches in UK
H&M-owned quirky girls brand Monki launches in the UK today with a concession in department store Selfridges’ Oxford Street store.
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Opinion
Once more unto the shops dear friends
Shopping and leisure were once synonymous in the UK. If the offer’s right, they still are.
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GalleryNew river flows into Swindon
Fashion retailer River Island has trialled a new look for its store in Swindon and it is likely to be replicated elsewhere. By John Ryan
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NewsFat Face returns to premium roots as it eyes international expansion
Fat Face wants to show off its quality credentials with the launch of a premium collection as it eyes international expansion.
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NewsHarvey Nichols close to signing beauty sites
Harvey Nichols is close to signing its first new format Beauty Bazaar shops as it eyes store numbers in the double-digits.
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NewsFunky Pigeon trial stores open
WHSmith has opened its first three Funky Pigeon shops, selling stationery and greetings cards.
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NewsGoldsmiths launches new boutique format
Jeweller Goldsmiths launches its new boutique format in Stratford City in September featuring jewellery vending machines and a ‘chill-out zone’.
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GalleryVans Spitalfields, London
Blink and it’s gone and as you read this, the removal men will only be a couple of weeks away from descending on Spitalfields to empty the Vans pop-up store that has been trading on Brushfield Street since August 12.
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OpinionStrictly come M&S
Marks & Spencer’s move into the world of TV light entertainment looks, at first sight, a questionable strategy.
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GalleryIn pictures: M&S unveils Westfield Stratford store
Marks & Spencer was handed the keys to its Westfield Stratford City store on Tuesday, when manager Lee Boon and his team moved in to prepare for the flagship mall’s opening on September 13.
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GalleryQuiksilver, Fistral Beach, Newquay
Fistral Beach in Newquay is, for many, surf central UK, or at least that’s where you may go if you want to imagine yourself a bronzed god (or goddess), effortlessly riding the waves coming in from the Atlantic.
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GalleryThe Next big thing
Next opened a store last week for its homewares, furniture and clothing offers with a DIY and gardening offshoot. John Ryan travelled to Shoreham-by-Sea to look at its latest innovation
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OpinionThe Next DIY store
Retailers’ brand extensions may work better as high street standalones than catchall behemoths.
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GalleryThe luxury shop around the corner
Designer brand Nicole Farhi has just opened its new flagship store on Conduit Street, but is this for the few or can luxury be accessible to a wider audience? John Ryan visits and talks to boss Niki Scordi
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GalleryGap, Via del Corso, Rome
Gap understands the notion of what makes a flagship to judge from this 14,110 sq ft, two-floor branch that has just opened on Rome’s Via del Corso, one of the Eternal City’s principal shopping streets.
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AnalysisAnn Summers: A rampant rebrand
After a difficult spell Ann Summers has recaptured its mojo with a rebrand. By Gemma Goldfingle
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OpinionA new normal required
No sanctuary should be given to those who make it their business to ignite buildings, loot retailers and shock communities.