All Stores and property articles – Page 315
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AnalysisHow UK retail is extending its franchise
Franchising helps overseas ventures, but how do you decide whether to run company-owned stores or take the franchise route?
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GalleryVictor Churchill, Sydney
A retail theme park for meat might perhaps be the best, and indeed the only, description that could be applied to this store in Sydney.
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AnalysisKingfisher trades its brightest ideas
The international retail group tried something different at its June conference to promote the exchange of ideas.
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OpinionRetail surgery: With certain parts of the country more likely to suffer from public sector cuts, should we differentiate pricing and stock by area or even store?
With certain parts of the country more likely to suffer from public sector cuts, should we differentiate pricing and stock by area or even store?
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OpinionIt’s what you’re unaware of that matters
Imagine a shop full of people and you want them to get a move on in order that more can come in so that you can keep the tills ringing. In a non-supermarket environment this might sound tricky, but there is help at hand.
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NewsCarpetright trials cleaner new logo for its high street format
Carpetright is testing a new fascia on three shops as it mulls an overhaul of the logo for its entire chain.
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NewsPawnbroker H&T broadens retail offer
Pawnbroker H&T is to start selling jewellery online and in its Gold Bar fascia stores as it seeks to extend its retail offer.
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GalleryDisney stores: To infinity, and beyond...
Disney Stores has opened a new look format in Madrid, aimed at viewing the world from a child’s perspective.
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GalleryElisa Antwerp
Shoe retailing tends to come in two forms. There’s the top end where the stock is displayed semi-museum style with each item being afforded the kind of reverence normally afforded a second dynasty Ming vase - clearly nonsense - and then there is the mass market.
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NewsAiling JJB Sports trials new format to aid recovery
The World Cup has brought a much-needed sales uplift at sports specialist JJB Sports, which has also unveiled a new-model store in Slough that it hopes will aid its ongoing recovery.
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Apple opens Shanghai flagship
Consumer electronics giant Apple has unveiled its second flagship store in China. The store, which opened on July 10, is located near Shanghai’s famous Oriental Pearl Tower, in the city’s financial district.“We are thrilled to open the first of many new stores in China in this incredible location,” said Apple ...
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Makro plans 20 small-format stores
Cash and carry chain Makro, owned by Metro Group, plans to have 20 stores of the small-sized Makro Punct concept in the mid-term. Four stores are due to open within this year, according to Makro Poland managing director Uwe Hölzer.The stores are focused on fresh food and a higher private-label ...
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OpinionThe best visual merchandising is soon forgotten
Visual merchandising is a fickle partner. One day you’re being praised and admired by everyone, the next, the crowd has moved on.
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GallerySelfridges Nike stadium Selfridges, London
England may have endured World Cup failure, but for the polyglot masses thronging Oxford Street, there is still everything to play for. Which is perhaps where Selfridges scores with its pop-up stadium located in the basement of its central London flagship.
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NewsThe Sting opens in London’s West End
Dutch retailer The Sting has opened its first UK store in the heart of London’s West End in the iconic former Tower Records store on Piccadilly Circus.
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NewsTesco eyes West End for standalone F&F fashion shop
Grocery giant Tesco is looking for a standalone store for its clothing brand F&F in central London.
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NewsThree-quarters of Focus stores could be downsized
Focus DIY has revealed a 17% uplift in full-year EBITDA as it lays out plans for further stores in its new compact format.
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GallerySummer Sales: Clearing the decks
The summer Sales are in full swing ahead of the arrival of early autumn stock. John Ryan toured the West End to assess the offers
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NewsDixons launches clearance format at Merry Hill
Electricals retailer Dixons has opened a clearance format at Merry Hill in the West Midlands.
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NewsFashion brand Core Spirit picks London for first store
Upmarket fashion brand Core Spirit will open its first ever store on London’s New Bond Street in mid-September.