All Stores and property articles – Page 317
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NewsAsda’s converted stores to keep Netto’s ‘best bits’
Asda is to save some of the “best bits” of Netto when it converts the stores to small Asda supermarkets.
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NewsClinton Cards fights sliding sales with hi-tech shopfit
Retailer to shake-up store experience with augmented reality cards and personalised printing.
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AnalysisHow to drive growth in a tough market
They say tough times breed innovation and opportunity, and a look at the UK high street and online offer shows how retailers are driving growth in a difficult market.
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NewsJane Norman revamps to focus on fast fashion
Jane Norman has embarked on a radical overhaul of its business in an attempt to target a younger, more fashionable customer.
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GalleryPutting Theo-ry into practice
New brands on the high street are rare nowadays, but Theo Paphitis is confident that Boux Avenue has legs. John Ryan finds out why
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AnalysisA return to park life
Retail parks were early victims of the recession with vacancy rates rising to nearly 12% in 2009, but the market is making a comeback. Mark Faithfull finds out why and takes a look at which retailers are driving the renewed the activity in the out-of-town world
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GalleryEnergie and Miss Sixty Carnaby Street
Energie and Miss Sixty are two gender-divided sides of the same coin, from the same Italian company.
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GallerySnap happy
Jessops has unveiled a ‘centre of excellence’ in Birmingham that provides a rallying point for the chain. John Ryan reports
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OpinionSorry? Jack Wills...scandalous?
Where should the line be drawn between “flirtatious fun” and inappropriate material?
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NewsStationer Blott targets aspirational shoppers
A co-founder of TV shopping channel Sit-up has launched a new stationery chain, Blott.
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NewsMorrisons picks upmarket towns for c-store pilot
Morrisons is to target well-heeled customers with its new convenience store format, with the first to open in the affluent Yorkshire town of Ilkley.
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NewsHarvey Nics to trial new formats as market slows
Luxury department store to open beauty standalone as part of innovation plans
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Opinion
JJB Sports: not many reasons for visiting
A quick visit is enough to say all that needs to be said
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NewsBoux Avenue store opens in Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries
Boux Avenue, the lingerie chain owned by retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis, has opened its first store in Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries.
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NewsBimba & Lola hunts for London store
Spanish fashion retailer Bimba & Lola is eyeing high-profile London locations for its first UK store.
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GalleryPutting the super into Superdrug
Asking shoppers to ‘take another look’ and then getting them to love the Superdrug brand is what the refurbished Wimbledon store is trying to achieve. John Ryan reports
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NewsBurberry to boost brand with ‘statement stores’
High-profile London stores designed to dazzle shoppers and mark British heritage.
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AnalysisMassimo Dutti changes gear
Inditex brand Massimo Dutti has refurbished its Regent Street flagship, with vintage props galore including bicycles. John Ryan walks the store with UK and Ireland managing director Dilip Patel
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GalleryLandmark, Mumbai
This 42,000 sq ft store on a single floor, from Indian book and music retailer Landmark, aims to do that which retailers operating in the sector everywhere are seeking to do: arrest the stagnation or decline of business owing to online alternatives.