All Stores and property articles – Page 322
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OpinionOn being young
Bhs is working on improving its in-store act currently and it will certainly be interesting to see what the outcome is. Perhaps the future for this high street hardy perennial is already on view: in Oxford Street.
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NewsDSGi steps up roll out of 2-in-1 shops
DSGi is to accelerate the roll out of its 2-in-1 Currys and PC World stores with 60 locations identified.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Banana Republic Regent Street
What is it about animals that makes them immediately acceptable as props in a window display? The answer is that there is probably something of the pet-owner in all of us, and if they are on view in a non-threatening stylised form, then what’s not to like?
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NewsAnthropologie opens store on King’s Road
US lifestyle retailer Anthropologie has opened its second store in the UK on the site of a former Temperance Billiards Hall on London’s King’s Road.
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NewsFigleaves trials move from pure play with concession in Allders
Lingerie etailer Figleaves is trialling its first physical retail offer with a concession in Allders in Croydon.
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GalleryDobbies: From food to fuchsias in Aberdeen
The new-look Dobbies garden centre in Aberdeen is sustainable and modern, with a seamless mixed-product offer.
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OpinionOld pilots never die...
Why is is that experimental formats are allowed to stagger on and not put out of their misery?
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NewsSir Stuart Rose says time is right to up M&S store revamps
Marks & Spencer should step up the pace of its store modernisation programme again, executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose has said.
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GalleryStore of the week: La Petite Poissonnerie Primrose Hill, London
Every now and then you come across something that does make you stop and smile and this newly opened shop in London’s chi-chi Primrose Hill does just that.
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OpinionGrocers to target smaller footprint stores for growth
With 2009 annual results flooding in, the overriding opinion of last year is that it was one when retailers cut back on expenditure and scaled back store openings. The outlook now is for conservative store growth through smaller footprint stores.
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NewsTJX Europe to unveil first twin fascia
TJX Europe, which runs off-price retailer TK Maxx and homewares chain HomeSense in Europe, will unveil its first dual fascia store in Newcastle this autumn.
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Danish fashion chains sign dual fascia in London
Danish fashion chains Jack & Jones and Vero Moda will open a dual fascia shop on Oxford Street, London.
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Tesco muscles in on the growing bicycle market
Tesco has quietly opened “bike shops” in eight of its stores, muscling in on specialists such as Halfords and Evans.
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GalleryGetting into club Bershka
Can the club ambience of Bershka’s revamped Oxford Street store help put it more firmly on the UK’s young fashion map?
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NewsAll Saints takes Nokia’s Regent Street flagship
Fashion retailer All Saints has signed for the former Nokia store on London’s Regent Street.
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OpinionScandi brands, Scandi bland?
News that Danish fashion chains Vero Moda and Jack & Jones are to open a dual fascia shop on Oxford Street should be greeted as good news by shoppers in search of variety on one of the UK’s leading commercial thoroughfares. Yet it is hard not to stifle a mild yawn.
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AnalysisShopfitting: Fitter, happier, more productive
Retailing has changed and that means to be successful shopfitters need to change too. John Ryan takes the temperature of the shopfitting world
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NewsHMV trials DVD vending kiosks
HMv is trialling the sale of DVDs and some games in 11 vending machines in train stations and Vue cinemas.
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AnalysisUsing store design to make a difference
Store layouts and clever merchandising can certainly drive sales if they are able to sway shopper behaviour.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Zigzag Liège, Belgium
Zigzag is a homewares store that uses Denmark as a convenient cipher for designed simplicity and all-round wholesomeness.