All Stores and property articles – Page 329
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John Lewis Cardiff sales ahead of target
John Lewis opened its 28th branch last week in Cardiff and reported that sales soared 20% ahead of target on opening day.
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OpinionThinking local, acting local
In a previous life, as a fashion buyer, an older and much-lauded colleague was prone to observing: “You never did nothing wrong by buying black.” The same, it would appear, applies to much of store design.
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GalleryTopman’s top shop
Topman’s Oxford Circus flagship store is a new standard bearer for Sir Philip Green’s menswear chain. John Ryan takes a tour with him
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GalleryStore of the week: Cavells Outdoor Oakham, Rutland
Oakham is a small town of 12,000 people from which Nottingham, Leicester and Northampton are all similarly distant. As such, any retailer wishing to attract anything other than very local shoppers has to provide an environment that can’t be found elsewhere.
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NewsJohn Lewis unveils Cardiff store
John Lewis opened the biggest Department store in Wales this morning in Cardiff’s St David’s Centre.
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NewsAnn Harvey flagship gets new look
Outsize women’s fashion retailer Ann Harvey has unveiled a new-look for its Oxford Street flagship.
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OpinionGetting critical at Topman
The really good thing about Topman Oxford Circus is that while it may be a flagship for the brand, there is every reason to suppose that much of what is on display will be capable of replication across the chain.
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GalleryPutting on the style at Homebase
Homebase has been working hard to improve the interior of its stores. John Ryan visits Basingstoke to see the latest stage in its design journey
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GalleryStore of the week: Manolo Blahnik, Dublin
If there’s one thing that upscale shoemaker Manolo Blahnik is famous for, it has to be killer heels. This is the purveyor of footwear that leaves women feeling empowered and men emasculated with dizzyingly high heels being de rigeur.
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NewsGap opens pop-up store to celebrate 40th anniversary
Gap has opened a 40th anniversary pop-up store in Kingley Court, off London’s Regent Street.
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OpinionPrimark is just getting started
There was a point when a visit to Primark was a bit of a bunfight. But the days of garments on the floor outnumbering those on the rails now seems a distant memory – in most branches anyway.
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GalleryStore of the week: Dr Martens Spitalfields
The Dr Martens pop-up shop in trendy Spitalfields epitomises all that’s best about the rage for stores that are here today and may be gone by tomorrow.
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GalleryMassimo Dutti: Continental chic meets country home
Massimo Dutti’s UK presence has so far been muted but the Inditex brand’s new Oxford Street store puts it in the limelight, says John Ryan
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BT to open dedicated broadband demo stores
BT is preparing to open high street stores for potential new customers to be given demonstrations of its Total Broadband service.
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Topman to expand Oxford Street flagship
Topman will expand its flagship store on London Oxford Street to 23,000sq ft later this month.
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OpinionBovver on a budget
It’s a sign of the times that one of the most innovative new stores to appear this year in the UK isn’t actually permanent.
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GalleryStore of the week: Havaianas Sao Paulo, Brazil
This impressive store really is a long way away: Sao Paulo in Brazil to be precise.
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AnalysisShopfitters survey: Hoping for the best
Fearing the worst but ploughing ahead seems to be shopfitters’ default approach for surviving this recession. But is the optimism coming through in this year’s National Association of Shopfitters/Retail Week survey misplaced? John Ryan reports
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AnalysisShopfitters survey: Bumping along the bottom
It’s been a tough year and this year’s shopfitting league table shows how much the market has shrunk. But are things levelling out and are we seeing the new normal? John Ryan reports
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NewsEntries open for Oracle Retail Week Awards 2010
The deadline for entries to the 2010 Oracle Retail Week Awards, the biggest event in the retail calendar has been extended to November 6.