All Stores and property articles – Page 336
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News
Ferrari finally makes UK debut on Regent Street
Ferrari is due to open its much-delayed first UK store on London’s Regent Street today.The 5,920 sq ft shop, covering two floors, will stock merchandise ranging from a £3 branded key fob to a Ferrari car.The ground floor features a glazed floor, allowing views of the basement and providing a ...
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GalleryGlobus: Switzerland’s branded houses
Department store operator Globus has two fresh stores in one city that are a model of brand cohesion. John Ryan reports from Bern
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Topshop New York opens its doors
Topshop opens its doors today in New York with owner Sir Philip Green telling local reporters it is “the best store we have ever built”.
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Lanvin, Mayfair: come the retail revolution...
French luxury brand Lanvin opened a store on the highly exclusive Mount Street in Mayfair on Friday and it was a good-looking shop… of its type.
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Burberry launches childrenswear format
Fashion retailer Burberry has unveiled its first UK standalone childrenswear store at London’s Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill.
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Gallery
Store of the Week: House of Barbie, Shanghai
Barbie’s turned 50 and strangely remains as shapely and improbable as ever – there must be a very ugly portrait somewhere in her attic. Perhaps it’s in Shanghai’s House of Barbie, which opened earlier this month and is a multi-floored, 40,000 sq ft homage to this icon of unachievable femininity.
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AnalysisAt home with M&S
M&S’s latest Home store, in Cardiff, has moved the format on and even added food to help drive precious footfall.
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GalleryTesco MyLiberec – Liberec, Czech Republic
My Liberec is the first instance of Tesco’s new department store format in the Czech Republic.
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Opinion
So what is a great retail brand?
Today sees the publication of a survey that purports to reveal “The Best Retail Brands”. Assembled by branding consultancy Interbrand, the top five European players, perhaps unsurprisingly, are H&M, Carrefour, Ikea, Tesco and Zara, in that order.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Undiz, Paris
Remember Etam? As a retail brand it was around for years before Arcadia took the UK chain off its French parent’s hands in 2005. Since then it has vanished from UK high streets, but is alive and kicking in France and Undiz is a spin-off fascia that the company has ...
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Morrisons wins Retailer of the Year for second year running
Morrisons was again named Retailer of the Year last night at the Oracle Retail Week Awards .
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AnalysisMy Liberec: A Tesco store, but not as we know it
Virtually no Tesco signage and an array of brands makes the grocer’s first true department store a one-off. John Ryan visits its Czech home.
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Opinion
Pardon the stores phrase
Quantitative easing, the credit crunch, Ponzi schemes. If nothing else, the current global sticky patch has given all of us access to new ways of saying some pretty simple things - they just have the perceived benefit of making us sound as if we know what we're talking about.
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North Face kicks off stores drive with Bristol opening
Outdoor retailer North Face opened a store in Bristol’s Cabot Circus last week, raising its UK shop tally to six.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Ecco Cologne, Germany
Shoe shops tend not to be the sort of places that most people linger in, for no better reason than that when you’ve bought a pair of shoes it’s a case of job done and head for the exit. This, along with surplus space, may be the reason why the ...
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AnalysisStore design: a little goes a very long way
Retailers are faced with some tough choices at the moment and retail design may well be low down on their list of priorities. But can they afford to do without it? John Ryan and Laura Lupton report
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GalleryWhite Stuff – York
Quirky fashion retailer White Stuff has opened a store in York that shows how a chain with large numbers of stores doesn’t have to mean that every shop has to look the same.
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Opinion
Without Principles
Last week another store chain hit the outer circle of hell known as administration. This time it was Principles and the news is that the stores are to go, but Debenhams will mop up the stock, keeping the brand alive in its branches - for the time being, at least.
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AnalysisWhite Stuff: Personal touch
How do you stop a store chain looking like a chain? Fashion retailer White Stuff’s quirky visual merchandising shows how flair can create unique shops. John Ryan visits its new branch in York
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Store of the week: Recipease, Battersea, London
It may seem, from time to time, that Sainsbury’s front man, school dinner saviour and Volkswagen campervan driver Jamie Oliver is in almost every place you might care to think of, but the opening of his foodie shop Recipease last week added to this extensive list.