All Stores and property articles – Page 352
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Opinion
The best of both worlds
It seems we can never get enough small food shops and the news that Waitrose has joined the scramble for smaller format stores is a case in point.
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News
Bhs puts freeze on refits to ride out tough times
Bhs is to temporarily halt its store refurbishment programme from the end of this month.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Karen Millen, SoHo, New York
The Karen Millen store in Lower Manhattan’s fashionable SoHo district, which was completed last month, is an example of a retailer responding sensitively to its local environment.
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Gallery
Rule the roost
Ted Baker is beckoning City workers with its new store on Cheapside, which harks back to Victorian England with stuffed birds and shoe shines. John Ryan reports
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Opinion
In praise of German VM
Galeria Kaufhof is a chain of German department stores. You’ll find a branch in every one of the country’s major towns and they serve the same function as, say, Debenhams in the UK.
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Analysis
Quiet revolution
B&Q’s rolling revamp programme is a key part of Kingfisher’s attempt to revive the DIY chain. John Ryan visits the latest store to get the treatment in Sutton and gives a progress report
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Gallery
Store of the week: Avanti, Augsburg
C&A vanished from the UK at the beginning of the century, but it is thriving in mainland Europe and last month unveiled a new format for Avanti, one of its fashion brands.
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GallerySainsbury's Sydenham
This refurbished store was a former SavaCentre and at 90,000 sq ft, is now the largest outlet in the grocer’s portfolio.
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GalleryZara – Oxford Street
The refurbished store on Oxford Street looks a lot more expensive than the prices on the merchandise.
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GalleryNokia - Regent Street
Nokia opened its Regent Street flagship store with a flourish in Spring 2008.
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GalleryHarvey Nichols – Knightsbridge
The grande dame of Knightsbridge fashion is a hardy perennial in one of the most upscale of London’s shopping districts.
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GalleryHouse of Fraser - High Wycombe
The High Wycombe branch of the department store giant is the latest example of why House of Fraser continues to attract shoppers.
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GalleryVideo: Debenhams – Liverpool One
Debenhams opened a four-storey branch in Liverpool One in May, representing the department store operator’s latest thinking.
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GalleryHomeSense – Imperial Park, Bristol
HomeSense is the latest fascia from the American retail group that owns TK Maxx.
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Gallery
B&Q Sutton
This is the 38th store re-vamp carried out by the UK’s largest home improvement retailer.
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GalleryMarks & Spencer – Bournemouth
This is the first fully fledged example of the eco-store format that M&S hopes will help it achieve its Plan A objectives by 2012.
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GalleryBhs Home – Barton Square
British Home Stores joined the Barton Square homewares party in April 2008.
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GalleryNext Home - Barton Square
The Next Home store in Manchester’s Barton Square is the latest format thinking from the fashion and catalogue retailer.