All Stores and property articles – Page 356
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Analysis
Overseas retailers’ bumpy landing in the UK
It’s not easy for overseas retailers to make their mark in the UK in the present climate. Charlotte Dennis-Jones takes a look at how some are faring and finds that business is worryingly slow
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Analysis
Shutting up shop
In 1972, photographer John Londei started taking pictures of small, independent shops across the UK, aiming to capture the time-worn presence of these already antiquated businesses...
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Analysis
Cell of the century
Nokia’s first UK flagship is a world away from the average phone shop, with a hi-tech shopfit that focuses on experience instead of product. John Ryan says it deserves its place on Regent Street
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News
Harrods unveils department store in Heathrow’s Terminal 5
Harrods has given the first glimpse of its department store offering in Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
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Uniqlo to bring smaller format to UK to up presence in capital
Uniqlo is to test a small-format store in the UK, following a successful pilot in Paris.
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H&M lifts curtain on its Regent Street flagship
Swedish fashion retailer H&M opened its new London flagship store yesterday at 234 Regent Street.
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Glimpse of Banana Republic Regent Street
Gap has unveiled the first drawing of its forthcoming Banana Republic store on Regent Street, scheduled to open on March 20.
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Wild Orchid to launch new UK fascia on Oxford Street
Russian lingerie retailer Wild Orchid is set to continue its expansion in the UK with the opening of its first eponymous store on Oxford Street next month.
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OpinionDownwardly mobile
Commercial Street, in central Leeds, is typical of roads in many of the UK’s larger towns and cities. Walk its relatively modest length – it will take no more than about two minutes – and you pass no fewer than six mobile phone shops.
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News
New Ted Baker format to include hairdressers and phone shop
Details are emerging about the forthcoming 4,000 sq ft (370 sq m) Ted Baker store, dubbed Ted Baker & Friends, which is due to open in Cheapside in the City next month.
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Harrods unveils interactive window campaign
Harrods has unveiled an interactive window campaign to encourage its customers to experience its iconic store via the five senses.
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AnalysisBooks etcetera
Distracted by the allure of online, consumers might be forgiven for turning their backs on bookshops. So are booksellers offering anything to persuade them otherwise?
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News
Arcandor kicks off ‘radical’ move to luxury at Karstadt
Arcandor has started transforming its Karstadt department stores into luxury destinations for brands in an effort to create a high-end pan-European chain.
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Opinion
Don’t just blame the market
It gives no one at Retail Week any pleasure that last week’s front page story about The Works being on the brink of administration came true even more quickly than expected.
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News
Nokia opens its interactive flagship on Regent Street
Nokia opens its delay-hit Regent Street flagship today, which was due to open before Christmas.
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Whole Foods casts net wider in search for UK supermarket sites
US grocer Whole Foods has widened its search for UK supermarket sites to out-of-town locations.
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Kensington to taste-test fresh M&S food format
Marks & Spencer will open a new-format standalone sandwich shop in London this spring, called M&S To Go.
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Disney makes Portugal debut
The Disney Store has opened its first store in Portugal at the Colombo shopping centre, Lisbon.
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Opinion
Cheap is no longer enough
News that value book chain The Works has gone under should come as no surprise to anyone who’s shopped at a Tesco Extra lately.