All Stores and property articles – Page 357

  • News

    Arvind Mills opens fashion outlet store in India

    2008-01-31T16:03:10Z

    Indian brand operator and manufacturer Arvind Mills has opened a discount fashion store in Chennai.

  • News

    Carrefour to refocus stores and own-label food brands

    2008-01-31T15:50:21Z

    Carrefour is expected to focus on a radical overhaul of the branding of stores and its own-label food business in France to deliver a “breakthrough year”.

  • News

    Snow+Rock to launch in Ireland

    2008-01-31T11:54:39Z

    Ski and outdoor sports retailer Snow+Rock is to open its first store outside England in the Republic of Ireland in October.

  • News

    American Golf back on par as full-year sales rise 18%

    2008-01-31T11:43:16Z

    American Golf has bounced back from a difficult 2006 with a jump in sales for the year to January 27.

  • Analysis

    The greatest show on earth

    2008-01-31T10:44:11Z

    EuroShop is the biggest show of its kind in the world and it only takes place once every three years. John Ryan previews the most important event in the shopfitting world

  • Opinion

    UK is design supermarket

    2008-01-28T11:50:06Z

    Walk along Regent Street, take a stroll along a high street or visit almost any shopping mall and the one thing you will see everywhere is new shops.

  • News

    Saks unveils new look for Off 5th ahead of sale

    2008-01-24T17:20:35Z

    Saks will test a new format for its Off 5th outlet chain as speculation mounts that a takeover bid by Baugur is imminent.

  • News

    Dunhill plans flagship for London

    2008-01-24T16:32:38Z

    Luxury menswear retailer Dunhill is to open a flagship new-format store and fascia in central London this summer, following a launch in Tokyo last month.

  • News

    Marks & Spencer in talks over Sephora shop-in-shops

    2008-01-24T15:50:29Z

    Marks & Spencer has held talks with French beauty retailer Sephora about opening cosmetics and perfume shop-in-shops in the UK giant’s stores.

  • Analysis

    Crystal Palace

    2008-01-24T14:40:34Z

    Blink and you won’t miss them. Costume jewellery brand Swarovski’s flagship branch on Regent Street and new concept store on Great Marlborough Street mark a turning point for a category that is often dismissed as plain vulgar. John Ryan takes a turn at the dazzling duo

  • News

    John Lewis to ramp up luxury sales with fashion brands area

    2008-01-24T12:03:26Z

    John Lewis is to test a luxury fashion brands shopfit as part of its drive to more than triple sales from its luxury brands business.

  • News

    HMV to roll out new look after Christmas sales soar

    2008-01-21T12:28:35Z

    Following market-bucking Christmas trading, entertainment retailer HMV is to roll out its next-generation store format.

  • Opinion

    Sainsbury’s bests Purley king

    2008-01-21T11:45:41Z

    Sainsbury’s in Wallington, the place where South London fizzles out and suburban Surrey begins, has just had a makeover.

  • News

    Out of this world

    2008-01-17T16:21:42Z

    Echochamber and Retail Week scour the globe to track down the most impressive retail concepts. This month, we travel to South Australia to pamper ourselves at Jurlique’s all-natural store…

  • News

    Hamleys to wow shoppers with flagship facelift

    2008-01-17T15:20:17Z

    World-famous toy retailer Hamleys is to embark on a wide-ranging makeover of its flagship Regent Street store within the next month.

  • Analysis

    Sales Derby

    2008-01-17T12:37:00Z

    It’s Sale time and the race is on to clear old stock. John Ryan takes a walk around the Westfield Derby centre with Karl McKeever to see how persuasive retailers’ strategies are

  • News

    Swarovski launches Crystallized format in London

    2008-01-17T11:33:13Z

    Jewellery retailer Swarovski has unveiled a new-format store in London, after posting sparkling Christmas trading figures.

  • News

    Top shopfitter warns of tough year ahead

    2008-01-17T11:20:04Z

    Styles & Wood, the UK’s largest shopfitting and property services provider has warned that the retail market will be challenging in 2008, despite starting the year with a positive trading update.

  • News

    La Senza to broaden range as growth plans take shape

    2008-01-17T11:15:00Z

    Lingerie retailer La Senza is to launch a raft of ranges in its stores this spring as it steps up its UK growth plans.

  • Opinion

    A best guess for 2008

    2008-01-14T11:27:04Z

    We’re almost at the halfway point in January and pundits in most sectors have had their say about what the year ahead is likely to hold.