All Stores and property articles – Page 362
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Opinion
The way that food retailing should be
John Lewis has finally revealed its Oxford Street food hall and it is worth a visit.
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News
New-look Next gets thumbs up from Wolfson
When a new store opens, it is usually quite easy to spot the chief executive. He’s the one around whom large numbers of suits are clustered, soaking up the praise for the way things look and keeping the staff on their toes.
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News
Fenwick to refit flagship store as group sales rise
Upmarket department store chain Fenwick has posted robust profits and sales and is poised to further overhaul its flagship Newcastle store to drive sales.
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Retail Interiors Awards 2007
Retail design’s great and relatively good assembled at the Hilton on Park Lane on Monday night for the 10th Retail Interiors Awards. Competition was keener than ever, with all awards hotly contested. In addition to the well-established categories, Store of the Decade was introduced this year to celebrate the awards’ ...
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Opinion
So how green is Wal-Mart?
Head: So how green is Wal-Mart?By John RyanTravel broadens the mind and while this may or may not be the case, sitting at a retail design conference in Atlanta this week, listening to Charles Zimmerman, was certainly educational.Zimmerman is a senior Wal-Mart apparatchik and he was instructing delegates in energy-saving ...
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Opinion
Don’t go on the first day
One of the more rewarding aspects of covering retail design is that you get to see things before customers do. This means, for example, that the evening before the near-riot that took place when Primark opened its Oxford Street flagship this summer, the press were invited in to sip champagne-style ...
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News
JJB to test new-look store as it sets overhaul strategy in motion
Sports retailer JJB Sports is to trial a new-format store in November, as part of chief executive Chris Ronnie’s reinvigoration plan.
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AnalysisThe great outdoors
Fat Face has pioneered a new look at its Princesshay store in Exeter, targeting the Southwest’s outdoor pursuit fans. John Ryan heads for the hills to take a closer look
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Analysis
Rules of attraction
Are the design rules for selling online the same as those that are used on the high street? John Ryan investigates the art of retailing on the web
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News
Duo steps out in new design as it opens trio
Footwear retailer Duo Boots has opened stores in Edinburgh, Manchester and Amsterdam.
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Faith heads upmarket with new look to fend off rivals
Footwear retailer Faith opened a new-look store last week aimed at taking the brand upmarket.
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News
Raft of top shopfitters buck downturn trend
Shopfitters are enjoying a mini-resurgence, according to a report from sector research company Plimsoll.
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News
Ted Baker uses horse theme in Dublin shop
Ted Baker is preparing to open a store in Grafton Street, Dublin, as part of a push to open more international shops. The retailer claims that the 3,900 sq ft (360 sq m) branch – its second store in Ireland – has been inspired by the Irish obsession with horses. ...
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News
Whole Foods window displays turn to home
Whole Foods Market has removed the window scheme that accompanied the launch of its Kensington store in June and replaced it with a series of displays to support the food retailer through its first autumn season. Created by London-based Elemental Design, the new window scheme features a domestic interior, according ...
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News
Playboy opens first European store
Playboy opened its first standalone European store this week on London’s Oxford Street. Occupying three floors, the 4,000 sq ft (370 sq m) shop has been 18 months in the making and cost about£2.5 million to put together, according to Christopher Chronis, director and licence-holder for the brand’s Australia and ...
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Analysis
Great expectations
The HMV store in Merry Hill is the entertainment retailer’s best hope for turning its prospects around. John Ryan visits
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News
HMV pushes button on next-generation store roll-out
Entertainment retailer will open up to 40 next year
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Opinion
A New Look needed for windows
Sometimes, you have to ask why retailers do certain things and nowhere is this more the case than in the vexed topic of window displays.
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News
HMV unveils hi-tech store of the future
Next-generation store debuts at Merry Hill centre in Dudley