All Stores and property articles – Page 363
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Analysis
No place like home
John Ryan reports on Marks and Spencer's new homewares store in Northern Ireland
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News
Tesco outlines mission to up non-food estate
Tesco is gunning to more than double its number of Homeplus non-food stores in the UK. Tesco Homeplus operations director Alison Horner said the UK’s biggest supermarket will add 10 shops to its existing portfolio of seven Homeplus stores. She added that Tesco has identified six new sites, but a ...
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News
Netto sales rise as product and stores refreshed
Netto managing director Richard Lancaster has revealed the supermarket’s profits and like-for-like sales are substantially up this year, driven by enhancements made to its stores and product. Lancaster, who took the helm at Netto earlier this year, said: “Our improved sales performance has been driven by a combination of factors ...
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News
Bridgford revenues to rise
Shopfitter Bridgford Interiors has claimed it is on target to raise its revenues by 30 per cent to£30 million in 2007, thanks to a raft of new contracts and framework agreements with retailers. Bridgford associate director Alan Palmer said that work on fitting out Asda Living stores in Dartford and ...
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Moss Bros unveils Cardiff flagship
Formalwear retailer Moss Bros last week opened its largest store to date, a two-floor 7,000 sq ft (650 sq m) unit in Cardiff. The shop, in the city’s central Hayes district, has been put together by design consultancy Inca and an in-house team and is “cleaner and more streamlined”, according ...
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Opinion
Less haste, more service
Consider some of the phrases that pass for customer service in the UK. “Thank you” is just basic good manners, but the words are still held up as part of a customer-centric view of retailing. “Have a nice day” is an American import – and one that sits uncomfortably with ...
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News
... off you go, says Rose
Marks & Spencer said arrivederci to Italian guru Vittorio Radice as new boss Stuart Rose overhauled the company board.
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Martin Illingworth quits Selfridges to work for Harrods
Selfridges head of store design and development Martin Illingworth is leaving the department store group to join London rival Harrods.
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News
Record number of UK shopfitters are trading poorly, says Plimsoll
A report from research house Plimsoll highlights the fact that a record 230 UK shopfitting companies are showing signs of financial stress.
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News
Urban Outfitters lines up Covent Garden opening
US clothing retailer Urban Outfitters is preparing to open its third store in the UK, at Covent Garden. It is two years since the company’s last UK opening - in Glasgow - and the new store is on the site previously occupied by Fila.
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News
Cotton blooms at Wyevale
Rugby and casual clothing brand Cotton Traders has opened its first concession in a garden centre.The 700 sq ft (65 sq m) outlet, which cost £25,000, is located in Wyevale’s Swindon branch.
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Trial at Lille Castorama sparks wider store test
French retailer Castorama will review initial findings from a new-style store in July. The DIY business, owned by Kingfisher , plans another three test stores by the end of summer, following the opening of the first in Hellemes, near Lille, in March. New signage and point-of-sale merchandising are among the ...
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TJ Hughes in extension of store revamp project
Discount department store group TJ Hughes is to extend its store revamp programme following trials in five shops this year.