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Victorinox: sharp as a knife
The company behind the Swiss Army Knife has revamped its Bond Street flagship. John Ryan reveals it is a cut above.
What are 2012's visual merchandising trends?
Although 2012 is still young, trends in visual merchandising are already becoming apparent. John Ryan walks the West End and the King’s Road to see what they are.
The Conran Shop: Designs on the future
The Conran Shop in Chelsea has traded for 25 years, but has been refurbished to give it greater relevance. John Ryan reports.
Steamer Trading: Recipe for success
Cookware specialist Steamer Trading has continued its trend for unique stores by refurbishing a Grade II building in the North. John Ryan tours the store with managing director Ben Phillips
Reinventing Waitrose
Almost four months, £15m of capital expenditure and a lot of hard work later, the refurbishment of Waitrose’s Canary Wharf flagship is complete. John Ryan visited before the grand reopening
The Next big thing
Next opened a store last week for its homewares, furniture and clothing offers with a DIY and gardening offshoot. John Ryan travelled to Shoreham-by-Sea to look at its latest innovation
How retailers are selling the Sales
Roll up, roll up… it’s Sale time, and as retailers scramble to rid themselves of unwanted stock, Retail Week considers the many ways there are to skin a marked-down cat. John Ryan reports from Westfield London
A whole new lesson in Anthropologie
US lifestyle brand Anthropologie’s inspired visual merchandising rarely fails to impress, but is its third UK store and its first in Scotland sufficiently different from its London outposts? John Ryan visits
Swindon’s finest
BHS has followed the blueprint it revealed in Uxbridge almost a year ago with a series of new shops and modernisations, with the latest being in Swindon. John Ryan visits to assess the roll-out
John Lewis at Home: At home on the Purley Way
John Lewis has opened its second home-only store on Purley Way in Croydon, but are the locals keen customers? John Ryan reports
The Danish Tiger roars into Croydon
Variety retailer Tiger has set itself apart from the competition with a simple but effective design. John Ryan visits its Whitgift Centre store
Next Home: The Next chapter in homewares
Next Home’s new format store is a case of evolution rather than revolution, but that doesn’t make it a bad store, says John Ryan
Making sense of a bigger home
Homewares retailer HomeSense has opened a larger footprint store, but can shoppers make sense of their surroundings.
A change of Habitat
Habitat has introduced new elements at its latest store, in Liverpool One, but is it a format that could be used elsewhere.
Steamer Trading: A cook shop worth its salt
Kitchen retailer Steamer Trading has opened an architecturally bold store that is sure to impress. John Ryan gets a tour in historic Guildford.
Putting on the style at Homebase
Homebase has been working hard to improve the interior of its stores. John Ryan visits Basingstoke to see the latest stage in its design journey
Robert Dyas: Playing hard ball with hardware
Following Robert Dyas’s management buyout the hardware retailer wants to declutter its stores. John Ryan visits the Maidenhead test bed
The new Lakeland store demonstrates why the retailer is thriving
Lakeland’s new Stratford-upon-Avon store shows why the cookware retailer is thriving in a tough market. John Ryan goes to take a tour
Wilkinson
Value retailer Wilkinson is testing a new format in Leicester, Sheffield and Walton-on-Thames.
Clas Ohlson – Croydon
Scandi DIY retailer Clas Ohlson makes its UK debut in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre.
Marks & Spencer – Colliers Wood
The biggest store from Marks and Spencer in a decade is in a South London suburb.
HomeSense – Imperial Park, Bristol
HomeSense is the latest fascia from the American retail group that owns TK Maxx.
B&Q Sutton
This is the 38th store re-vamp carried out by the UK’s largest home improvement retailer.
Next Home - Barton Square
The Next Home store in Manchester’s Barton Square is the latest format thinking from the fashion and catalogue retailer.
Bhs Home – Barton Square
British Home Stores joined the Barton Square homewares party in April 2008.
Home & DIY In-Depth
Profile: Darren Shapland, Carpetright
The news that Darren Shapland is to take over from Lord Harris as Carpetright’s chief executive came as a surprise to some who assumed the founder’s son Martin was next in line for the throne at the floorings empire.
Choosing the right multichannel strategy
Consumers can interact with retailers in an increasing number of ways. But how do they actually do so, and what channels are proving the most popular?
Home & DIY News
New technology will boost retailers' sales by 4% by 2014
Investing in new technology could boost retailers’ sales by 4% within two years according to eBay.
Etailer Occa receives investment from Asos backer
Online homewares specialist Occa-Home has received investment from William Currie Group, the early stage investor which has previously backed Asos and The Hut.
