Waterstones/HMV

HMV and Waterstone’s: Joined-up thinking Subscription Required

February 26, 2010 | By John Ryan

The HMV Group has just opened its first joint HMV and Waterstone’s store, near Newcastle. John Ryan visits to see if the new format works

Store Designs on the future Subscription Required

February 12, 2010 | By John Ryan

Store design may have been on the back burner in the past 12 months, but John Ryan finds 2010 is shaping up to be better

Save

Charity begins in Edinburgh Subscription Required

February 5, 2010 | By John Ryan

Working with retail guru Mary Portas, Save the Children has opened a design-led charity store in Edinburgh.

Selfridges

Winter window wonderland Subscription Required

December 4, 2009 | By John Ryan

With less than four shopping weeks to Christmas, the stores on Oxford Street should be a riot of festive fun. John Ryan walks the West End with Mary Portas to get her take on the displays.

The 99p Stores branch in Streatham may be densely merchandised but it is unfussy and very functional

Better by design: New uses of former Woolworths Subscription Required

November 27, 2009 | By John Ryan

When you look at the retailers that have replaced Woolworths, it’s a wonder the general store had any shoppers at all. John Ryan reports on how the new guard are making use of Woolies’ former branches.

Timberland

The Retail Week Stores Book 2009

November 13, 2009 | By John Ryan

The recession may be squeezing retail but the third edition of Retail Week’s stores book shows retailers are still using design innovation to raise their game. John Ryan takes a look at some of this year’s entries.

Louis Vuitton

Shopfitting: Fitter, happier, more productive Subscription Required

March 5, 2010 | By John Ryan

Retailing has changed and that means to be successful shopfitters need to change too. John Ryan takes the temperature of the shopfitting world

Morpeth

Where did it all go right?

February 12, 2010 | By Mark Faithfull

With the fate of many UK high streets hanging in the balance, Mark Faithfull looks at five very different towns that are striving to prove there is still a place for local shopping — Derby, Rotherham, Morpeth, Plymouth and Ludlow

HMV trials DVD vending kiosks Subscription Required

March 5, 2010

HMv is trialling the sale of DVDs and some games in 11 vending machines in train stations and Vue cinemas.

RWC2010: Reformatted DSGi stores are best performing stores in group Subscription Required

3-Mar-2010 | By Nicola Harrison

DGSi’s new reformatted stores are the best performing in the group and its latest £5m advertising campaign has helped drive sales, chief executive John Browett has revealed.

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