All articles by John Ryan – Page 100
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News
Baugur chief faces more fraud charges
Baugur executive chairman J n sgeir J hannesson faces fresh charges of fraud relating to personal income tax and company tax that was due between 1998 and 2002.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Naked, Istanbul
Unitim, the Turkish brand owner and distributor that worked with Harvey Nichols to open the luxury retailer’s store in Istanbul in 2006, opened an 8,075 sq ft brand emporium in the city at the end of February.
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News
Irish chocolate chain readies for UK debut
Irish chocolate retailer Butlers Chocolate is gearing up to launch in the UK and take on Thorntons and Hotel Chocolat.
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News
RWC08: Pessina puts Europe at heart of Alliance Boots strategy
In a wide-ranging speech at the Retail Week Conference in London today, Stefano Pessina, executive chairman of Alliance Boots, said that rolling out the Boots brand and name across Europe, as well as improving the store portfolio in the UK, would be at the core of the retailer’s strategy.
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News
Chancellor confirms Government to charge for plastic bags
In his first Budget speech, Chancellor Alistair Darling has said that laws will be introduced by next year to charge shoppers for using plastic bags, unless the supermarkets take action to do this.
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News
Non-execs to meet to finalise Rose pay package
In the face of mounting opposition to Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to executive chairman, Marks & Spencer non-executives are to meet to thrash out a new pay package for the retailer’s chief executive.
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News
Asda mulls sale of its property development business
Wal-Mart has appointed UBS to explore a number of strategic options, including the possible sale of the Gazeley Group, Asda’s property development group.
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News
House of Fraser opens High Wycombe store
House of Fraser will open its second store in a week on Thursday (March 13).
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Opinion
Bless mannequins’ cotton socks
Austin Reed opened a store on London’s Fenchurch Street recently and, if men’s formalwear is your kind of thing, this is not a bad place to visit.
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Analysis
Break from the norm
Zara’s new Oxford Street flagship is still minimalist, but it’s a far cry from the forgettable interiors of the past. John Ryan takes tour
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Analysis
Shopfit ’til you drop
EuroShop took place last week and the faithful flocked to examine the new, the eccentric and the must-haves. John Ryan went along for a nose around
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News
Styles & Wood chief warns of tough market
The boss of Styles & Wood has warned of the challenging retail market, despite the shopfitting company delivering a sparkling set of full-year results.
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News
Asos to sharpen customer focus
Asos is to split its marketing and operational functions, in an effort to better target customers as it continues to grow exponentially, writes John Ryan .
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News
Game upbeat despite massive share sell-off
Game issued a trading statement on Tuesday in response to last week’s share sell-off that was triggered by a 5.4 million disposal of shares by directors.
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News
Styles & Wood chief warns of tough market
The boss of Styles & Wood has warned of the challenging retail market, despite the shopfitting company delivering a sparkling set of full-year results.
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Opinion
Waitrose goes where Tesco won’t
News that Waitrose is to enlarge upon the store format that it developed for its Marylebone High Street and Finchley Road stores should come as little surprise to anyone who has been following the supermarket’s fortunes in the past 12 months.
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Analysis
Frill seekers
As high street retailers join the “push for posh”, blurring the line between themselves and high-end players, can luxury stores maintain their point of difference? John Ryan reports.
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Opinion
Everybody’s talking EuroShop
This weekend was one of a few when retailers are likely to get a break from staring at figures. As weekend shoppers rush the tills, a massive number of retailers are at EuroShop.
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Analysis
Shades of green
Green stores not only save money, but they are increasingly demanded by consumers. But, as John Ryan discovers, it is often the least visible changes that have the biggest impact
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News
Harrods dresses its lifts for start of Senses promotion
Luxury department store Harrods has kicked off two months of in-store visual merchandising events with a series of installations in its Grade II listed lifts, writes John Ryan.