All articles by John Ryan – Page 107
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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
Marks and Spencer ticks green boxes with energy-slashing eco store
Marks and Spencer welcomed shoppers to its first eco store in Bournemouth yesterday. The retailer expects the 51,000 sq ft retro fitted shop to use 25 per cent less energy and have a carbon footprint 92 per cent lower than a conventional branch of the same size.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Asos hires ex-New Look chief to head marketing
Hash Ladha tasked with driving web traffic and conversion rates
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London store prices inflation falls in August
Month of price stability 'welcome respite', said LRC
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Hunter buys Sanders Garden World for £15m
Move reinforces Scottish entrepreneur’s position in sector
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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 ...