All articles by John Ryan – Page 2
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Gallery
Store gallery: Inside Nike's House of Innovation
The latest must-see store from Nike is on New York’s Fifth Avenue – and it really does things that other shops do not.
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Opinion
How far can brands shift direction without alienating customers?
Back in the dim and distant past, C&A sold fashion in the UK and was generally reckoned to be pretty good at turning a cut-price penny.
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Analysis
In pictures: The seven best new stores of 2018
2018 may have been marked by mass store closures, but there have also been high-profile openings. John Ryan takes a look at what’s been happening.
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Gallery
H&M's new concept store – nothing like your average H&M
A new-look H&M has opened in west London that may be aimed at a more mature shopper, or perhaps intends to alter the perceptions of its existing customers.
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Opinion
Opinion: The birth of the ‘department store supermarket’?
The new Sainsbury’s in Selly Oak has all the hallmarks of a department store, but does this mean it is one? John Ryan finds out.
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Video
Watch: Sainsbury's Selly Oak - the verdict
Retail Week stores editor John Ryan talks us through the “experimental” Sainsbury’s Selly Oak store and gives his take on the new-look supermarket.
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Opinion
Opinion: Why Amazon 4-Star should be better
A visit to the freshly minted Amazon 4-Star emporium in New York’s SoHo on Saturday was instructive.
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Opinion
Opinion: Are pop-up stores the secret to making your mark?
Picture this: you’re a ‘legacy’ retailer and, perhaps contrary to your better instincts, you’re about to open a new store (the lease was signed a few years ago, so you have little choice) and you want to let shoppers know about it.
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Opinion
Are hi-tech stores with a low-tech mask the way forward?
Some of the most digitally savvy outfits on the high street want to look anything but. It’s about making shoppers feel at home.
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Opinion
M&S Marble Arch: Nice service, shame about the shop
Brilliant service, product that does the job, but why is nothing much done about the M&S flagship as a whole?
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Opinion
Single category or catch-all store – which is better?
Ikea’s new Planning Studio, mainly for kitchen browsers, is a thing of beauty, but are other shoppers being short-changed in the retailer’s rush to please the urban elite?
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Analysis
In pictures: Outfit – making multi-brand retail feel unified
Arcadia’s catch-all brand Outfit has been given a facelift, but can this fascia be a brand in its own right?
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Opinion
Opinion: Lessons for Whole Foods from Planet Organic
Planet Organic, which has just been sold to investor Inverleith, specialises in selling “responsibly produced” provisions where the big food industry plays little part.
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Analysis
Why do digital retailers bother with physical shops?
Digital leaders from Boden to Zalando are turning to bricks and mortar. John Ryan asks, why are they bothering?
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Opinion
Opinion: Apps, not in-store screens, are the future
Burberry has just finished a revamp of its global flagship on Regent Street and one thing that is apparent is that much-vaunted tech, trumpeted when the store opened in 2012, has been largely stripped out.
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Opinion
Thinking smaller is the secret of big-ticket retailing
Habitat has just opened a standalone store in the extension to the Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, its first such branch in a decade.
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Opinion
Opinion: JD Sports shows that stores still matter
It may have a healthy online business, but stores are at the heart of JD Sports’ rise and rise and rise.
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Analysis
Analysis: Zara Milan – how tech should be used in-store
As Zara vows to sell online in every single country by 2020, its new Milan flagship shows how it is putting digital at the heart of its stores.
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Video
Watch: John Lewis rebrand – will the people beat the drones?
As John Lewis rebranded to reflect the importance of its staff, boss Paula Nickolds said: “Where others are investing in drones, we’re investing in people.” This week, the Retail Week team debates JLP’s strategy.
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Analysis
In pictures: Next's 'department store' on Oxford Street
Next opened a new store on Oxford Street this morning that is, in effect, a department store and gathering place for a raft of retailers, as well as its own offer.