All articles by John Ryan – Page 64
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GalleryIntersport Stähle, Bad Dürrheim
German sports retailer Intersport Stähle’s store in Bad Dürrheim is an example of how a large store can be transformed by a makeover and the thoroughly impersonal made personal.
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OpinionIn-store technology does not excite shoppers
The use of screens and ‘interactivity’ by retailers is not the clarion call that some suppose.
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GalleryNike 6.0 pop-up, Mondello, Sicily
Pop-up stores tend to be fairly ephemeral affairs, quite frequently here today and gone tomorrow and this one, from Nike, is no exception with a lifespan of just two months.
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GalleryHow 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
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OpinionRetailers should consider a foreign holiday
Slowing consumer spending at home need not preclude splashing out overseas.
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GalleryLittle Waitrose, Tottenham Court Road
You can tell you’re in central London from the packs of chorizo Iberico, the perimeter chiller devoted to sauces and ingredients for pasta and pizza, as well as the Italian deli-style arrangement of the dry ambient goods next to this.
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AnalysisHigh hope for the high street?
With many of the UK’s high streets under the economic cosh, can local initiatives save the day? John Ryan reports from Maidstone
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GalleryM&M’s World: Sugar rush
Europe’s first M&M’s World has opened in Leicester Square, but is this about retailing or brand building? John Ryan reports
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OpinionShoppers want service, not self-service.
A US retailer has called time on self-service checkouts, but is this the right thing and will there come a point when we embrace the potential speed that DIY transactions offer?
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GalleryDudley. Now more?
Asda has opened its first batch of high street stores following its Netto purchase. John Ryan reports on the Dudley store and how it has already become a hit with local shoppers.
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GalleryTsvetnoy Central Market, Moscow
There aren’t many opportunities to build a department store from the ground up these days.
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OpinionPutting Asda into context
Being the best in an area is sometimes better than reigning supreme overall.
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GallerySuper markets
Food retail store design thinking says that supermarkets lack character and that if elements of traditional markets can be put into them, all will be well. But is this viable? John Ryan reports
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GalleryBack to Asics
Running shoe brand Asics has opened a flagship store in Amsterdam that couples futuristic design with technology. John Ryan reports
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AnalysisOn being a winner
The Retail Week Interiors Awards have proved, over their 14 years, to be a real feather in the cap of retailers seeking recognition for their store designs, but is there more to winning than this? John Ryan reports
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GalleryFashionation, Peek & Cloppenburg Berlin
Putting things politely, German department store Peek & Cloppenburg might be labelled somewhat conservative in its approach to store design and visual merchandising - this is probably not where you come for radical thinking.
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AnalysisOn budget and on time?
What does a project manager do and what is the best approach for a particular task? John Ryan reports
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GalleryThe world, C&A style
European value retailer C&A has created a new format for its stores that has been trialled at the Cologne flagship. John Ryan reports
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OpinionAt the crossroads
The fourth Retail Week Interiors finds the retail design industry at something of a turning point.
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GalleryCarrefour, Aubervilliers, Paris
All too often, you get to see a ‘concept’ store from which you are told ‘learnings’ will be extracted