All articles by John Ryan – Page 69
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NewsWHSmith group marketing director Richard Cristofoli poached by Debenhams
WHSmith group marketing director Richard Cristofoli is to leave the stationer and bookseller next year to become Debenhams marketing director, Retail Week has learned.
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GalleryThe very best stores of 2010
Despite the tough economic climate, both overseas and homegrown retailers haven’t held back on innovative store designs.
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AnalysisIt’s almost Christmas......Anybody really care?
Glance at this year’s seasonal displays and with a few exceptions, it’s hard to be enthusiastic. John Ryan walks the West End with visual merchandising expert Peter Cross to get a feel of what’s on offer
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AnalysisForever Birmingham
US young fashion retailer Forever 21 opened its first European store last month, in Birmingham. John Ryan visited on opening day and talked to its management about their plans
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GalleryFred Perry For Kids, Westfield
This is something of a hybrid, straddling that awkward divide between an RMU (a retail merchandising unit) and a pop-up store. It’s actually in the middle of Westfield London’s lower level and is one of a number of temporary stores that cleave the long public areas in two.
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AnalysisThe right tool for the job
Retailers have been striving for sustainability when building stores, but have done little about what goes into a shop. Now the Building Research Establishment has created a tool aimed at putting this right.
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AnalysisReasons to be optimistic
The second issue of Retail Week Interiors coincides neatly with the annual rush to the shops by those for whom Christmas is less a time of reflection and more an orgy of food and frequently unwanted presents.
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AnalysisReinventing the Planet
The world’s second biggest retailer, Carrefour, is trying to reinvent the hypermarket. John Ryan visits Lyon in France to find out how
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NewsBlack is the new Dixons
Dixons will today open a new format store under a new fascia as it seeks to emulate the success of Apple’s retail stores.
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NewsClarks ready to roll out new look shopfit following successful trial
Footwear retailer Clarks has pushed the button on the roll-out of its updated shopfit to all new and existing UK and international stores, after a three-month trial.
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GalleryCutting edge
A new look store from the archetypal edge-of-town shed retailer is a surprise, but will it work? John Ryan visits Matalan in High Wycombe
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GalleryThe Conran Shop, London
At this time of year for retailers there is only one objective: sell, sell, sell (at an appropriate margin naturally), while for shoppers it’s a case of buy, buy, buy (at the lowest possible mark-up, of course).
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GalleryOn your bike
Expensive bikes deserve an upscale store interior. And Sigma Sport has a store that makes you want to spend money. John Ryan reports
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GalleryDigdeep, Richmond
The point where sportswear collides with casualwear can go one of two ways - into the realms of the chavtastic, or into the world of the poshboy relaxing at the weekend.
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GalleryForever 21, Birmingham
Three floors of fashion, 56,000 sq ft and the first of its kind in the UK. This was the prospect that greeted shoppers queuing outside the Forever 21 store in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago.
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GalleryStore gallery: Comet's new look
Electricals retailer Comet is introducing a new look to its stores designed to make shoppers feel more at home. John Ryan and George MacDonald visit the Purley Way store to find out more
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Opinion
Experience the journey
Buzz words are everywhere and they add nothing to what you’re looking at.