All articles by John Ryan – Page 7
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GalleryStore of the week: Canada Goose, Regent Street
Think of Canada Goose and the image for many is of large padded jackets for braving the Arctic wastes.
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GalleryStore gallery: Boden gets physical in Chelsea
Online and catalogue fashion brand Boden opened its first store on Friday. John Ryan visited it and talked to the retailer’s founder, Johnnie Boden.
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OpinionOpinion: 'Online to offline' is a fleeting phenomenon
Pop-ups seem to be on the increase as we head toward the festive season, with empty units being occupied by online retailers looking to go physical.
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GalleryStore gallery: Sonos speaks to Covent Garden clientele
Sonos amps up the aspiration with its new Seven Dials store, but does it sound any good?
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GalleryStore of the week: Monki Westfield
Monki has challenged retail convention with dazzling decor that doesn’t break the bank.
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OpinionThe interest rate rise is a poor excuse for retailers
Moaning about a minuscule rise in interest rates is little more than looking for an excuse for poor performance, says John Ryan.
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GalleryIn pictures: Fenwick leads Bracknell's regeneration
Bracknell used to be a place shopped by some of its locals and almost nobody else. But now a regenerated town centre and a winsome Fenwick have put this one on the list.
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GalleryStore of the week: Bershka pop-up, New York City
The youthful Inditex fascia has made a playful debut in New York City with a store in SoHo.
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GalleryTop of the Shops: The top 25 UK stores by design
Over the past 12 months a lot has happened in retail, and the changes are characterised by Retail Week’s ranking of the top 25 UK stores by design.
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OpinionOpinion: Wilko needs an update, and soon
With large numbers of staff accepting redundancy and a slump in profits, what should Wilko do to make things better?
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GalleryLong read: The best stores in the world, by design
Every year Retail Week scours the globe to find the best-designed stores that stand head and shoulders above the rest, and 2017’s list is no different.
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GalleryStore gallery: Is Bunnings giving Homebase enough TLC?
Bunnings has a mountain to climb when it comes to converting the Homebase estate to match the store format it revealed earlier this year in St Albans.
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GalleryStore of the week: Tiptree, Chelmsford
Wilkin & Sons worked with HMKM and Itab to create Chelmsford’s new Tiptree store, which offers an expanded range of delectable products.
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OpinionDoes ‘experience’ just mean service at John Lewis?
There’s quite a lot on offer in Oxford’s new John Lewis, but is the ‘experience’ of shopping the store something that’s been around for years?
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GalleryStore gallery: Experiencing Oxford's John Lewis
John Ryan visits the new John Lewis in Oxford, which takes experience as its starting point, and builds from there.
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OpinionOpinion: Others should follow Topshop’s ‘reset’ lead
A day in October when you are not going to take much money is the perfect time to shut up shop and remerchandise rather than muddling through.
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GalleryStore gallery: Outfit comes to town in Newcastle
Arcadia’s catch-all format, Outfit, has opened its first store in a city centre – but will it work?
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GalleryStore of the week: Timberland Lab, Pennsylvania
‘Flexible’ is one of those words that retailers are fond of using in reference to new stores, but the reality is frequently different.
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GalleryStore of the week: Marie’s Baby Circle, Seoul
Changing mother (and father) and baby retail is always a challenge as so many permutations already exist.
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OpinionMajestic and other wine stores can live up to the name
‘Immersive experience’ is a hackneyed term, but it can be a reality if you are selling wine.