All articles by John Ryan – Page 76
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GalleryHMV and Waterstone’s: Joined-up thinking
The HMV Group has just opened its first joint HMV and Waterstone’s store, near Newcastle. John Ryan visits to see if the new format works
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OpinionJohn Lewis and fashion move as one
In Friday’s weekly trading report, it was fascinating to see that fashion had led the way in providing John Lewis with a substantial increase against last year. Yet perhaps it’s not that surprising. The retailer has been working on raising its fashion game for years now.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Hotel Chocolat, Victoria
We’ve all grown used to the world of semi-designer chocolates proposed by Hotel Chocolat - the place in which you buy your beautifully packaged, yummy confections in an environment that makes you feel good about parting with a fair amount of money.
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GalleryGreen Market to new market: Debenhams returns to Newcastle
Debenhams has returned to Newcastle after 15 years and its store has some bold new features. Yet it works.
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OpinionOn consistency
If you happen to stroll into Habitat’s Tottenham Court Road flagship, the chances are good not only that you’ll find what you what, but that the service will be helpful, well-informed and that the store environment will encourage you to hang around. But it’s a somewhat different proposition elsewhere.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Prenatal Assago, Italy
Prenatal, the Mothercare of southern Europe, has unveiled a new look for its stores with a format created by design consultancy 20/20. This store, in the Milanese commuter town of Assago, opened in late November and is aimed at positioning the retailer as more affordable, with increased product densities and ...
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GalleryStore Designs on the future
Store design may have been on the back burner in the past 12 months, but John Ryan finds 2010 is shaping up to be better
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OpinionHot off the press
Heals celebrated its bicentennial by turning over its windows to students from the nearby Slade school of art. And it was the most interesting thing on Tottenham Court Road for some time.
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GalleryCharity begins in Edinburgh
Working with retail guru Mary Portas, Save the Children has opened a design-led charity store in Edinburgh.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Urban Outfitters, Edinburgh
The balance of power between Scotland’s two major cities has always been reflected in their retail provision.
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OpinionThe golden shopfront
At last week’s Toy Industry Awards, it was the “Golden Teddy” honour that really stood out — but which retailers might scoop a prize were there to be a ‘golden shopfront’?
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GalleryStore Twenty One: a classier proposition
First trialled in 2008, value fashion retail format Store Twenty One is proving a hit. John Ryan visits Retford to assess its progress
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GalleryCo-operative Group Oakham, Rutland
It’s not often that a supermarket features as a store of the week, principally because it is in the nature of the sector to attempt to standardise everything from product to store design. This tends to mean that if you’ve seen one, it’s likely that ...
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NewsQS name to disappear as Store Twenty One grows
Value retailer QS is to disappear from the high street by 2011 as Mumbai-based owner Alok Industries ramps up conversions to its Store Twenty One fascia.
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OpinionEdinburgh retail: A tale of three streets
With the changing fortunes of its three principle shopping streets, Edinburgh is one of the better places to observe the the ebb and flow of high street retail in the UK.
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GalleryA retail slice of the Big Apple
Retailers in New York have had a tough year, but there are signs that those that weathered the storm have emerged with better-looking stores
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GalleryStore of the week: Superdry, New York
The eyes of many British retailers seeking to advertise that they are global brands seem, in many high-profile instances, to turn more readily towards the US than Europe when a judgement is made about where to go next.
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OpinionLooking your best
For considerably more than a year, DSGi has been addressing the experience that shoppers visiting a branch of Currys or PC World can expect.
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GallerySale signage: how to communicate value
Most retailers may still be on Sale, but how effective are they at communicating the value on offer? John Ryan visits Meadowhall with Visual Thinking’s Jeanette Cheetham to find out
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Analysis
Need to Know: the general election
Christmas may have been good but this year’s general election will be pivotal in determining the consumer mood