All articles by John Ryan – Page 92
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Gallery
Store of the week: Sportsgirl, Melbourne
Australian fashion retailer Sportsgirl opened a 5,380 sq ft new format store in Melbourne this month.
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AnalysisCurrys Swindon/Chelmsford: Circuit breakers
Currys’ two new stores are a world away from its traditional barrage of white-on-red branding. John Ryan goes to find out whether the retailer’s smooth new image works
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Opinion
Retail cinderellas: why retailers need a consistent store standard
As well as being the year that will be remembered for exposing the peril of injudicious lending and the plague of short-selling, this year may go down as the last dance in the development ball in retail circles.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Elord, Seoul
For some people golf is about technique, a sport that means precision, practise and money spent on a regular basis.
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Analysis
House of Fraser's angel of the north
House of Fraser’s new menswear department in Glasgow is just the first phase of a complete overhaul of the store, but even by itself it is a triumph in design, says John Ryan.
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Analysis
American beauties
The cities of Portland and Seattle offer an altogether more relaxed shopping experience than that of busy European destinations. John Ryan goes to the US’s northwest to give us his pick of the shops
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Opinion
Good things will come out of the downturn
This is not the happiest of times to be a consumer electronics retailer. DSGi’s recent figures have not made mouth-watering reading and Kesa’s – aka Comet’s – have been equally reprehensible from the perspective of a retail shareholder.
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News
Discount retail's meteoric rise expected to continue
The growth of discount retail is set to continue unabated, with global sales in the discount grocery sector on course to rise 65 per cent by 2012.
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Gallery
Selfridges, Oxford Street
The temptation to make Selfridges in Oxford Street store of the week on a fairly regular basis is always there for no better reason than that in a store of this size there is always something happening and, equally, always something worth looking at.
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News
Nevisport unveils new look as it aims to double stores
Outdoor specialist Nevisport opened a new-look store at Kendal in Cumbria yesterday as it plans to double the size of its store portfolio.
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News
DSGi tests revamp of Currys.digital format
Electricals group DSGi opened a new look Currys.digital store in Chelmsford last week as part of chief executive John Browett’s plans to lift stalling sales.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Dylan’s Candy Bar, New York
Located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Dylan’s Candy Bar has been a New York retail fixture since 2001, providing a distinctly upscale take on selling confectionery and making it fun.
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Analysis
Size matters
Times are tough for retailers, but the bad news hasn’t necessarily trickled down to those in this year’s Top Shopfitters league table. John Ryan kicks off our five page special by finding out how they are beating the downturn.
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Analysis
Survival instinct
Styles & Wood may have suffered a major profit blow, but it has still topped this year’s league. John Ryan asks what this says about the market.
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Analysis
From the shopfloor
The outlook appears mixed for shopfitters, but the industry is reassuringly optimistic about its prospects. Here, some of the biggest names in the field tell John Ryan why life isn’t so bad.
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Opinion
Stick to your design guns
You might be forgiven for thinking that we're experiencing a little local economic difficulty.
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News
Moss Bros rejigs store design to drive casuals
Menswear retailer Moss Bros is to enhance its casualwear credentials with the roll out of a revamped store design following a three-month trial.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Bodil Binner Copenhagen
Small, but perfectly formed. The cliché that has been used so many times by architects and designers seeking to describe often lacklustre interiors could almost have been made for this 645 sq ft jewellery store in Copenhagen.
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AnalysisWoodn’t it be nice
Another week, another wooden store. But supermarket giant Sainsbury’s latest eco-store at Dartmouth really does mark a new chapter in green retailing. John Ryan reports.
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News
Styles & Wood profits nosedive
Styles & Wood, the UK's largest shopfitter, has seen pre-tax profits crash by 53.8 per cent to 2.4 million in the year to June 30.