All articles by John Ryan – Page 93
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Opinion
It’s not all greenwash
Heading off from Paddington to Dartmouth, it’s hard not to wonder whether a day trip to Devon’s far west is worth it just to look at a wooden supermarket.
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News
HoF breathes new life into own-brand offer
House of Fraser has revamped its own-brands as it unveils robust first half trading results.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Tie Rack, Oxford Street
Tie Rack is back with a bang with its refurbished Oxford Street flagship, which reopened last Friday.
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News
Chinese grocer plans 400 openings after profit jump
Chinese food retailer Lianhua is ramping up its store expansion with plans to open 400 this year following a surge in profits.
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Analysis
Small stores with a big impact
Making the most of your shop with limited space is never easy, but it can be done. John Ryan visits two strong new examples.
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News
Asda slashes pay-as-you-go tariff
Asda has unveiled a new flat-rate pay-as-you-go mobile phone tariff, which it claims will make it the cheapest service of its kind in the UK.
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News
House of Fraser sales climb
Department store operator House of Fraser has posted upbeat first-half results, with sales up 2.9 per cent in the 26 weeks to July 26.
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News
Discounters triumph as shoppers trade down
Asda, Morrisons and the discount food retailers are experiencing a mini sales boom, as rising commodity prices, shoppers trading down and supermarket price wars combine to drive sales, according to two sets of figures from market analysts TNS Worldpanel and Nielsen.
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News
Matalan payment terms attacked
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has put Matalan into its Hall of Shame following the retailer's decision to cut payments to suppliers by 2 per cent.
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Opinion
Shopfitters are feeling the heat
You know things are not as good as they might be when the questioner becomes the questioned. Speak to almost any design consultancy or shopfitter at present and the question being popped is: “How are other people finding it?”
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Analysis
Nike goes for gold
As the Beijing Olympics enters its second week, Nike Town’s Oxford Street flagship is making the most of the event. And the store is in seriously good shape, as John Ryan discovers.
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News
Lakeland to test new look at Liverpool One
Kitchen and homewares retailer and mail order operator Lakeland will unveil a new format when it opens a store at Liverpool One in mid-October.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Next, Tottenham Court Road
You have to hand it to Next. The Next Home format is still a fledgling offshoot of its parent, but it has already morphed into something considerably different from the first store that opened in Lakeside.
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News
Harrods outlines mission to double sales of own-brand
Harrods is to double its own-label sales over the next two years and is remodelling its menswear department.
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News
Wrapit ceases trading and axes staff
The administrator of Wrapit has confirmed the stricken wedding gift service has ceased trading.
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News
TK Maxx celebrates strong second quarter
Value clothing and homewares retailer TK Maxx has posted a sector-busting 5 per cent rise in like-for-like sales in the UK for its second quarter to July 26, as shoppers continue to desert the mid-market.
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News
Comet deputy managers face redundancy
Electricals retailer Comet is to make the post of store deputy manager redundant, in a move that is likely to mean more than 100 staff lose their jobs.
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News
Belgian court dismisses eBay fake case
L’Or al has lost a case in Belgian court against eBay over fakes sold on its site.
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News
L’Oreal counterfeit case dismissed
L’Or al has lost a case in Belgian court against eBay over fakes sold on its site.
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Opinion
Woolworths: reasons to be fearful
The wonder of good old Woolies is that it’s still here. Why on earth would you go into one of these shops? Visit an average Woolworths store and the experience is likely to be along these lines: arrive at the threshold and observe two things.