All articles by John Ryan – Page 95
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News
Redundancies loom at Styles & Wood
The UK’s largest shopfitter Styles & Wood is to make almost a quarter of its head office workforce redundant in a move calculated to bring the company’s cost base into line with the shrinking requirements of its UK retail clients.
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AnalysisManchester: Still ahead of the game
Can Manchester hold on to its slot as the leading retail light of the Northwest or is Liverpool stealing a march after the opening of the mammoth Liverpool One scheme? By John Ryan
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Gallery
Store of the week: American Apparel Liverpool
The latest addition to the Californian purveyor of ethical clothing’s UK portfolio is a two-storey outpost in Liverpool.
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Opinion
When small is beautiful
Despite what many acknowledge to be dire trading conditions, new shops continue to roll out of the store development pipeline and investment is clearly still being made in store design.
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Gallery
Wigmore to relocate as it gets brand facelift
Specialist sports retailer Wigmore is relocating to a new unit from its long-standing store on Wigmore Street in London’s West End.
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AnalysisSomething to shout about?
These days, communicating your green policy can be tricky: be too vocal and you’ll get accused of greenwash. John Ryan discovers that most retailers are taking a low-key approach instead
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AnalysisSharper Focus: reinventing the DIY retailer
Ailing DIY retailer Focus is being reinvented by its management team. John Ryan visits the first new-look store in Wantage, with chief executive Bill Grimsey and brand director Richard Bird
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Opinion
A tougher game
News that the chief executive and chairman of quoted shopfitter Styles & Wood (S&W) have exited stage left is an indication of the way things are heading in retail at the moment and the way in which this is cascading down the store design supply chain.
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News
Spirit at Selfridges Oxford Street
As a proposition, Spirit, the young fashion department at Selfridges’ flagship store on Oxford Street, would not normally be eligible for consideration as a Store of the Week.
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News
Metro to axe raft of German Real stores to ramp up profit
German retail group Metro is to close or sell 27 of its underperforming Real hypermarkets in Germany by the end of next year to lift profitability.
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News
Woolies seeks new chief as Bish-Jones makes shock exit
Woolworths chief executive Trevor Bish-Jones’ shock decision to stand down has prompted fevered speculation about who might succeed him in one of retail’s most challenging roles.
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News
New Works chief sets out on revival mission
Endless, the private equity company that rescued The Works from administration last month, has sold half its stake in the discount bookseller to retail entrepreneur Anthony Solomon.
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AnalysisPurple reign
PC World’s Enfield branch is the test bed for DSGi boss John Browett’s plans to revive the group’s computing brand. John Ryan goes to the north London suburbs to investigate
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News
Bish-Jones steps down from Woolies
Trevor Bish-Jones is stepping down as chief executive of Woolworths.
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SRC slams government’s alcohol price proposals
Plans by the Scottish government to raise the price of alcohol in an attempt to control problem drinking have been attacked by the Scottish Retail Consortium.
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News
Nike Town opens doors to Oxford Circus footy area
Nike unveiled part of its revamped London flagship Nike Town this week to cash in on the start of the Euro 2008 football tournament.
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News
Teknosa Planet, Istanbul
Walk around a technology store in the UK and chances are you’ll find yourself in a variant of a racetrack layout, with a confusing mesh of overhead signage. This means time spent on finding the appropriate category, as well as a frustrating shopping experience.
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Analysis
Avanti: C&A’s value zeitgeist
It may be gone from the UK, but C&A is alive and well in Europe and testing a value format called Avanti that looks promising. John Ryan reports from Gelsenkirchen