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GallerySteamer Trading: A cook shop worth its salt
Kitchen retailer Steamer Trading has opened an architecturally bold store that is sure to impress. John Ryan gets a tour in historic Guildford.
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GalleryStore of the week: Hawes & Curtis Jermyn Street, London
If one is honest, it’s not often that a shirt retailer would really merit consideration for inclusion in this section of the magazine for the simple reason that it can be a case of seen one, seen them all. Not so with the Hawes & Curtis flagship on Jermyn Street, ...
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GalleryWinter window wonderland
With less than four shopping weeks to Christmas, the stores on Oxford Street should be a riot of festive fun. John Ryan walks the West End with Mary Portas to get her take on the displays.
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OpinionPopping in to pop-ups
Bit of a rant this, but when is a pop-up shop not worth the space on which it is temporarily situated? The answer’s really simple, when it doesn’t convince you that it’s worth a visit.
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GalleryStore of the week: Simon Carter Accessories, Mayfair
It’s a shade over two years since Moss Bros opened the first Simon Carter fashion store in London, and at the time it looked a promising debut.
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GalleryBetter by design: New uses of former Woolworths
When you look at the retailers that have replaced Woolworths, it’s a wonder the general store had any shoppers at all. John Ryan reports on how the new guard are making use of Woolies’ former branches.
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NewsKookaï launches new-look store in London as it repositions brand
Kookaï is opening a new-look store as part of its repositioning to expand in the UK.
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GalleryTK Maxx lives up to eastern promise
The labels-for-less retailer entered Poland earlier this year. John Ryan visits its latest store in Poznan to see it becoming a pan-European act.
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GalleryStore of the week: Kurt Geiger Regent Street
There’s been every reason to admire the Kurt Geiger format that’s been around for a while now. The mirrored cubes on which the merchandise is displayed, piled on top of each other, give a show-stopping entrance to every store.
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GalleryThe Retail Week Stores Book 2009
The recession may be squeezing retail but the third edition of Retail Week’s stores book shows retailers are still using design innovation to raise their game. John Ryan takes a look at some of this year’s entries.
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GalleryStore of the week: Guess Regent Street
Guess opened its largest store in Europe (there are close to 250 of them across the Continent) on Regent Street in September. At 6,000 sq ft, this is a large space and fills the unit previously occupied by Next.
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GalleryBerlin’s wall of retail
If it’s retail novelty, quirky innovation and a glimpse of what the store design future might hold, then 20 years after the wall came down Berlin is definitely worth a visit.
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GalleryHelly Hansen Manchester
The newly opened Helly Hansen store, in Manchester’s Arndale Centre, says much about the Continental view of the UK.
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NewsAllied Carpets revamp
Allied Carpets has refreshed its store environments to move the design away from its previous “hard to navigate stores and soulless interiors that neither excite nor invite”.
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GalleryA masterclass in Anthropologie
In the US, Anthropologie is renowned for its bold and inventive store design. Can it raise the bar in its first store in Europe, asks John Ryan.
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GalleryStore of the week: Tesco – My Narodni Prague
Tesco has opened its second department store in the Czech Republic, after its debut in the northern city of Liberec in March.
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GalleryMaking history: shopping at the British Museum
Many visitors to the British Museum want to take home a souvenir. But how can they be persuaded to buy more than just a pencil or tea towel? John Ryan reports on a makeover of the museum’s shops.
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GalleryStore of the week: Opening Ceremony, Tokyo
US retailer Opening Ceremony welcomed shoppers to its first store outside North America at the end of August, when it opened a seven-floor quasi-department store in Tokyo.
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GalleryJohn Lewis Welsh flagship sets sail in Cardiff
For its first store in Wales John Lewis has made a timely and bold shift to a more fashion-focused layout. John Ryan reports from Cardiff
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GalleryStore of the Week: Orange, Milton Keynes
Mobile network Orange opened what it says is its first UK multimedia store last week in Milton Keynes.