All Stores and property articles – Page 272
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco and Dobbies open first joint store in Kings Lynn
Tesco has opened its first joint Tesco Extra and Dobbies garden centre store at Kings Lynn’s Hardwick Park.
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OpinionComment: Is it a good time to open a new store?
There has been a rash of new store openings lately, but is this evidence of a new dawn for retail?
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GalleryStore gallery: Lyle & Scott designs Carnaby Street store around Scottish heritage
Sometimes delving deep into a retail brand’s heritage can be the most effective way of creating something new when opening a store.
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GalleryStore gallery: Retailers carve out Halloween windows to win spooky sales
Halloween is this week and retailers have been rolling out pumpkins and witches’ hats to conjure up business.
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GalleryIn pictures: TK Maxx unveils Covent Garden store
TK Maxx opened its doors yesterday in upmarket Covent Garden.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges unwraps Christmas window displays
Department store Selfridges has unveiled its festive window displays at its flagship store in Oxford Street.
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GalleryIn pictures: John Lewis unveils animal themed Christmas windows
John Lewis this morning unveiled animal themed Christmas “winter wonderland” windows at two of its London stores.
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco unveils first dedicated womenswear F&F store
Tesco has today opened its first dedicated womenswear shop-in-shop for its F&F clothing brand as the grocery giant looks to turn up the heat on high street fashion rivals.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on HMV, Tesco and Kingfisher
Retail news round-up October 22, 2013: Apple removes HMV’s new UK app from its App Store, billionaire Warren Buffett slashes investment in Tesco and Kingfisher boss Ian Cheshire predicts dynamic pricing will soon be used widely across retail.
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GalleryStore gallery: Are hypermarket's still a successful store format?
France is the home of the hypermarket but does the format still work for the country’s major players?
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OpinionComment: Why Apple needs Ahrendts
The arrival of Angela Ahrendts at Apple may signify a change in the retailer’s stores that is fast becoming due.
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GalleryIn pictures: John Lewis opens homewares pop-up shop in Islington
Department store group John Lewis is opening a 4,000 sq ft pop up shop in London’s Islington today to promote its House homewares and furniture range.
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OpinionComment: Watch and learn from the best retailers
We’re exposed to a mountain of visual stimuli every day. The power of observation is a great gift and I love walking
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NewsHMV lands Sir Paul McCartney signing at newly relaunched Oxford Street flagship
Pop icon Sir Paul McCartney is to sign copies of his latest album ‘New’ at HMV’s recently reopened Oxford Street flagship this Friday.
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NewsToys R Us opens pop-up store in Silverburn shopping centre
Toys R Us has today launched a Christmas pop-up store in Glasgow’s Silverburn shopping centre to take advantage of the busy Christmas period.
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OpinionComment: Has the in-store digital display wave crashed?
The tendency to clad everything with an iPad or touchscreen is disappearing fast and old-fashioned visual merchandising is taking its place.
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GalleryStore of the week: Spain shows big hypermarkets are still beautiful
Among many pundits of late, the view has been aired that, as a format, the UK hypermarket’s best days may be behind it, with the general mantra seemingly being that smaller is more beautiful.
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GalleryIn pictures: J Crew unveils first UK store
US casualwear giant J Crew opened a menswear-only store in Bloomsbury, central London, this morning as the retailer enters the UK for the first time.
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OpinionComment: J Crew's strategy for launching in the UK hits the mark
The opening of the first UK J Crew store this week will generate a lot of interest thanks to a well thought-through awareness campaign.
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GalleryStore gallery: Toy Shop Selfridges – toy merchandising at its best
With the exception of Hamleys, the Regent Street/Oxford Street area makes for pretty slim pickings for kids when it comes to toys, shopping and having a retail experience, but things are changing.