All Stores and property articles – Page 279
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GalleryStore gallery: Topshop’s evolutions in American store design
The design evolution of Topshop’s US stores shows that cookie-cutter openings have no place when establishing a fashion brand internationally.
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OpinionComment: What DIY retailers aren’t doing right in a difficult market
Homebase, B&Q and Wickes are all suffering falling sales, but perhaps a little more project-based merchandising might help.
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GalleryStore of the week: Asparagus Patch, Liverpool One
Who says that asparagus is the preserve of the over-precious metrosexual-leaning Nimby classes?
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GalleryIn pictures: Kiddicare opens its eighth store, in Enfield
North-east London is the latest location in which parent and child retailer Kiddicare opens a store.
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InterviewQ&A: 'We need to communicate our changes to customers', says Mothercare boss
As Mothercare boss Simon Calver unveils the retailer’s full-year results, he tells Retail Week how his UK turnaround plan is progressing and where the big opportunities lie.
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NewsMarks & Spencer stores director Nayna McIntosh to stand down
Marks and Spencer is losing another of its longstanding executives as its director of store environment and product presentation Nayna McIntosh prepares to exit the business in August.
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OpinionComment: Why F&F expansion will work while Fresh & Easy failed
Being relevant at a local level and understanding a market is the key to success for any retailer.
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GalleryStore of the week: Marks & Spencer, Kalverstraat, Amsterdam
Stores with touchscreens are commonplace these days - all part of the multichannel/omnichannel (call it what you will) effort that retailers hope will help them accrue incremental revenues.
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GalleryStore gallery: Does in-store design lead to higher shop revenue?
In-store design increasingly includes digital elements but does that lead to higher shop revenue or are the innovations serving another purpose?
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NewsMaplin profits dip by 33.6% as it eyes international growth
Maplin’s profits took a hit in the first year of its investment plan for growth as the retailer marks out countries for overseas expansion.
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GalleryStore gallery: Oasis refreshes store look at Trinity Leeds
Fashion retailer Oasis was looking a bit stale, but now it has a store template that represents the future.
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GalleryStore of the week: HEB, Montrose, Houston
The US is frequently characterised as a country with relatively few coast-to-coast operators, but that has a host of large regional players that dominate a particular state or cluster of states.
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OpinionComment: Supergroup stores show what matters
Retailers need good stores as much as good stock if they are to succeed in the current climate.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Marks & Spencer interactive store in Amsterdam
Marks & Spencer has opened a compact store on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat that puts digital at the heart of the enterprise.
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News
Edeka to invest in store modernisation
Co-operative retail group Edeka aims to invest E1.6bn (£1.35bn) in the modernisation and extension of its store network and retail infrastructure, said chief executive Markus Mosa. The investment is a 10% increase on 2012.In 2012 Edeka posted sales of E44.8bn (£37.73bn), up 3.8% on the previous year. Its net income ...
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OpinionComment: Digital may mean more in-store choice for customers
Marks & Spencer has opened a store on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat that may point the way of things to come.
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GalleryStore of the week: 14oz, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin
This is a store that would be way beyond the means of most retailers to create and maintain, but this is a denim-led offer.
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GalleryStore gallery: Bullring shopping centre boosts Birmingham’s retail offer
Birmingham city’s Bullring shopping centre and locality add up to an impressive offer and a retail destination.
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OpinionComment: Williams-Sonoma may find the UK going tough
Selling cheap impulse-buy items may be straightforward, but shifting upmarket homewares is a trickier proposition.
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GalleryStore of the week: White Stuff, Spitalfields, London
At a time when many retailers are scrambling to prove their multichannel credentials, White Stuff offers something of a single-digit salute to the world of the interweb via its windows.