All Stores and property articles – Page 287
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GalleryStore gallery: Small is beautiful for John Lewis
The department store group has opened its first smaller format shop in Exeter, showing off a little bit of everything.
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GalleryStore of the week: Disney pop-up, Harrods, Knightsbridge
When is a pop-up not a pop-up? When it’s an installation.
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NewsNew JD format Pro to fill gap left by JJB collapse
Retailer to open JD Pro fascia in the City to appeal to wealthy sports enthusiasts.
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NewsIn pictures: Schuh opens new format Schuh Kids at Lakeside
The branded shoe retailer has opened a spin-off Schuh Kids format at the Essex regional shopping centre.
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GalleryIn pictures: Blacks new store model
Outdoors specialist Blacks may have come up with a new model at its St Pauls store that will prove the solution to its problems.
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GalleryStore of the week: Evans, Oxford Street
The new Evans store on Oxford Street is different to what went before. John Ryan takes a look.
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OpinionComment: WHSmith, where less is more
Unchanging interiors and falling sales – what makes WHSmith so efficient…and good?
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GalleryIn pictures: WHSmith's pilot stationery format
WHSmith last week launched another new fascia, WHSmith Office to tap into local demographics and compete with rival stationery specialists.
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GalleryIn pictures: John Lewis' first small department store, Exeter
John Lewis will open its first small department store in Exeter on Friday.
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NewsPaperchase opens first airport store as it drives international growth
Paperchase has opened its first airport store as it eyes further channels to expand internationally.
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GalleryStore of the week: Hotel Chocolat, Luton Airport
Anyone visiting a major high street or shopping centre is likely to be familiar with Hotel Chocolat, the upscale purveyor of chocolates where the store environment is almost as important as the product itself.
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GalleryStore gallery: New beginnings at Kiddicare
The baby products retailer has opened up in the first of 10 former Best Buy stores, and service is at its heart.
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OpinionComment: Rents may be higher, but etailers need physical stores
Blurring the sense of difference between the real and virtual worlds should be the aim of all retailers.
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News‘New chapter’ for Tesco pledges bullish Philip Clarke
Tesco group chief executive Philip Clarke aims to rewrite Sir Terry Leahy’s retail book as he opens a “new chapter” in the grocer’s story.
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NewsWinners of the New Store Europe Retail Week Interiors Awards announced
A glittering evening with more than 700 attendees saw the cream of the UK store design industry’s efforts rewarded.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using visual merchandising to your advantage
As the sunshine finally shone in the early autumn, London’s visual merchandisers were faced with the dilemma of whether windows should shift seasons or stock. Mark Faithfull looks at how they managed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: From store design to shopfit
The majority of shopfitters fit shops while the majority of shop designers design them. Northern Italian shopfitting giant Schweitzer does both.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Hotel Chocolat's successful design strategy
Since the first Hotel Chocolat opened in 2004, it’s become a thriving chain of shops and cafes. We look at how design has aided its success.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Tesco backed coffee shop, Harris & Hoole
Tesco may be backing ‘artisan’ coffee shop Harris & Hoole but the cafe has a very distinct identity of its own.
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GalleryStore of the week: K-Town, Cologne
How do you take a 19,000 sq ft space with a 10 ft high ceiling in a German department store and make something of it?