All Stores and property articles – Page 299

  • The Ann Summers autumn 2011 collection has been inspired by pop culture
    Analysis

    Ann Summers: A rampant rebrand

    2011-08-12T00:00:00Z

    After a difficult spell Ann Summers has recaptured its mojo with a rebrand. By Gemma Goldfingle

  • Gap, Rome
    Gallery

    Gap, Via del Corso, Rome

    2011-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Gap understands the notion of what makes a flagship to judge from this 14,110 sq ft, two-floor branch that has just opened on Rome’s Via del Corso, one of the Eternal City’s principal shopping streets.

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    Opinion

    A new normal required

    2011-08-08T09:30:00Z

    No sanctuary should be given to those who make it their business to ignite buildings, loot retailers and shock communities.

  • Milton Keynes
    Gallery

    Super fashion in supermarkets?

    2011-08-08T07:00:00Z

    As Waitrose gets ready to sell clothing, how do the big supermarkets deal with the matter of selling fashion? John Ryan travels to Milton Keynes to find out

  • Debenhams brings designers to the high street with its designer roadshows
    Analysis

    In-store events in a digital world

    2011-08-05T07:00:00Z

    In-store events are a good way to draw the crowds. But in today’s digital world, have customers’ expectations of these footfall-driving extravaganzas changed? Alison Clements reports

  • Desigual, Oxford Street
    Gallery

    Desigual, Oxford Street

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Desigual is one of those curious beasts where you tend to look at the shop ahead of the stock.

  • Benross Group managing director Anil Juneja has big plans for TJ Hughes
    News

    Investment key as new TJ Hughes owner plans to rebuild the chain

    2011-08-04T09:38:00Z

    TJ Hughes’ new owner has vowed to invest in the stores to revive the department store retailer in a bid to rebuild it into a nationwide chain within five years.

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    Opinion

    Enough already! No more shops

    2011-08-01T09:04:00Z

    Opening more branches is no shortcut to enhanced profits. Improve what’s there. 

  • Topshop’s flagship combines many different departments, including make-up and accessories, while twin mannequins are an eye-catching feature throughou
    Gallery

    Topshop: Old kid on the block

    2011-08-01T07:00:00Z

    As young fashion retailer Forever 21 opens on Oxford Street, John Ryan visits Topshop’s flagship to see if new competition can stand up to the shopping destination’s home of fashion

  • Intersport
    Gallery

    Intersport Stähle, Bad Dürrheim

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    German sports retailer Intersport Stähle’s store in Bad Dürrheim is an example of how a large store can be transformed by a makeover and the thoroughly impersonal made personal.

  • Canary Wharf is the flagship store
    News

    Waitrose to try fashion at Canary Wharf store

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Upmarket grocer Waitrose is to make a play for fashion as it launches its first clothing offer in its Canary Wharf store in London as part of plans to ramp up its non-food ranges.

  • Forever 21, Oxford Street
    Gallery

    In pictures: Forever 21 Oxford Street flagship opens

    2011-07-27T11:32:00Z

    US fast fashion chain Forever 21 has opened its doors on Oxford Street.

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    News

    Retail Week Interiors Awards shortlist announced

    2011-07-25T12:09:00Z

    Now in its 14th year, The New Store Europe Retail Week Interiors Awards will once again be recognising the best UK retail interiors and shopfitting.

  • John Ryan
    Opinion

    In-store technology does not excite shoppers

    2011-07-25T08:56:00Z

    The use of screens and ‘interactivity’ by retailers is not the clarion call that some suppose.

  • Dixons is to open in Harrods early in 2012
    News

    Dixons to open Harrods concession

    2011-07-25T08:37:00Z

    Currys and PC World-owner Dixons has struck an agreement to run the consumer electronics section in world-famous department store Harrods.

  • Nike 6.0 pop-up
    Gallery

    Nike 6.0 pop-up, Mondello, Sicily

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Pop-up stores tend to be fairly ephemeral affairs, quite frequently here today and gone tomorrow and this one, from Nike, is no exception with a lifespan of just two months.

  • How the sales were presented
    Gallery

    How retailers are selling the Sales

    2011-07-22T07:00:00Z

    Roll up, roll up… it’s Sale time, and as retailers scramble to rid themselves of unwanted stock, Retail Week considers the many ways there are to skin a marked-down cat. John Ryan reports from Westfield London

  • John Ryan
    Opinion

    Retailers should consider a foreign holiday

    2011-07-18T09:28:00Z

    Slowing consumer spending at home need not preclude splashing out overseas.

  • Little Waitrose, Tottenham Court Road
    Gallery

    Little Waitrose, Tottenham Court Road

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    You can tell you’re in central London from the packs of chorizo Iberico, the perimeter chiller devoted to sauces and ingredients for pasta and pizza, as well as the Italian deli-style arrangement of the dry ambient goods next to this.

  • Morrisons, Ilkley
    Analysis

    Local hero

    2011-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Morrisons is dipping its toe into the convenience market, the latest in a series of bold initiatives under new chief executive Dalton Philips. Tim Danaher travels to Yorkshire to see the results