All Stores and property articles – Page 309

  • Goldsmiths Boutique
    News

    Goldsmiths launches new boutique format

    2011-08-25T07:00:00Z

    Jeweller Goldsmiths launches its new boutique format in Stratford City in September featuring jewellery vending machines and a ‘chill-out zone’.

  • Funky Pigeon
    News

    Funky Pigeon trial stores open

    2011-08-25T07:00:00Z

    WHSmith has opened its first three Funky Pigeon shops, selling stationery and greetings cards.

  • Vans Spitafields
    Gallery

    Vans Spitalfields, London

    2011-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Blink and it’s gone and as you read this, the removal men will only be a couple of weeks away from descending on Spitalfields to empty the Vans pop-up store that has been trading on Brushfield Street since August 12.

  • John Ryan
    Opinion

    Strictly come M&S

    2011-08-22T09:03:00Z

    Marks & Spencer’s move into the world of TV light entertainment looks, at first sight, a questionable strategy.

  • Quiksilver, Fistral Beach, Newquay
    Gallery

    Quiksilver, Fistral Beach, Newquay

    2011-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Fistral Beach in Newquay is, for many, surf central UK, or at least that’s where you may go if you want to imagine yourself a bronzed god (or goddess), effortlessly riding the waves coming in from the Atlantic.

  • M&S Westfield Stratford City
    Gallery

    In pictures: M&S unveils Westfield Stratford store

    2011-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer was handed the keys to its Westfield Stratford City store on Tuesday, when manager Lee Boon and his team moved in to prepare for the flagship mall’s opening on September 13.

  • The store features a winning mix of indoors and outdoors areas, while garden and home roomsets encourage multi-purchases
    Gallery

    The Next big thing

    2011-08-18T11:00:00Z

    Next opened a store last week for its homewares, furniture and clothing offers with a DIY and gardening offshoot. John Ryan travelled to Shoreham-by-Sea to look at its latest innovation

  • John Ryan
    Opinion

    The Next DIY store

    2011-08-15T09:17:00Z

    Retailers’ brand extensions may work better as high street standalones than catchall behemoths.

  • Nicole Farhi
    Gallery

    The luxury shop around the corner

    2011-08-15T07:00:00Z

    Designer brand Nicole Farhi has just opened its new flagship store on Conduit Street, but is this for the few or can luxury be accessible to a wider audience? John Ryan visits and talks to boss Niki Scordi

  • 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.