All Stores and property articles – Page 311
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GalleryStore gallery: Comet's new look
Electricals retailer Comet is introducing a new look to its stores designed to make shoppers feel more at home. John Ryan and George MacDonald visit the Purley Way store to find out more
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NewsJohn Lewis plans spas to create in-store theatre
Department store chain to open beauty spas and hairdressers in bid to differentiate itself
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NewsLondon store disposal is ‘good deal for HMV’
Analysts welcomed last week’s disposal by entertainment retailer HMV of one of its Oxford Street stores for £13.7m.
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GalleryA new way to trade electricals
MD Hugh Harvey talks about Comet’s emphasis on friendliness and why in the age of the internet small format is the way to go
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NewsMatalan introduces new store to improve shopping experience
Value fashion and homewares retailer Matalan has opened a new model store in High Wycombe with the aim of creating a more engaging shopping experience.
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NewsGilly Hicks opens first UK store on Saturday
Lingerie brand Gilly Hicks, the sister brand of Abercrombie & Fitch, opens its first UK store tomorrow in Westfield London.
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NewsH&M opens first South East Asia store
H&M is to open its first store in south east Asia in central Singapore next year.
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Opinion
Experience the journey
Buzz words are everywhere and they add nothing to what you’re looking at.
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NewsBest Buy ponders a move from ‘game changing’ big-box format
Electricals group Best Buy Europe is understood to be considering opening smaller stores as it prepares to review the success of its first big boxes next spring.
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NewsInternational footwear brands open UK stores
International footwear brands are making a play for the UK market, with premium Brazilian chain NÃO Do Brasil opening its first UK store in Bluewater while Japanese fashion brand Onitsuka Tiger plans to expand.
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NewsSchuh secures cash for buyout and expansion
Footwear retailer Schuh has secured a refinancing package from Lloyds Banking Group to buy out shares from two retiring shareholders and fund expansion plans.
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GalleryCitadium Paris
Read the blurb on the Citadium website and a bold claim is made that this four-floor, circular temple to fashion is (in a loose translation) “more than a shop, Citaduium today is a way of life where shopping is in tune with fashion, music and events”.
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NewsPets at Home looking for smaller format store sites
Pets at Home intends to open 100 smaller format stores in a departure from its typical format.
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GalleryThe right stuff from White Stuff
White Stuff has opened its biggest store yet, in Edinburgh, bringing an old building to life with cunning visual merchandising and plenty of humour. John Ryan visits
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OpinionSize matters
Don’t expect that just because a store is bigger than it will be better. It could be worse.
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Opinion
Douglas Gmbh pilots digital signage in Mainz
Perfumery retailer Douglas GmbH has installed digital signage in a store in Mainz to improve the customer shopping experience.
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NewsForever 21 opens its first UK store in Birmingham
US fast fashion giant Forever 21 opened its doors to the British public today at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham.
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GalleryLiverpool One comes of age
It’s close to two years since the first stores opened in Liverpool One, has it succeeded in becoming a part of the city’s fabric?
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NewsTesco considers drive-thru launch at dotcom-only stores
Tesco is considering opening drive-thru pick up areas at its dotcom only stores in the latest plan to further grow its multichannel operations by providing customers with new ways to shop.