All Stores and property articles – Page 319
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OpinionRetail surgery: With certain parts of the country more likely to suffer from public sector cuts, should we differentiate pricing and stock by area or even store?
With certain parts of the country more likely to suffer from public sector cuts, should we differentiate pricing and stock by area or even store?
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AnalysisKingfisher trades its brightest ideas
The international retail group tried something different at its June conference to promote the exchange of ideas.
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GalleryVictor Churchill, Sydney
A retail theme park for meat might perhaps be the best, and indeed the only, description that could be applied to this store in Sydney.
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AnalysisHow UK retail is extending its franchise
Franchising helps overseas ventures, but how do you decide whether to run company-owned stores or take the franchise route?
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NewsTesco to open standalone F&F shop in Prague
Tesco has confirmed it will open a standalone store for its F&F clothing brand in Prague in October.
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GalleryUnion Market: Fulham tube station transformed for new food format
Union Market founder Tony Bromovsky claims he has created a middle way between farmers’ markets and supermarkets in a former London Underground station.
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NewsThe Perfume Shop to trial Superdrug tie-up
The Perfume Shop is gunning to be the number one perfume retailer in the UK, after signing a deal with sister firm Superdrug to trial shop-in-shops in its stores.
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OpinionIt’s what you’re unaware of that matters
Imagine a shop full of people and you want them to get a move on in order that more can come in so that you can keep the tills ringing. In a non-supermarket environment this might sound tricky, but there is help at hand.
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NewsAiling JJB Sports trials new format to aid recovery
The World Cup has brought a much-needed sales uplift at sports specialist JJB Sports, which has also unveiled a new-model store in Slough that it hopes will aid its ongoing recovery.
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GalleryElisa Antwerp
Shoe retailing tends to come in two forms. There’s the top end where the stock is displayed semi-museum style with each item being afforded the kind of reverence normally afforded a second dynasty Ming vase - clearly nonsense - and then there is the mass market.
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GalleryDisney stores: To infinity, and beyond...
Disney Stores has opened a new look format in Madrid, aimed at viewing the world from a child’s perspective.
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NewsPawnbroker H&T broadens retail offer
Pawnbroker H&T is to start selling jewellery online and in its Gold Bar fascia stores as it seeks to extend its retail offer.
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NewsCarpetright trials cleaner new logo for its high street format
Carpetright is testing a new fascia on three shops as it mulls an overhaul of the logo for its entire chain.
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Apple opens Shanghai flagship
Consumer electronics giant Apple has unveiled its second flagship store in China. The store, which opened on July 10, is located near Shanghai’s famous Oriental Pearl Tower, in the city’s financial district.“We are thrilled to open the first of many new stores in China in this incredible location,” said Apple ...
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Makro plans 20 small-format stores
Cash and carry chain Makro, owned by Metro Group, plans to have 20 stores of the small-sized Makro Punct concept in the mid-term. Four stores are due to open within this year, according to Makro Poland managing director Uwe Hölzer.The stores are focused on fresh food and a higher private-label ...
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OpinionThe best visual merchandising is soon forgotten
Visual merchandising is a fickle partner. One day you’re being praised and admired by everyone, the next, the crowd has moved on.
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Retail Interiors Awards 2010 shortlist revealed
The awards will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London, on Tuesday, September 28.
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OpinionRetail surgery: A competitor is opening pop-up shops in unusual places. Should we open one or more, or have we missed the boat on this trend?
A competitor is opening pop-up shops in unusual places. Should we open one or more, or have we missed the boat on this trend?
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NewsNew look Morrisons opens in Bradford
Morrisons has opened its new look shop in Idle, Bradford, which features a concession for value fashion retailer Peacocks.
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NewsFashion brand Core Spirit picks London for first store
Upmarket fashion brand Core Spirit will open its first ever store on London’s New Bond Street in mid-September.