All Stores and property articles – Page 331
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NewsReiss redesigns stores for luxury
Luxury fashion chain Reiss has refreshed areas of selected stores in support of its capsule 1971 collection, the year in which the retailer opened its first store.
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OpinionAn Anthropologie lesson
In this unseasonably warm period of goodwill to all men, there is much to be leant from the way in which Anthropologie is pulling them through doors by the simple expedient of quick-fire change.
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NewsKookaï launches new-look store in London as it repositions brand
Kookaï is opening a new-look store as part of its repositioning to expand in the UK.
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NewsKidrobot makes its UK debut
US toys, apparel and accessories retailer Kidrobot has opened its first standalone European store at Seven Dials in Covent Garden.
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GalleryTK Maxx lives up to eastern promise
The labels-for-less retailer entered Poland earlier this year. John Ryan visits its latest store in Poznan to see it becoming a pan-European act.
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GalleryStore of the week: Kurt Geiger Regent Street
There’s been every reason to admire the Kurt Geiger format that’s been around for a while now. The mirrored cubes on which the merchandise is displayed, piled on top of each other, give a show-stopping entrance to every store.
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OpinionChristmas is coming — sort of
It’s still only November and there’s more than a month to Christmas, but in visual merchandising terms, it seems probable that when the write-up of the retail festive season is made, there will be relatively little to celebrate.
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NewsMarmite pop-up store spreads into Regent Street
Love it or hate it, a pop-up shop devoted to iconic British yeast spread Marmite has opened at the Piccadilly Circus end of London’s Regent Street.
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GalleryThe Retail Week Stores Book 2009
The recession may be squeezing retail but the third edition of Retail Week’s stores book shows retailers are still using design innovation to raise their game. John Ryan takes a look at some of this year’s entries.
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GalleryStore of the week: Guess Regent Street
Guess opened its largest store in Europe (there are close to 250 of them across the Continent) on Regent Street in September. At 6,000 sq ft, this is a large space and fills the unit previously occupied by Next.
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OpinionAmericans in London
Look at the tenant list for Regent Street and you have to wonder what’s happening. Why do American retailers making landfall in the UK seem to view this single London street as the most obvious destination to set up shop?
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GalleryBerlin’s wall of retail
If it’s retail novelty, quirky innovation and a glimpse of what the store design future might hold, then 20 years after the wall came down Berlin is definitely worth a visit.
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GalleryHelly Hansen Manchester
The newly opened Helly Hansen store, in Manchester’s Arndale Centre, says much about the Continental view of the UK.
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OpinionArcadia: a tale of two brands
Arcadia’s recent results mask the fact that there are some less than ideal formats in the group
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NewsAllied Carpets revamp
Allied Carpets has refreshed its store environments to move the design away from its previous “hard to navigate stores and soulless interiors that neither excite nor invite”.
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GalleryA masterclass in Anthropologie
In the US, Anthropologie is renowned for its bold and inventive store design. Can it raise the bar in its first store in Europe, asks John Ryan.
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NewsMicrosoft launches its first retail store in Arizona
Microsoft has launched its first retail store, at Scottsdale in Arizona.
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Harvie & Hudson opens first store in two decades
London-based upmarket shirt retailer Harvie & Hudson is to open a store for the first time in 23 years.
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GalleryStore of the week: Tesco – My Narodni Prague
Tesco has opened its second department store in the Czech Republic, after its debut in the northern city of Liberec in March.
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OpinionRetailing’s bit of rough
The rise and rise of the pop-up shop has meant that many eyes have turned to the lower end of the market for new ideas.