All Stores and property articles – Page 334
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NewsWaterstone’s unveils its new look and logo
Bookseller Waterstone’s has unveiled its new branding, designed to reflect the retailer’s “new direction”.
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GallerySussan, Melbourne
It is not often that fashion from Down Under features in these pages, but Australian fashion retailer Sussan opened this flagship store in the refurbished Chadstone Mall in Melbourne earlier this year, following a design created by London consultancy HMKM.
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GalleryShopfitters: doing more for the same
Shopfitters are under the cosh and many have gone under. For those left, there is work, but it is harder to win, says John Ryan
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NewsMoss Bros to launch bespoke tailoring stores
Moss Bros, the menswear group, is launching a chain of stores selling bespoke suits costing up to £350 in a bid to steal share from traditional tailors.
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OpinionKiss, kiss
Next week, fashion retailer All Saints opens its first store in New York. K.I.S.S or ‘keep it simple stupid’ might be the executive summary.
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AnalysisWhat’s waiting in Marc Bolland’s in-tray at M&S?
Dutchman Marc Bolland takes the reins this week at M&S. We look at the big questions facing him as he moves into the Paddington hot seat
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GalleryJD Sports’ king of stores in Cardiff
Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has opened a store in Cardiff with a glossy take on a traditionally lacklustre sub-sector.
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NewsJessops to tear down the counters in refurb
Camera specialist Jessops vowed to focus back on customer service as it revealed a “single digit” like-for-like sales improvement in the calendar year to date.
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NewsHMV presses play on fashion
Entertainment retailer HMV revealed its new-look store this week in Leeds, which features a large fashion-focused area called The Studio.
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NewsOnline retailer Kitbag trials first pop-up shop
Online sports retailer Kitbag makes its first foray into bricks and mortar today with a pop-up shop to celebrate this year’s football World Cup.
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GalleryZara, Oxford Street, London
It is normally the practice in this part of the magazine to showcase stores that are either, new, unfamiliar or both, so the choice of a Zara store on Oxford Street this week might seem curious.
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NewsUK debut on track to be ‘biggest ever’ Best Buy opening
The opening of the first Best Buy in the UK is on track to becoming the “biggest ever” opening day for the US electricals giant.
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OpinionBest Buy: So it is a big box after all
For those who made the journey to Thurrock , this was most definitely a big box: very big indeed.
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NewsArgos aims to fend off supermarket competition with store revamps
Argos is to embark on a £70m makeover of its stores for the first time in a decade as it fights off stiff competition from the supermarkets.
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GalleryA tour of Berlin’s world of retail
Berlin has become a hotbed of retail innovation and home to some of Europe’s best retailing. John Ryan takes a walk around the stores that are raising the bar with quirky design features
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GalleryChurch’s, Westfield London
Buy a pair of Church’s shoes and the expectation is you will probably be wearing the same footwear as you are eased into your coffin. These are products intended to last as long as the wearer and the few stores there are, 12 in total, seem designed to reflect the ...
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NewsGucci opens London pop-up shop
Designer brand Gucci opened a pop-up shop in London’s Seven Dials last week.
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Retailers urged to shape Scottish cigarette display regulations
Retailers have the opportunity to shape Scotland’s cigarette display ban regulations following the publication of draft rules.
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OpinionBest Buy: Just another big box?
One thing seems almost certain: The first UK Best Buy store will be another example of big box retailing at its least imaginative. Drive past the Thurrock store-to-be and the yellow and blue logo is certainly large, but it will be a real bombshell if the interior is in any measure appreciably different from its rivals’.