All Stores and property articles – Page 347
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OpinionDoggy bag for Pets at Home
News that private equity firm Bridgepoint is mulling the flotation of its Pets at Home chain, which it bought for £230m in 2004, should come as no surprise as it has now done most of what could reasonably be done with the stores in a short time.The refinancing subsequent to ...
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GalleryStore of the week: Esprit, Stockholm
Trying to get shoppers into your store when you’re positioned on the third floor of a glass and steel tower block is probably a matter of having a very substantial shout. In the pedestrianised Drottninggattan area of Stockholm, fashion retailer Esprit has overcome this by making a feature of the ...
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GallerySainsbury’s at Gloucester Quays is more than just a green store
Another day, another eco-store. Except it isn’t. Sainsbury’s new Gloucester Quays store is good-looking too. John Ryan visits
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OpinionTrouble on the Allied (Carpets) front
A trip to Croydon’s Purley Way does much to put Allied Carpets’ recent difficulties in perspective. This is a location where Allied Carpets and rival Carpetright are side by side, providing a straightforward compare and contrast exercise.
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GalleryRecession hangover hits booze cruise retailers
Calais is the home of the booze cruiser, but a falling pound, shrinking shopper budgets and fewer day trippers have made it challenging for UK retailers and others. John Ryan reports.
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GalleryStore of the week: Nicholas James, Hatton Garden, London
The challenge that has always faced jewellers is shifting product that no one needs (or maybe even wants) In London’s Hatton Garden, spiritual home of the UK jewellery trade, Nicholas James has confronted this with a store possessing sufficient originality to drag shoppers in from the street in spite of ...
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NewsJohn Smedley opens London flagship
Purveyor of fine-gauge designer knitwear John Smedley has opened a store devoted solely to the commodity on Brook Street, in the heart of central London.
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OpinionFizz has gone out of UK retailers' duty-free offers in France
If things aren’t going well, should you give up or try and fix them? Look at the poll this week on the Retail Week home page and you’ll see the question “Is it worth UK retailers continuing to have duty-free operations in northern France?”Video:The Retail Week Booze CruiseAs is so ...
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GalleryMaking the most of Matalan
Matalan’s defining proposition has always been value, but now it is making its stores more engaging places to visit. John Ryan meets chief executive Alistair McGeorge and visits the Stockport branch
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GalleryStore of the week: Uniqlo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Uniqlo is well known for the unusual shapes of its stores around the world, but in its Tokyo backyard it has worked with local architectural and design practice Curiosity to pull out all the stops for its shop that opened last month.The 32,755 sq ft Uniqlo Megastore is located near ...
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LK Bennett to launch new concept store at Bluewater
Footwear and fashion brand LK Bennett is to launch a new format store at Bluewater as a precursor to a wider roll-out across the country.
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NewsRetail Interiors Awards deadline extended
The deadline for the Retail Interiors Awards has been extended until June 19.
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OpinionWhy retailers can't sit on their hands with store design
Put off, put off, put off. Store design departments up and down the country must be becoming increasingly familiar with this, or something of the kind, as the mantra that emerges from retail boardrooms when the matter of new stores or refurbishments appears on the agenda.
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GalleryDebenhams at Bury St Edmunds looks striking but does it work?
The new Debenhams at Bury St Edmunds is a striking piece of contemporary architecture but, John Ryan asks, does it work as a store – and is its location right?
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NewsNokia rethinks Regent Street flagship design
Nokia is expected to begin work imminently on remodelling its flagship store on Regent Street, less than 18 months after its high-profile opening.
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NewsMenkind expands
The men’s gifts and accessories retailer has pushed the button on expansion after its most profitable year ever.
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GalleryStore of the week: Few and Far, Knightsbridge
Few and Far is a contemporary update on what in days gone by would have been referred to as an emporium – a purveyor of products with a whiff of the exotic about them.
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NewsInditex sales rise by 5 per cent in the first quarter, but profit falls
Net sales at the Spanish fashion giant totalled €2.39bn for the quarter to April 30.
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OpinionColumbia – building retail brands one country at a time
Outdoorswear retailer Columbia is to open its first UK store on Kensington High Street in September. Is it the right move, or will the London-centric focus hold it back from making its mark?
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NewsDeadline for The Retail Interiors Awards draws near
For those contemplating entering The Retail Interiors Awards, 2009, due to take place at the Hilton Park Lane on September 29, time is fast running out. The closing date for entries is this Friday and as well as the by now almost entirely familiar categories, a new award is up ...