All Stores and property articles – Page 353
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News
New Look opens at Liverpool One
New Look opened the doors of its 28,500 sq ft store in Liverpool One last Friday with a design that represents its “store of the future”.
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GalleryNew Look – Liverpool
New Look opened a new format store in Grosvenor’s Liverpool One scheme on Friday June 27.
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Opinion
When small is beautiful
Despite what many acknowledge to be dire trading conditions, new shops continue to roll out of the store development pipeline and investment is clearly still being made in store design.
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Gallery
Wigmore to relocate as it gets brand facelift
Specialist sports retailer Wigmore is relocating to a new unit from its long-standing store on Wigmore Street in London’s West End.
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Analysis
Roll with it
Paper, energy, landfill and even water savings are being made at Sainsbury’s as it rolls out double-sided till receipt printers, finds Joanna Perry
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AnalysisSomething to shout about?
These days, communicating your green policy can be tricky: be too vocal and you’ll get accused of greenwash. John Ryan discovers that most retailers are taking a low-key approach instead
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AnalysisSharper Focus: reinventing the DIY retailer
Ailing DIY retailer Focus is being reinvented by its management team. John Ryan visits the first new-look store in Wantage, with chief executive Bill Grimsey and brand director Richard Bird
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News
Tengelmann to switch focus to fresh in move upmarket
Supermarket chain Tengelmann is to revamp its 700 German stores to focus on fresh produce.
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News
Focus raises curtain on new store format
Focus has opened its first new-look store since it was bought by Cerberus for 1 last June.
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News
Liberty of London opens first standalone store
Liberty of London’s first standalone store opened last week, showcasing the heritage of its iconic parent Liberty combined with modern opulence.
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News
House of Fraser eyes luxury brand tie-ups
House of Fraser is understood to be in talks with luxury French fashion brands Louis Vuitton and Hermes to open shop-in-shops in its Glasgow store.
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News
Nike launches store for Wimbledon
Sports retail giant Nike is debuting a new-format temporary store at Wimbledon this year.
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Opinion
A tougher game
News that the chief executive and chairman of quoted shopfitter Styles & Wood (S&W) have exited stage left is an indication of the way things are heading in retail at the moment and the way in which this is cascading down the store design supply chain.
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News
Spirit at Selfridges Oxford Street
As a proposition, Spirit, the young fashion department at Selfridges’ flagship store on Oxford Street, would not normally be eligible for consideration as a Store of the Week.
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News
Hamleys’ Jordan opening kick-starts expansion
World-famous toy shop Hamleys opened a three-floor shop in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Wednesday.
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AnalysisPurple reign
PC World’s Enfield branch is the test bed for DSGi boss John Browett’s plans to revive the group’s computing brand. John Ryan goes to the north London suburbs to investigate
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News
Topshop installs photographic machine in stores
Topshop has been setting up bespoke in-store photographic studios in an exclusive collaboration with The Helmut Newton Foundation.
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GalleryManchester Shopping
A short stroll around the capital of the Northwest reveals some of the best retailing outside London.