All Stores and property articles – Page 360
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Opinion
Cause for concern
It’s one of those frequently accepted pieces of shop lore that when times are tough, supermarkets are a retail financial safe haven compared with other parts of the sector.
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Analysis
Essex buoys
It may be approaching its 20th birthday, but Essex’s Lakeside remains a key retail destination. John Ryan visits to see how its retailers are coping in a fiercely competitive environment
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News
Uniqlo unveils UT Gallery spin-off in East End
Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo has opened a pop-up shop off east London’s Brick Lane, called UT Gallery.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Marionnaud Paris, Hong Kong
Marionnaud Paris, the luxury perfume and cosmetic chain acquired by AS Watson in 2005, has opened its first store in Hong Kong.
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News
Hackett gets into gear for global expansion
Upmarket menswear retailer Hackett plans to launch in the US and Japan as it ramps up its global expansion.
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Opinion
The best of both worlds
It seems we can never get enough small food shops and the news that Waitrose has joined the scramble for smaller format stores is a case in point.
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News
Bhs puts freeze on refits to ride out tough times
Bhs is to temporarily halt its store refurbishment programme from the end of this month.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Karen Millen, SoHo, New York
The Karen Millen store in Lower Manhattan’s fashionable SoHo district, which was completed last month, is an example of a retailer responding sensitively to its local environment.
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Gallery
Rule the roost
Ted Baker is beckoning City workers with its new store on Cheapside, which harks back to Victorian England with stuffed birds and shoe shines. John Ryan reports
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Opinion
In praise of German VM
Galeria Kaufhof is a chain of German department stores. You’ll find a branch in every one of the country’s major towns and they serve the same function as, say, Debenhams in the UK.
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Analysis
Quiet revolution
B&Q’s rolling revamp programme is a key part of Kingfisher’s attempt to revive the DIY chain. John Ryan visits the latest store to get the treatment in Sutton and gives a progress report
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Gallery
Store of the week: Avanti, Augsburg
C&A vanished from the UK at the beginning of the century, but it is thriving in mainland Europe and last month unveiled a new format for Avanti, one of its fashion brands.
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GalleryTed Baker & Friends - Cheapside
The 4000 sq ft Ted Baker store in the heart of the City combines the traditional with the high tech.
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GalleryBhs Home – Barton Square
British Home Stores joined the Barton Square homewares party in April 2008.
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GalleryNext Home - Barton Square
The Next Home store in Manchester’s Barton Square is the latest format thinking from the fashion and catalogue retailer.
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GalleryMarks & Spencer – Bournemouth
This is the first fully fledged example of the eco-store format that M&S hopes will help it achieve its Plan A objectives by 2012.
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Gallery
B&Q Sutton
This is the 38th store re-vamp carried out by the UK’s largest home improvement retailer.
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GalleryHomeSense – Imperial Park, Bristol
HomeSense is the latest fascia from the American retail group that owns TK Maxx.