All Stores and property articles – Page 370
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News
Styles & Wood chief warns of tough market
The boss of Styles & Wood has warned of the challenging retail market, despite the shopfitting company delivering a sparkling set of full-year results.
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Opinion
Waitrose goes where Tesco won’t
News that Waitrose is to enlarge upon the store format that it developed for its Marylebone High Street and Finchley Road stores should come as little surprise to anyone who has been following the supermarket’s fortunes in the past 12 months.
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Analysis
Frill seekers
As high street retailers join the “push for posh”, blurring the line between themselves and high-end players, can luxury stores maintain their point of difference? John Ryan reports.
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Irish fashion player A-Wear trawls sites as it plots a launch in Britain
Irish fashion chain A-wear has edged a step closer to opening stores in Britain by hiring a property agency to search for potential sites.
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DSGi’s airport Dixons stores to get makeover
DSGi has picked Leicester-based design consultancy Checkland Kindleysides to revamp its Dixons airport electricals stores.
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Brown Thomas Dublin flagship revamp enters its final phase
Brown Thomas has begun remodelling the basement of its Dublin flagship, marking the final stage of its refurbishment.
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Waitrose begins roll-out of new look after trial success
Waitrose has started rolling out design elements of its new store format after a strong performance from its two debut shops.
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Opinion
Everybody’s talking EuroShop
This weekend was one of a few when retailers are likely to get a break from staring at figures. As weekend shoppers rush the tills, a massive number of retailers are at EuroShop.
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Analysis
Shades of green
Green stores not only save money, but they are increasingly demanded by consumers. But, as John Ryan discovers, it is often the least visible changes that have the biggest impact
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Foyles opens St Pancras store three months late
Foyles opened its much-delayed third store at London’s St Pancras International railway station last week.
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Harrods dresses its lifts for start of Senses promotion
Luxury department store Harrods has kicked off two months of in-store visual merchandising events with a series of installations in its Grade II listed lifts, writes John Ryan.
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Out of this world
Echochamber & Retail Week scour the globe to track down the most impressive retail concepts. This month, we travel to Australia to worship at a motorcycling temple of enthusiasm
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Opinion
A rest is as good as a change
Spend a little time talking to almost any design consultancy and it probably won't be long before you hear one of two things.
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Analysis
Overseas retailers’ bumpy landing in the UK
It’s not easy for overseas retailers to make their mark in the UK in the present climate. Charlotte Dennis-Jones takes a look at how some are faring and finds that business is worryingly slow
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Analysis
Shutting up shop
In 1972, photographer John Londei started taking pictures of small, independent shops across the UK, aiming to capture the time-worn presence of these already antiquated businesses...
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Analysis
Cell of the century
Nokia’s first UK flagship is a world away from the average phone shop, with a hi-tech shopfit that focuses on experience instead of product. John Ryan says it deserves its place on Regent Street
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Harrods unveils department store in Heathrow’s Terminal 5
Harrods has given the first glimpse of its department store offering in Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
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Uniqlo to bring smaller format to UK to up presence in capital
Uniqlo is to test a small-format store in the UK, following a successful pilot in Paris.
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H&M lifts curtain on its Regent Street flagship
Swedish fashion retailer H&M opened its new London flagship store yesterday at 234 Regent Street.