All Stores and property articles – Page 374
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Opinion
On setting expectations
What a disappointment it must be for French passengers arriving at the new St Pancras terminal and considering a little shopping.
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Analysis
Lost in translation?
Home Retail has opened its first Home Store & More shop at Aylesbury and it’s crammed to the rafters. John Ryan pays a visit and asks whether the Irish-born format will cut it in the UK
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News
Chancerealm to switch chains to its Ryman Stationery fascia
Theo Paphitis’s Chancerealm is to rebadge its Ryman chain following a successful pilot at stores in Crewe, Carlisle and Birkenhead.
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News
Thomas Pink and Tie Rack join throng at Terminal 5
Thomas Pink and Tie Rack have joined the roster of retailers set to welcome shoppers at Heathrow’s forthcoming Terminal 5.
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News
Toast opens store in Notting Hill
French Connection-owned fashion and lifestyle brand Toast has opened a 2,800 sq ft (260 sq m) store in Notting Hill.
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News
Carnaby Street’s traditional lights outshine rivals
The Christmas theme along Carnaby Street represents a return to a more traditional way of celebrating the season of goodwill with a contemporary twist.
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Analysis
Old store new tricks
Sainsbury’s new London Colney store has ditched the standard edge-of-town format. John Ryan says it has combined style with a shopfit that can be deployed elsewhere
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Opinion
White City or Westfield London?
Rebranding is one of the tools that those associated with the retail sector tend to use when they want to establish something new, something fresh.
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News
Shoppers’ Stop picks Portland for Hyderabad
Indian department store operator Shoppers’ Stop has appointed London design consultancy Portland to work on its forthcoming 53,820 sq ft (5,000 sq m) department store in Hyderabad.
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News
Next opens first Home in London
Next opened its first standalone Home store in London this week, a 15,000 sq ft (1,395 sq m) outlet on the site of failed entertainment retailer Fopp’s flagship on Tottenham Court Road.
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News
Rituals makes its UK debut
Dutch cosmetics chain Rituals opened its first UK store on Oxford Street last week.
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News
Mice division rescued by its management
A division of failed shopfitting giant Mice Group, which collapsed in the summer, has been bought out by its management, with backing from the Royal Bank of Scotland, for 4.3 million.
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OpinionRetailers are all talk and no action
Climate change is here and, if we don’t do something about it soon, we’re all heading for a very bad time indeed.
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Analysis
Christmas is coming
…and retailers are getting their stores ready. As the windows in London’s West End light up, John Ryan picks out the crackers and the turkeys
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News
New Planet sited at Walton-on-Thames
Forty-something fashion brand Planet has opened a new-format store at Walton-on-Thames in Surrey.
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News
Hindmarch makes London debut
Anya Hindmarch, the designer of handbags and small leather goods, has opened the first of two London stores on Bond Street.
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News
John Lewis opens in Cambridge
A 145,000 sq ft (13,470 sq m) John Lewis store opened in Cambridge last week, replacing Robert Sayle, the department store the retailer has owned since 1940.
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News
Selfridges unveils bling windows for Christmas
Selfridges launched its Christmas windows last week with a bling-inspired theme.
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Opinion
In praise of the suburb
Surrey. It’s a state of mind more than a place – a universe peopled by hefty four-wheel drivers and the gin and Jag set.
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News
Windows to watch: Gap, Oxford Street
Gap is well known for its minimalist windows, where moods, seasons and themes are reduced to symbols with mannequins in front of them. It comes as no surprise then, that Gap’s store halfway along Oxford Street features white, abstract Christmas trees that have been internally illuminated.