All Stores and property articles – Page 377
-
News
JJB to test new-look store as it sets overhaul strategy in motion
Sports retailer JJB Sports is to trial a new-format store in November, as part of chief executive Chris Ronnie’s reinvigoration plan.
-
AnalysisThe great outdoors
Fat Face has pioneered a new look at its Princesshay store in Exeter, targeting the Southwest’s outdoor pursuit fans. John Ryan heads for the hills to take a closer look
-
Analysis
Rules of attraction
Are the design rules for selling online the same as those that are used on the high street? John Ryan investigates the art of retailing on the web
-
News
Duo steps out in new design as it opens trio
Footwear retailer Duo Boots has opened stores in Edinburgh, Manchester and Amsterdam.
-
News
Faith heads upmarket with new look to fend off rivals
Footwear retailer Faith opened a new-look store last week aimed at taking the brand upmarket.
-
News
Raft of top shopfitters buck downturn trend
Shopfitters are enjoying a mini-resurgence, according to a report from sector research company Plimsoll.
-
News
Ted Baker uses horse theme in Dublin shop
Ted Baker is preparing to open a store in Grafton Street, Dublin, as part of a push to open more international shops. The retailer claims that the 3,900 sq ft (360 sq m) branch – its second store in Ireland – has been inspired by the Irish obsession with horses. ...
-
News
Whole Foods window displays turn to home
Whole Foods Market has removed the window scheme that accompanied the launch of its Kensington store in June and replaced it with a series of displays to support the food retailer through its first autumn season. Created by London-based Elemental Design, the new window scheme features a domestic interior, according ...
-
News
Playboy opens first European store
Playboy opened its first standalone European store this week on London’s Oxford Street. Occupying three floors, the 4,000 sq ft (370 sq m) shop has been 18 months in the making and cost about£2.5 million to put together, according to Christopher Chronis, director and licence-holder for the brand’s Australia and ...
-
Analysis
Great expectations
The HMV store in Merry Hill is the entertainment retailer’s best hope for turning its prospects around. John Ryan visits
-
News
HMV pushes button on next-generation store roll-out
Entertainment retailer will open up to 40 next year
-
Opinion
A New Look needed for windows
Sometimes, you have to ask why retailers do certain things and nowhere is this more the case than in the vexed topic of window displays.
-
News
HMV unveils hi-tech store of the future
Next-generation store debuts at Merry Hill centre in Dudley
-
Analysis
No place like home
John Ryan reports on Marks and Spencer's new homewares store in Northern Ireland
-
News
Tesco outlines mission to up non-food estate
Tesco is gunning to more than double its number of Homeplus non-food stores in the UK. Tesco Homeplus operations director Alison Horner said the UK’s biggest supermarket will add 10 shops to its existing portfolio of seven Homeplus stores. She added that Tesco has identified six new sites, but a ...
-
News
Netto sales rise as product and stores refreshed
Netto managing director Richard Lancaster has revealed the supermarket’s profits and like-for-like sales are substantially up this year, driven by enhancements made to its stores and product. Lancaster, who took the helm at Netto earlier this year, said: “Our improved sales performance has been driven by a combination of factors ...
-
News
Bridgford revenues to rise
Shopfitter Bridgford Interiors has claimed it is on target to raise its revenues by 30 per cent to£30 million in 2007, thanks to a raft of new contracts and framework agreements with retailers. Bridgford associate director Alan Palmer said that work on fitting out Asda Living stores in Dartford and ...
-
News
Moss Bros unveils Cardiff flagship
Formalwear retailer Moss Bros last week opened its largest store to date, a two-floor 7,000 sq ft (650 sq m) unit in Cardiff. The shop, in the city’s central Hayes district, has been put together by design consultancy Inca and an in-house team and is “cleaner and more streamlined”, according ...