All Store design & interiors articles – Page 24
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GalleryHow is Bunnings doing DIY retail differently?
Aussie DIY retailer Bunnings’ new St Albans store has a lot going for it, but there are a few ‘snags’ to overcome. John Ryan reports.
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OpinionOpinion: Will Bunnings flex its muscles in the UK?
What will Bunnings have to do in order to engage shoppers, other than lower prices?
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GalleryFirst look: Bunnings Warehouse debuts in the UK
As the UK’s first Bunnings Warehouse opens for trading in St Albans, Retail Week was first to see the store and speak to the retailer’s boss PJ Davis.
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GalleryStore of the week: Solebox experiments with lab design
Trainers started life as an item worn only when participating in sport. Over time, they have morphed into fashion items.
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GalleryStore gallery: Derby, home to Halfords of the future
A retail park on the edge of Derby is home to a newly-opened Halfords store of the future.
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OpinionOpinion: Why small is beautiful and is also the future
Mini Habitats are just part of a phenomenon in retail that is an inevitable consequence of multi-channel. But technology is central to making them convincing for shoppers.
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GalleryStore of the week: Waanders In de Broeren, the Netherlands
A 15th-century church in the north of the Netherlands turns bookshop Waanders In de Broeren into a Mecca for bibliophiles.
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Store gallery: Is Snapchat's store the future of retail?
A pop-up store that offers a 100% conversion rate has been drawing the crowds in the Big Apple.
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OpinionOpinion: H&M Oxford Street has itself to blame
Closing a secondary H&M store in London’s West End makes sense. There are just too many of the things.
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GalleryStore gallery: Holland & Barrett opens London flagship
Health food and lifestyle retailer Holland & Barrett has opened a two-floor store on Oxford Street
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GalleryStore of the week: NBA Store, Fifth Avenue, New York City
NBA has opened a store on Fifth Avenue, New York City, where customers are encouraged to play ball with the products.
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GalleryIn pictures: Luxury retail in New York City
What does luxury retail mean, and is it changing? John Ryan reports from New York City.
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OpinionOpinion: NBA gets the measure of retail in New York
Giving shoppers things to do and combining this with technology is the new face of New York retail, and it’s working.
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GalleryStore of the week: Jones & Co. Styling Opticians
One of the sectors of retail that has been quietly reinventing itself over the past few years is ‘eyewear’ – opticians to the uninformed.
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NewsShoe Zone profits rise and current trading ‘solid’
Shoe Zone has reported a rise in full-year earnings and made a “solid start” to the new financial year.
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OpinionOpinion: Is it still worth trading in the West End?
The cost of opening a successful shop in London’s West End may outweigh the benefits. It could be better to go to a shopping centre.
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GalleryIn pictures: Dreams enhances portfolio with new format
Beds specialist Dreams has set about enhancing its store portfolio with ambitions to open 20 new-format stores this year.
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GalleryStore of the week: The Leather Satchel Co. opens in Liverpool
Liverpool-based satchel manufacturer The Leather Satchel Co. has opened its first standalone store, in the city’s historic Albert Dock.
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GalleryStore gallery: A fabulously British affair at Jack Wills
This Jack Wills store relies not on technology, but on brilliant retail theatre.
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GalleryStore gallery: Typo opens first UK store in London
Australian stationery retailer Typo has launched its first UK store at Westfield Stratford, and unveiled ambitions to open 100 over the next five to ten years.