All Store design & interiors articles – Page 79
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GalleryThe Conran Shop: Designs on the future
The Conran Shop in Chelsea has traded for 25 years, but has been refurbished to give it greater relevance. John Ryan reports.
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GalleryAigle, Covent Garden
Shops selling a single category are thin on the ground – width, as well as depth, is normally deemed desirable by most retailers.
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GalleryFrancesca’s Collections, Paramus, New Jersey
Look carefully and then look again. It’s an independent fashion store, right?
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GalleryAustin Reed: In an upper class of its own
Austin Reed has opened its new flagship on Regent Street, but has enough been done to give the brand relevance? John Ryan reports.
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GalleryJohn Lewis, Oxford Street, fourth floor
John Lewis used to the place that your mum took you where you were forced to hover while she inspected the haberdashery department and assessed the school clothing that you were going to model.
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GalleryChristmas future
Break out and hang up the decorations, Christmas windows are once more upon us. But is it a case of same old, same old, or are retailers offering something new? John Ryan reports.
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GalleryGoing for glamour
The department store has repositioned its beauty hall at Manchester Exchange Square, upping the glamour stakes. John Ryan visits.
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GalleryTopshop, Santiago, Chile
There’s been a lot of news recently about Topshop beaming down in Chicago, but putting the US to one side for a moment, what about Chile?
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GalleryStore design: Balancing cost and creativity
How do you strike the right balance between conceiving a good-looking store and the cost of creating it. John Ryan investigates.
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GalleryMarks & Spencer, Edgware Road, London
Style Online, Kiosk Corner, call it what you will, the new digital area just inside the door of the Marks & Spencer store on Edgware Road is perfectly placed for time-pressed shoppers.
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GalleryUniqlo: Colour it in
Uniqlo Regent Street has just emerged from a three-month makeover with a new look intended to bring it into line with the retailer’s global flagships. John Ryan reports.
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GalleryIs Westfield London standing the test of time?
Westfield London is approaching its third anniversary, but is the more mature sister of the Stratford mall standing the test of time? John Ryan reports on how brands have helped maintain its appeal.
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GalleryIlly, Sao Paulo
In the popular imagination, Brazil’s famous for a few things with samba, caipirinhas, a very large river and maybe Copacabana beach being among them.
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GallerySteamer Trading: Recipe for success
Cookware specialist Steamer Trading has continued its trend for unique stores by refurbishing a Grade II building in the North. John Ryan tours the store with managing director Ben Phillips
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GalleryWeekday, Mitte, Berlin
Weekday in Berlin’s Mitte district stands as an example of why this part of the German capital is always worth a visit and how it is one of the more important places to grab a slice of the retail zeitgeist currently.
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GalleryLet it Simply Be
Home shopping brand Simply Be has opened its first terrestrial store in Liverpool. John Ryan visits and talks to its management
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GalleryIn pictures: The New Store Europe Retail Week Interiors Awards 2011
Big winners on the night included Dalziel and Pow, Fitch and HMKM. The final award of the evening, the New Store Europe UK Retail Interior of the Year, went to BLACK/Dixons Retail, with an interior created by Household.
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Analysis
Top of the shop
It’s been another tough year for shopfitters, a year that has seen the departure of some very familiar names and considerable downsizing by a large number of others.
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GalleryPenhaligon’s, Singapore
If you’ve ever had an idle moment and considered the ill-advised purchase of something smelly, Penhaligon’s might well have been on the shopping list to find something.