All Store design & interiors articles – Page 97
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Store of the week: Le Bon Marche Paris
It rarely matters how much good work is done on the internal design of a store, the basement is always a second-class citizen. In department stores it often houses a food hall, the logic being that this will turn it into an area shoppers have to visit.
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GalleryParis department stores
Paris department stores are about glamour and giving the shopper a real experience. Among them, Printemps, currently undergoing refurbishment, and Le Bon Marche, stand tall.
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Store of the week: Harvey Nichols, Jakarta
Luxury may be taking a bit of a battering at the moment but this doesn’t appear to be preventing some of the bigger players from continuing to expand.
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Store of the week: Levi’s, Berlin
Levi’s is one of those brands that seems part of the furniture – you know it’s there, but don’t always give it your full attention.
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Store of the week: Esprit, CentrO, Germany
Perhaps surprisingly for UK shoppers, Hong Kong-listed lifestyle retailer Esprit has been around for more than 40 years.
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Store of the week: Oil & Vinegar, Newcastle
To judge from what’s happening in the wider economy, you might think that being a niche retailer is not the finest thing in the world at the moment.
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GalleryTesco – Cheetham Hill, Manchester
A 52,000 sq ft eco-store opened in Manchester’s Cheetham Hill district on January 12, 2009.
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Store of the week: Sony Style, Paris
One of the complaints often levelled against technology retailers is that however slick their products, the shops themselves are cold, impersonal spaces. Sony has attempted to overcome this in the French capital with its Sony Style flagship store.
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Store of the week: Southern Co-op, Southampton
It's not often that an outfit like a co-op would merit inclusion as a store where design is one of its central selling points, but this Southern Co-op outpost is at least as good as any food to go meets convenience store that's out there.
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Store of the week: Globus, Mumbai
In these troubled times, when even Russia has announced that it has gone into recession, India is one of the world’s few remaining economic highlights.
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GallerySuit Supply – Westfield London
Suit Supply’s second store in the UK is in Westfield and is twice the size of its first outing in Vigo Street, off Regent Street.
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Store of the week: Adnams Southwold, Suffolk
Suffolk brewer Adnams has opened a flagship for its nine-strong chain of wine and beer stores in its home town of Southwold.
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GalleryOberpollinger – Munich
Munich’s biggest department store has emerged from a four-year revamp at a cost of a cool £75m.
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GalleryClas Ohlson – Croydon
Scandi DIY retailer Clas Ohlson makes its UK debut in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre.
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Store of the week: Disney Store, Westfield London
Look at Disney Store’s financial record for the year to September 2007 and you might be inclined to think it isn’t doing very well.
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GalleryChristmas in Paris 2008
Department store stalwarts, Galeries Lafayette and Printemps, are the highlights of Christmas VM in Paris this year.
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Store of the week: Le Studio SFR Rue Tronchet, Paris
Probably not the most festive shop in Paris, but telecoms network and technology retailer SFR offers one of Europe’s most interesting new retail environments.
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Store of the week: Carphone Warehouse, Romford, Essex
It’s said that gadgets like mobile phones are heading for the scrap heap. The new buzz centres on “convergence” – handsets that take pictures, play films and music, and allow near instantaneous broadband connection. Oh yes, and you can make phone calls if you feel inclined.
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Store of the week: Mulberry, Westfield London
A visit once again to Westfield, for which there will be no apology: nothing else on this scale will open in the UK for some time to come, so it makes sense to take a look at one of the stores that actually managed to open on time in the ...