All Stores and property articles – Page 159
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AnalysisAnalysis: The brands making a play for the high street
Brands have always eyed opportunities to get closer to the consumer and now a generation of names are taking their own stores.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The five best examples of multichannel retail
Everything from touchscreen monitors to selfie-designated stations and offline fitting experiences feature in our best examples of multichannel retail.
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GalleryIn pictures: Fenwick leads Bracknell's regeneration
Bracknell used to be a place shopped by some of its locals and almost nobody else. But now a regenerated town centre and a winsome Fenwick have put this one on the list.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: The department store's future?
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on department stores’ attempts to embraces services and the experiential.
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GalleryStore of the week: Bershka pop-up, New York City
The youthful Inditex fascia has made a playful debut in New York City with a store in SoHo.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Where do retail leaders love to shop?
We ask some of the UK’s best retailers which bricks-and-mortar stores appeal to them most as consumers.
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NewsFenwick profits slump as it firms up 2019 online launch
Fenwick has suffered a slump in full-year profits as markdowns and investments in its digital capabilities dented its bottom line.
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GalleryTop of the Shops: The top 25 UK stores by design
Over the past 12 months a lot has happened in retail, and the changes are characterised by Retail Week’s ranking of the top 25 UK stores by design.
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OpinionOpinion: Wilko needs an update, and soon
With large numbers of staff accepting redundancy and a slump in profits, what should Wilko do to make things better?
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OpinionOpinion: This is not the end for traditional retail
Traditional retailing in Britain is dying. Or at least – if we listen to industry analysts – it is close enough to the verge of extinction to be on the endangered list.
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GalleryLong read: The best stores in the world, by design
Every year Retail Week scours the globe to find the best-designed stores that stand head and shoulders above the rest, and 2017’s list is no different.
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GalleryStore gallery: Stranger Things have happened at Topshop
Topshop has transformed its Oxford Street flagship into a shrine to hit Netflix show Stranger Things, in an attempt to capture the imagination and spend of teenage shoppers at Halloween.
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GalleryStore gallery: Is Bunnings giving Homebase enough TLC?
Bunnings has a mountain to climb when it comes to converting the Homebase estate to match the store format it revealed earlier this year in St Albans.
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GalleryFirst look: Made.com and Heal’s open at the Mailbox
Made.com and Heal’s were among a handful of homewares retailers that opened at the Mailbox in Birmingham this week.
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NewsFirst look: Debenhams makes debut Down Under
Debenhams has opened its first store in Australia this week with a small-format shop in Melbourne.
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NewsNasty Gal expands global reach with first UK pop-up
US etailer Nasty Gal, which was snapped up by Boohoo earlier this year, is opening a pop-up shop in London next month.
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GalleryStore of the week: Tiptree, Chelmsford
Wilkin & Sons worked with HMKM and Itab to create Chelmsford’s new Tiptree store, which offers an expanded range of delectable products.
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NewsCarpetright revamps beds offer with shop-in-shop pilot
Carpetright is taking steps to shake up its beds proposition starting with an ‘under the radar’ trial of a new concept at eight stores.
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OpinionDoes ‘experience’ just mean service at John Lewis?
There’s quite a lot on offer in Oxford’s new John Lewis, but is the ‘experience’ of shopping the store something that’s been around for years?
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GalleryStore gallery: Experiencing Oxford's John Lewis
John Ryan visits the new John Lewis in Oxford, which takes experience as its starting point, and builds from there.