All Stores and property articles – Page 168
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Opinion
Opinion: Giving ’em reasons to come back to John Lewis
There is more to good retailing than decent product and interesting merchandising – that can be done online, but what else is possible?
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Retail Voice
Top three ways to boost loyalty and footfall
How can retailers forge stronger relationships with their customers and encourage them to shop in store? Mood Media has the answer.
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Analysis
Are retailers falling short on customer strategies?
Economic uncertainty plus the evolution of the connected consumer is allowing nimble retailers to cash in while some legacy brands being left out in the cold.
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Gallery
John Lewis debuts in-store experiential summer campaign
A new in-store marketing campaign at Middle-England’s favourite retailer aims to make John Lewis stores a year round eye-opener, not just at Christmas.
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News
Report exposes UK firms' cyber-security training gap
Only 20% of UK businesses have had staff attend any form of cyber-security training in the last 12 months, according to the Government’s new findings.
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News
Store of the week: Zara goes large in Westfield London
Big retailers opening bigger stores is one of those contradictory impulses at a time when many are closing branches or opening half-pint-sized ones.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Dr Martens in Camden
Back in the day, if you liked music and fashion then Camden Market in north London was something of a go-to destination.
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News
Bunnings snaps up former B&Q site for fifth UK store
Homebase owner Wesfarmers has snapped up a former B&Q store in Folkestone, which it plans to convert into its fifth UK Bunnings Warehouse.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Jimmy Choo and Arcadia
Retail news round-up: Jimmy Choo is up for sale, and Arcadia's Outfit is set to make high-street debut
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Opinion
Opinion: Debenhams and ‘redesigning’ a department store
There is more to boosting department store sales than offering a better version of the tried, tested and tired.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Boohoo, Boden and more
Retail news round-up: Boohoo set to reveal increase in profits, Boden opens concessions in John Lewis stores and Woolworths set to make high street come back
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Analysis
Special report: How shoppers’ senses drive retail sales
The new generation of consumers demands a different kind of sensory experience. Victoria McDermott takes a look at some of the insights gleaned from Retail Week and Mood Media’s new Shopping with Emotion report
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Analysis
Analysis: The rise of the multi-brand store
Retailers are under pressure to make maximum use of their real-estate portfolios and, as Ben Cooper reports, the multi-fascia store could be the answer.
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News
Breakfast briefing: UK online spending and Rylko
Retail news round-up: British shoppers rank first in online spending, and Rylko launches its first store in the UK
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Gallery
Store gallery: Tesco’s Extra special space
Llansamlet, in Swansea’s hinterland, hosts a revamped Tesco Extra that is a long way from the norm.
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News
What are Tesco's sourcing strategies amid Brexit?
Tesco’s Asia supply chain head has been confirmed as a panelist at Retail Week’s Supply Chain conference on May 10, free for retailers to attend.
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Retail Voice
Stop hackers hitting your retail business
Cisco reveals the best defences for retailers against cybercriminals who have designs on their data.
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Analysis
Has Farfetch connected the physical and the digital?
What does the future of retail look like? Will our high-street shops morph into showrooms? Will staff be replaced by robots?
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Opinion
Opinion: Does St Albans really need two Bunnings?
The opening of the second UK branch of Bunnings in the same town as the first looks a little puzzling.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Habitat's new mini-stores work?
When grocery giant Sainsbury’s snapped-up Habitat and Argos from Home Retail Group, the homewares brand’s future was thrown into doubt.