All Stores and property articles – Page 205
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OpinionComment: Retail destinations can’t afford to stay the same
Change is at the heart of high streets that work and the carefully sculpted Marylebone High Street is among the best at embracing it.
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GalleryStore gallery: Covent Garden as a hidden shopping destination
Often dismissed as being ‘for tourists’, Covent Garden is home to some striking store design. We visit the London shopping destination.
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GalleryStore gallery: Fully Booked defies the norm with novel store design
Based in Manila, Philippines, Fully Booked uses innovative store design to deviate from the tired book-store as library design model.
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NewsStore gallery: Decathlon tests first click-and-collect store in London Tube station
Decathlon aims to raise brand awareness with its standalone click-and-collect format, which it is trialling in Old Street Tube station in London.
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GalleryIn pictures: Morrisons' new 'Format Flex' lab store in Weybridge
The newly opened Morrisons in Weybridge does not feel like a standard Morrisons in spite of the use of its corporate colours.
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OpinionComment: The truth is Austin Reed has lost its exclusive reputation
The menswear market is thriving, underpinned by a boom in British tailoring, so why does high street icon Austin Reed continue to lose out?
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OpinionComment: Have we come to the end of the road for in-store technology?
Will stores that are teched-up to the iBeacons appear any different to the customer? Maybe not if New York is anything to go by.
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NewsStore of the week: Camper’s attention-grabbing New York store
Camper’s New York store uses simple but eye-catching store design techniques to stand out from the crowd whilst maintaining brand image.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Looking at store designers’ forecast for 2015
Change in retail is often incremental, but could 2015 bring big in-store changes? We talk to the store designers who create a difference.
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NewsMorrisons departing boss Dalton Philips: No regrets on misty veg
Morrisons boss Dalton Philips has defended his ‘misty veg’ strategy that saw the grocer trying to target more affluent shoppers.
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OpinionComment: In the age of the retail sound-bite, certain words should be avoided
In the age of the retail sound-bite, new words are being created on an almost daily basis to disguise run-of-the-mill shop interiors.
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GalleryStore gallery: Decathlon picks up the pace with Croydon store opening
Decathlon is embarking on an opening spree to treble its UK store tally in three years. Retail Week visits the new branch in Croydon.
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GalleryStore gallery: Happy Socks opens first UK standalone store in Covent Garden
Swedish retailer Happy Socks has opened its first standalone UK store in Covent Garden, using bold store design to make an impact.
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AnalysisVideo: shoppers give their verdict on Tesco's price cuts
Tesco has slashed prices across branded products and the jury remains out as to whether the move will lure shoppers back from the discounters.
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NewsRiver Island joins Friars Walk development in Newport
River Island has become the latest retailer to join the Friars Walk development in Newport, South Wales, with a two-storey space opposite H&M.
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OpinionComment: 2015 will be the year online retail gets physical
The year ahead is set to be one in which established online merchants reach for a bigger slice of the physical store market.
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OpinionComment: Seeking inspiration from the retail market as a whole makes sense
Knowing your competitive backyard is just not good enough. Take a look at what retailers en masse are doing to sell more merchandise.
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GalleryStore gallery: Primark opens second Belgian store in Brussels
Last week Primark opened its second store in Belgium, one with a much higher profile than the first owing to its location in Brussels.
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GalleryStore gallery: Rotterdam’s Markthal is a store design showstopper
Rotterdam’s Markthal boasts a market-place atmosphere that includes mainstream retail offers, all under one spectacular roof.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The insider’s experience of store design in 2014
Change is a given in store design, but the landscape has shifted more than normal this year and the pace continues to quicken.