All Stores and property articles – Page 214
-
GalleryStore gallery: Asda's Grantham superstore gets a £1m facelift
Asda has invested £1m in transforming its Grantham superstore, as boss Andy Clarke bids to move the grocer’s proposition to “where the customer is going.”
-
AnalysisStart-up of the week: In-store optimisation platform Monolith
Start-ups in retail technology are growing quickly and Retail Week is highlighting some of the best. This week Monolith is in the spotlight.
-
AnalysisComment: Supermarkets should focus on food, better displayed
The arrival of Argos in larger Sainsbury’s stores seems to make sense, but are there limits to what can soak up surplus supermarket space?
-
NewsStore of the week: Asics’ flagship store incorporates a New York icon
Asics’ flagship New York store combines store design standards with an unexpected prop to associate the retailer with the Big Apple.
-
GalleryIn pictures: Has Aldi suffered from a Christmas hangover?
Christmas goods still seem to be in plentiful stock in some Aldi stores, discovers Grocery Insight director Steve Dresser.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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?
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
