All Stores and property articles – Page 219
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OpinionComment: Warehouse’s London flagship points the way for others
Is there any reason that a flagship has to be in central London and is it better to focus on other locations and to make more profit?
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GalleryStore gallery: Budgens supermarket, Islington
The days of the impersonal faceless supermarket are increasingly a thing of the past as even the biggest retailers seek to forge a link with local shoppers in an attempt to convince that a store is relevant to a location, rather than just being a part of a roll-out.
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GalleryStore gallery: In-store innovations from EuroShop 2014
The retail and design worlds descended on Düsseldorf last week for the EuroShop extravaganza.
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GalleryIn pictures: Warehouse flagship opens on Oxford Street
Fashion retailer Warehouse welcomes first customers to digital store on London’s Oxford Street.
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NewsSuperdrug to unveil three new store formats
Superdrug is to launch a specialist “candy store” beauty format, one of a raft of new shop designs that aim to strengthen its position in the healthcare and beauty markets.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Superdrug boss on its eternal youth as it turns 50-years-old
Under the leadership of managing director Joey Wat, health and beauty retailer Superdrug has embarked on an ambitious revamp programme and is launching new store formats.
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OpinionRetail surgery: Should I convert to mobile PoS or keep a degree of fixed PoS?
Should I convert to mobile PoS or keep a degree of fixed PoS?
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NewsShoe Zone sales and profits up after focus on multichannel
Value footwear retailer Shoe Zone reported a rise in full-year sales and profits as it introduced a raft of multichannel initiatives.
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OpinionComment: If you have in-store screens, at least turn them on
Using digital screens as major features in a store presupposes that they work. If they don’t, they need to be fixed – quickly.
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NewsWarehouse to roll out "urban city" store format as Oxford Street flagship opening nears
Warehouse is planning to roll out its new “urban city” store format across its inner city shops as it prepares to open its Oxford Street flagship.
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NewsVideo: Smiggle makes UK debut as it plans rapid store expansion
Smiggle, the Australian stationery retailer, opened its first UK store in Westfield Stratford City today as it plans a rapid roll-out across the country.
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GalleryStore gallery: Dunelm, Milton Keynes
The homewares stores may not be the most aesthetically pleasing, but they have a lot to offer. John Ryan visits the Milton Keynes shop.
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GalleryStore gallery: La Rinascente Milan, Italy
When it comes to windows things are usually simple. The shopper stands in front of the glass and stares in.
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GalleryIn pictures: Euroshop gives retailers a vision of the future of stores
Euroshop in Dusseldorf is in full swing and currently thousands of visitors are walking the many massive halls of the Messe in search of the next big thing.
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OpinionComment: Euroshop - when Dusseldorf rules
There are relatively few times when the entire retail design world beats a path to Düsseldorf, but this week is one of them.
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GalleryStore gallery: Brompton Junction, Covent Garden
The Brompton Junction store in Covent Garden is part of the new generation of cycle shops.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Monsoon Accessorize boss John Browett reveals four-year growth strategy
Monsoon Accessorize boss John Browett reveals how he plans to drive growth at the fashion retailer after he pulled it back into the black in its 40th year.
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GalleryIn pictures: Skincare brand Caudalie opens first London store
French skincare brand Caudalie has opened its first UK store in Monmouth Street, London.
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GalleryStore gallery: Dover Street Market, New York
A decade ago Dover Street Market set up shop on - perhaps unsurprisingly - London’s Dover Street.
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OpinionComment: How wearable technology will make little difference
The idea that by donning a pair of Robocop-style glasses things will be better is the stuff of Never Never Land.