All Stores and property articles – Page 222
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Opinion
Comment: Kiddicare's edge-of-town stores should be substituted for a laptop
Big edge-of-town retailers’ have been under pressure for some time, but can they be attractive?
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Gallery
Story gallery: Ikea downsizes with experimental store format
Hamburg is home to Ikea’s first ‘Citystore’, a new format with a smaller store footprint designed to cater to urban shoppers.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Birchbox New York delivers with first store
Online beauty company Birchbox has opened shop – Retail Week looks at how they have translated online personalisation to an in-store format.
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Analysis
Analysis: Retailers and shopping centres join forces for new apprenticeship
The BCSC Educational Trust and the National Skills Academy for Retail have teamed up with Primark and Hammerson to launch a new apprenticeship. Retail Week takes a look at the project.
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Analysis
Apple's store design trademark: What do retailers need to know?
In a landmark decision, the European Court of Justice ruled that the layout of Apple’s retail stores may be registered as a trademark. Retail Week looks at the implications.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco's digital screen, food promotion and the plastic bag charge
Retail news round-up on July 16, 2014: Tesco introduces screen technology, Charge for bags may be increased, NFU slams Tesco.
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Opinion
Comment: A retail finance director’s remit goes beyond numbers
Marks and Spencer and Tesco demonstrate that the role of the modern CFO does not stop at finance but extends into every aspect of retail.
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Opinion
Comment: John Lewis’ Commonwealth support is smart marketing
The decision by John Lewis to support the forthcoming Commonwealth Games is a canny piece of marketing know-how.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Scotland’s retail offer under the spotlight
As Scotland prepares itself to vote on whether to go it alone, how distinct is the retail offering in Edinburgh and Glasgow?
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Gallery
Store gallery: NikeLab 1948 takes sportswear off the beaten track
Nike’s Shoreditch store combines style with substance to create a retail environment that is as much about marketing as it is about sportswear.
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News
John Lewis launches pop-up urban garden for Commonwealth Games
John Lewis has launched a pop-up urban garden tea house in Glasgow city centre that will be open for the duration of the Commonwealth Games.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can technology ensure consumers see retailer’s stores as destinations?
In order to be seen as a destination, retailers first need to consider what they are a destination for.
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Analysis
Analysis: Mall of Scandinavia set to change Sweden’s retail landscape
Opening in 2015, Mall of Scandinavia is hoping to draw in big brands and breathe life back into Sweden’s flagging retail market.
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Opinion
Comment: La Senza’s Oxford Street flagship tells a story
Can the cost of creating flagships in high-profile locations really be justified or are they large nails in retail coffins?
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Gallery
Store gallery: The Netherlands’ DekaMarkt returns to its roots
Holland’s oldest grocery chain Dekamarkt has taken its new concept store to market. Retail Week takes a turn around the Haarlem store.
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Gallery
Store gallery: How does Sainsbury's ensure consistent appeal?
Sainsbury’s has continually evolved store design without losing focus. Retail Week speaks to the grocer’s head of retail design.
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News
Video: Superdrug marketing director on its new beauty treatment format
Superdrug marketing director Matt Walburn tells Retail Week why the beauty retailer has launched its new format centred on treatments, Beauty Studio by Superdrug.
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Gallery
In pictures: Superdrug unveils new high-end format, Beauty Studio
Superdrug has unveiled its new high-end beauty store format, which combines retail with a raft of express beauty treatments.
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Analysis
Store review: John Lewis Kingston Vs Homebase Guildford
Jill Pinner, chairman and founder of Fizz shares her thoughts on the quality of customer service in John Lewis and Homebase.
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News
Tesco trials slimline contactless payment tills in London stores
Tesco is testing slimline card-only checkouts in its busiest London stores in a bid to save space and reduce queues during peak times.