All Stores and property articles – Page 230
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using in-store displays to maximise sales performance
Pressure on stores to deliver strong sales means fixtures are becoming an increasingly important component of the brand offer. Mark Faithfull looks at some innovations.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What can be found in the windows of London’s West End?
It’s supposed to be summer and retailers have responded with windows that reflect the season. John Ryan takes a look.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The business of shopping – improving your chances of success
At what point do you stop and wonder whether the stores that you’ve spent time putting together might not be faring as well as the rest?
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AnalysisAnalysis: The ISG Retail Week Interiors Awards - Why they matter
The store design sector’s annual fest is coming up oncemore. There are lots of benefits from attending the ISG Retail Week Interiors Awards at the Hilton on Park Lane.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Uniqlo finds new ways to bring excitement to its stores
One of the trends that seems to be becoming more prevalent in store promotion is the move towards taking a well-known name or brand, linking it with a host store and then standing back and waiting for the sales to pour in.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to achieve design success when expanding overseas
There’s more to success overseas than turning up and hoping for the best. John Ryan talks to Raj Wilkinson, creative director at JHP Design.
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OpinionComment: How to use extra space in Tesco stores and is it worth it?
There will be those who are prepared to criticise Tesco for a rumoured decision to allow Sports Direct into its bigger stores, but this has to be better than empty space.
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NewsBathstore launches new smaller multichannel format
Bathstore is testing a new small-format store at its Harrogate branch that has a greater focus on design and multichannel.
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GalleryIn pictures: Lidl ties-up with Subway at Cromer store
Lidl has partnered with Subway to share space as the sandwich specialist’s opens within its Cromer site.
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GalleryStore of the week: Peloton & Co, Spitalfields Market
Wander into most larger branches of Halfords these days, inspect the cycles offer and it’s more than likely there will be a couple of Boardman bikes on display.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: The stores that transformed the retail landscape
The past 25 years brought constant innovation of stores. John Ryan looks at some of the most groundbreaking formats during the period.
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GalleryIn pictures: Waitrose opens Greenwich store ahead of London push
Waitrose today opened a new 18,000 sq ft supermarket in Greenwich as its assault on the London market gathers pace.
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OpinionComment: Marks & Spencer is neglecting the flagship store format
Marc Bolland said recently that M&S’s famous Marble Arch store has “passed the baton” as flagship to the retailer’s online shop.
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GalleryIn pictures: Ted Baker opens pop-up accessories shop in Selfridges
Ted Baker has opened a floral pop-up shop in Selfridges’ London store to showcase its flowery autumn/winter accessories collection.
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GalleryIn pictures: First Little Waitrose in John Lewis to open tomorrow
Waitrose’s convenience format Little Waitrose is set to open in John Lewis’ Watford store tomorrow, the first time the shop has launched within its sister department store chain.
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GalleryStore of the week: The Conran Shop, Marylebone High Street
Top-end furniture and homewares retailers are not uncommon in the more chichi parts of central London. And many of them still seem to favour minimalism.
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OpinionComment: Will a sub-standard retail environment turn customers off?
Let’s invent a new shop. It will stock books. Well, actually, it will stock very few books. Instead there will be endless repetitions of a few titles.
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GalleryStore gallery: Tesco Chelmsford prioritises convenience format
Tesco is piloting a convenience format in Chelmsford. John Ryan visits and talks to superstores managing director Richard Baker.
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GalleryIn pictures: Debenhams unveils prosecco bar and designer hall at Oxford Street store
Debenhams is banking on a prosecco bar, an exclusive designer department and a shimmering façade to woo more international customers into its flagship Oxford Street store.