All Stores and property articles – Page 232
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NewsMaplin profits dip by 33.6% as it eyes international growth
Maplin’s profits took a hit in the first year of its investment plan for growth as the retailer marks out countries for overseas expansion.
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GalleryStore of the week: HEB, Montrose, Houston
The US is frequently characterised as a country with relatively few coast-to-coast operators, but that has a host of large regional players that dominate a particular state or cluster of states.
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GalleryStore gallery: Oasis refreshes store look at Trinity Leeds
Fashion retailer Oasis was looking a bit stale, but now it has a store template that represents the future.
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OpinionComment: Supergroup stores show what matters
Retailers need good stores as much as good stock if they are to succeed in the current climate.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Marks & Spencer interactive store in Amsterdam
Marks & Spencer has opened a compact store on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat that puts digital at the heart of the enterprise.
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Edeka to invest in store modernisation
Co-operative retail group Edeka aims to invest E1.6bn (£1.35bn) in the modernisation and extension of its store network and retail infrastructure, said chief executive Markus Mosa. The investment is a 10% increase on 2012.In 2012 Edeka posted sales of E44.8bn (£37.73bn), up 3.8% on the previous year. Its net income ...
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OpinionComment: Digital may mean more in-store choice for customers
Marks & Spencer has opened a store on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat that may point the way of things to come.
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GalleryStore gallery: Bullring shopping centre boosts Birmingham’s retail offer
Birmingham city’s Bullring shopping centre and locality add up to an impressive offer and a retail destination.
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GalleryStore of the week: 14oz, Kurfürstendamm, Berlin
This is a store that would be way beyond the means of most retailers to create and maintain, but this is a denim-led offer.
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OpinionComment: Williams-Sonoma may find the UK going tough
Selling cheap impulse-buy items may be straightforward, but shifting upmarket homewares is a trickier proposition.
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GalleryStore of the week: White Stuff, Spitalfields, London
At a time when many retailers are scrambling to prove their multichannel credentials, White Stuff offers something of a single-digit salute to the world of the interweb via its windows.
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Discounter Lidl to invest in Portuguese stores
Schwarz Group-owned discounter Lidl is investing E45m (£38.5m) in Portugal this year in store refurbishments and improved infrastructure.Of the sum, E15m (£13m) will go into new headquarters in Sintra, construction of which will start in June. When completed next year, there will be a staff of 250 working in central ...
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GalleryStore gallery: Grocer Tesco updates its convenience store offer
Tesco has revamped its Metro store near London Bridge to include a Harris + Hoole cafe and Euphorium Bakery.
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GalleryStore of the week: David Bowie Is All Yours, Selfridges
There is much to be said for keying into attention-grabbing events of the moment as a method of adding incremental sales
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OpinionComment: The weather is not the source of all evil
Sometimes there are things other than the weather that might be responsible for average results.
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GalleryStore gallery: Value grocer Aldi’s new convenience store format
The German value grocer Aldi has entered the fiercely competitive convenience sector with a shop on Kilburn High Road.
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NewsCompany profile: Moss Bros
The suit retailer has pulled its socks up in recent years, and there is still plenty of growing room.
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NewsAnn Summers eyes wholesale growth as it reports profits jump
Ann Summers is plotting wholesale growth after its tieup with Shop Direct helped to drive a profits rise in its last financial year.
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GalleryIn pictures: Tesco Metro new formats in London Bridge and Islington
Tesco’s Metro stores in London Bridge and Islington show off the retailer’s current design thinking.