All Stores and property articles – Page 235
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GalleryStore gallery: What are the supermarket interiors of the future?
Grocers constantly strive to improve the in-store experience to win over shoppers in a competitive environment. John Ryan finds out what the future of food shopping looks like.
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GalleryStore of the week: Nike Flyknit, Gare de Lyon, Paris, France
A translucent purple geodesic dome sits outside the Gare de Lyon in Paris, cutting a contemporary dash when set against the late 19th century architecture.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Quality and design drive Sainsbury’s non-food growth
Sainsbury’s non-food business has “come of age”. We discover how quality and design have played a vital part in its rejuvenated offer.
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NewsJohn Lewis to invest £57m in store refurbs over next two years
Department store John Lewis is to invest £32m in an “extensive” refurbishment programme across four shops in the next two years, including its flagship on London’s Oxford Street.
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Metro Cash & Carry launches new price-focused format
Metro Group-owned Metro Cash & Carry in Italy has launched a new price-focused format in Chieti province, Abruzzi.The store in Sambuceto, originally opened in 1998, has been refurbished to the new model trading under the Metro Piazza Affari banner. The pilot store features prices on average 14% lower than in ...
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OpinionComment: Retailers are wasting money on new shops
Starting anew when fitting out a shop is a formula for delaying return on investment.
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GalleryStore of the week: Merkur supermarket, Mariahilferstrasse, Vienna
For a small country, Austria has a lot of good supermarkets. And to an extent, they are very often one of the many guises adopted by Spar.
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GalleryStore gallery: Westfield London uses small stores to stand out
Most developers can bring in the high street’s big retail names, but the addition of small stores can make a shopping centre stand out.
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OpinionRetail surgery: What is the most effective store model of the future?
What is the most effective store model of the future?
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OpinionComment: Wake up and smell the coffee shops
Time was when we used to be pretty happy with a cup of dark liquid that didn’t taste of much in particular and which was dispensed from a glass flask containing what was claimed to be “filter coffee”.
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GalleryWindow of the week: Fashion retailer, Topshop, Oxford Circus, London
At the top end of the market, there are times when it might seem that success in visual merchandising is posited upon throwing large amounts of time and money at a window.
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GalleryStore gallery: Whole Foods Market branches out to Cheltenham retail park
The majority of Whole Foods Market stores in this country are, with the exception of the leviathan flagship on Kensington High Street, modestly sized and in affluent metropolitan locations.
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NewsTesco uses virtual reality to speed up range reviews and boost sales
Tesco is using virtual reality technology to improve its merchandising and range reviews, allowing buyers to better plan which products appear on shelves.
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OpinionComment: Discount fashion - when more really is less
News that value-clothing chain Store Twenty One is pleading with landlords for rent reductions should not be entirely surprising.
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GalleryStore of the week: The Harry Potter Shop, King’s Cross, London
There’s been a luggage trolley in the new departures hall of London’s King’s Cross station that appears to be disappearing into a wall for some time now. Above it is the legend ‘Platform 9¾’.
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GalleryStore gallery: Urban Outfitters Marble Arch store opens with a twist
Urban Outfitters has opened in the Park House development at Marble Arch and the store is very different from the other London branches. John Ryan visits.
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NewsConran Shop enjoys strong Christmas as it rolls out new store design
Upmarket furniture retailer Conran Shop is poised to roll out its new store design across the business after reporting a strong Christmas.
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OpinionComment: The pace of retail quickens
January is the month when not much happens in retail traditionally.
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GalleryStore gallery: Fashion retailers show off new season via window displays
As the Christmas Sales draw to an end, what are retailers on London’s Oxford Street doing to banish the winter blues and usher in the new shopping season? John Ryan reports.
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GalleryStore of the week: Sportswear retailer, Nike AF1 SoHo, New York
First there were sports shoe shops. Then there were running shoe shops. Now there are shops dedicated to a single sports shoe - well, almost. Welcome Nike’s AF1 store, New York.