All Stores and property articles – Page 236
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AnalysisWaitrose experiments with wines and bakery areas with revamp
Waitrose has been experimenting with its wines and spirit and bakery areas in its Kingston branch. John Ryan visits and talks to head of store development Anthony Wysome.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Small shops best-in-class interiors
Forget flagship budgets and global branding. Faced with small formats, it is still possible to create memorable interiors with a distinctive edge.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What’s in store at retail trade fair EuroShop?
The triennial store fest that is EuroShop is almost upon us once more. John Ryan reports on the must-sees of this event.
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OpinionWest Elm: What do retailers need to know?
The US furniture and homewares retailer has made its UK debut and its parent company plans to introduce other brands here
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OpinionComment: Why the constant focus on flagships?
Why is it that retailers seem hell-bent on opening flagships and sometimes little else?
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GalleryStore gallery: A look inside Victoria's Secret's Pink shop in Trinity Leeds
Lingerie retailer and brand Victoria’s Secret is commonplace in the US but in the UK, in spite of the fact that it punches above its weight in terms of column inches, it still has just five stores and two of them are in London.
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GalleryIn pictures: The best of Regent Street's Christmas windows
Regent Street retailers including Burberry, J Crew and Hamleys have pulled out all the stops for their Christmas window displays.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Dublin department store Clerys is embarking on its next chapter
The Dublin department store Clerys has emerged from disaster with a new lease of life and is embarking on the next chapter in its history.
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GalleryIn pictures: Cath Kidston flagship opens on London's Piccadilly
British retailer Cath Kidston has opened its flagship store in London’s Piccadilly which is four times larger than its average in the UK.
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GalleryIn pictures: West Elm opens on Tottenham Court Road
US retail giant Williams-Sonoma makes its UK landfall as its West Elm fascia opens in central London.
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NewsWarehouse to open first Oxford Street flagship
Warehouse is to open a flagship store on Oxford Street, which will be used to showcase the fashion brand to an international audience.
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NewsVideo: Morrisons group manufacturing director Mark Harrison on its new lab store
Morrisons group manufacturing director Mark Harrison has said the grocer’s new ‘lab’ store in Preston creates a better shopping experience as the retailer takes its replenishment of the shop floor.
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GalleryIn pictures: Morrisons unveils its innovative 'lab' store in Preston
Morrisons has ratcheted up its focus on innovation with a new testing ground store in Preston as it attempts to inject dramatic retail theatre into its offer.
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GalleryIn pictures: Debenhams launches revamped Oxford Street store
Twelve months since work commenced, Debenhams unveils the new interior of its revamped Oxford Street flagship.
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OpinionComment: 2013, the year that shops got better
After being in the doldrums for half a decade, this year has seen store openings that show physical retail is alive and kicking.
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GalleryStore gallery: Harrods reveals new Fashion Lab department
The Harrods Fashion Lab measures in at 40,000 sq ft and for most retailers it would constitute a store in its own right.
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GalleryStore gallery: Christmas window schemes from around the world
For visual merchandisers, Christmas tends to come in late October or early November. This is the time of year when those at the top of the festive tree compete to grab shoppers’ attention, both in-store and in the windows.
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GalleryIn pictures: Clarks unveils "contemporary" new store design at Westfield London
Footwear retailer Clarks has opened a new-look pilot store at Westfield London which is intended to point the way to the future.
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AnalysisIn pictures: Tesco - two refreshed Metro stores, two very different outcomes
Tesco’s two newly-refreshed Metro stores in Upton Park and Canary Wharf in London show how the grocer is tailoring its offer to its catchment area.
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GalleryIn pictures: Inside Tesco's fourth generation dotcom centre in Erith
Tesco opened its sixth dotcom centre at the end of October in Erith to serve east London, Croydon and north-west Kent.
