All Stores and property articles – Page 249
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Gallery
Store of the week: Evans, Oxford Street
The new Evans store on Oxford Street is different to what went before. John Ryan takes a look.
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Gallery
In pictures: Blacks new store model
Outdoors specialist Blacks may have come up with a new model at its St Pauls store that will prove the solution to its problems.
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Opinion
Comment: WHSmith, where less is more
Unchanging interiors and falling sales – what makes WHSmith so efficient…and good?
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Gallery
In pictures: WHSmith's pilot stationery format
WHSmith last week launched another new fascia, WHSmith Office to tap into local demographics and compete with rival stationery specialists.
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Gallery
In pictures: John Lewis' first small department store, Exeter
John Lewis will open its first small department store in Exeter on Friday.
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News
Paperchase opens first airport store as it drives international growth
Paperchase has opened its first airport store as it eyes further channels to expand internationally.
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Gallery
Store gallery: New beginnings at Kiddicare
The baby products retailer has opened up in the first of 10 former Best Buy stores, and service is at its heart.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Hotel Chocolat, Luton Airport
Anyone visiting a major high street or shopping centre is likely to be familiar with Hotel Chocolat, the upscale purveyor of chocolates where the store environment is almost as important as the product itself.
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Opinion
Comment: Rents may be higher, but etailers need physical stores
Blurring the sense of difference between the real and virtual worlds should be the aim of all retailers.
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News
‘New chapter’ for Tesco pledges bullish Philip Clarke
Tesco group chief executive Philip Clarke aims to rewrite Sir Terry Leahy’s retail book as he opens a “new chapter” in the grocer’s story.
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News
Winners of the New Store Europe Retail Week Interiors Awards announced
A glittering evening with more than 700 attendees saw the cream of the UK store design industry’s efforts rewarded.
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Analysis
In pictures: What are the new season visual merchandising trends in Paris?
While London’s retailers greet the new season with a wave of discounting, in Paris the value message is much more muted.
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Analysis
Store Gallery: Sainsbury’s, Hertford
The arrival of Sainsbury’s in Hertford draws a line in the sand for the supermarket that wants to be “number one locally”.
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Analysis
Store gallery: Mothercare’s revamped north London flagship
Mothercare’s revamped UK flagship in north London is a beacon of sector best practice, but can it be replicated?
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Gallery
Store gallery: Primark's Tottenham Court Road store
Primark ’s second store at the junction of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road combines value and volume on an enormous scale.
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Gallery
Store of the week: K-Town, Cologne
How do you take a 19,000 sq ft space with a 10 ft high ceiling in a German department store and make something of it?
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Analysis
In pictures: Tesco backed coffee shop, Harris & Hoole
Tesco may be backing ‘artisan’ coffee shop Harris & Hoole but the cafe has a very distinct identity of its own.
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Analysis
Analysis: From store design to shopfit
The majority of shopfitters fit shops while the majority of shop designers design them. Northern Italian shopfitting giant Schweitzer does both.
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Analysis
Analysis: Hotel Chocolat's successful design strategy
Since the first Hotel Chocolat opened in 2004, it’s become a thriving chain of shops and cafes. We look at how design has aided its success.
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Analysis
Analysis: Using visual merchandising to your advantage
As the sunshine finally shone in the early autumn, London’s visual merchandisers were faced with the dilemma of whether windows should shift seasons or stock. Mark Faithfull looks at how they managed.