All Stores and property articles – Page 266

  • News

    Fast Retailing to increase network of Uniqlo stores

    2011-11-18T07:00:00Z

    Japanese clothing group Fast Retailing aims to increase its network of Uniqlo stores in South Korea to 300 by the 2020 financial year from its current estate of 64.The retailer hopes the openings will boost South Korean sales to KRW3 trillion (£1.64bn). The plans were revealed by Fast Retailing chief ...

  • Analysis

    Aldi Nord last to act in European store revamp

    2011-11-18T00:00:00Z

    German hard discounter Aldi Nord is about to embark on the biggest investment programme in its history, with plans to refurbish the entire European estate.

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    News

    Tesco trials web and store augmented technology

    2011-11-17T10:04:00Z

    Tesco customers can see how products will look in their homes as well as watch film trailers in store with new augmented reality technology online and in shops.

  • The pharmacy will open in 2012
    News

    Sainsbury’s plans first standalone pharmacy

    2011-11-17T09:55:00Z

    Sainsbury’s is to open its first separate pharmacy outside its supermarkets as the grocer looks beyond traditional retailing and expands its healthcare services business.

  • News

    Euroset withdraws from Ukrainian market

    2011-11-17T07:00:00Z

    Russian mobile phone retailer Euroset has withdrawn from the Ukrainian market, closing all its stores.Euroset has been reducing stores numbers in Ukraine since 2009. The biggest disposal was in the summer of 2010 when the company shut 150 shops. In December 2010, Euroset had 275 stores in the country and ...

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    In pictures: Ted Baker's 'Tedbury village' store, Bluewater

    2011-11-14T15:58:00Z

    Fashion retailer Ted Baker’s relocated Bluewater store shows off its Tedbury village store design, unique to the shopping centre.

  • National Geographic will exit its Regent Street store to make way for Hollister
    News

    National Geographic to open in Knightsbridge

    2011-11-14T11:40:00Z

    National Geographic is relocating its London flagship store from Regent Street to Knightsbridge.

  • Opinion

    You heard it here last. John Lewis is a Christmas advert winner…and so is Sainbury’s

    2011-11-14T09:19:00Z

    Last night’s unveiling of Sainsbury’s seasonal advertising offering completes a festive picture with some crackers and not a few turkeys.

  • News

    Sears launches mobile shopping walls

    2011-11-14T07:00:00Z

    Department store group Sears has launched mobile shopping walls across the country at airports, malls, movie theatres and bus shelters.The walls allow customers to buy Sears and Kmart toys through their mobile devices using QR codes. They feature the company’s top toys and corresponding QR codes deliver shopper product information, ...

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    John Lewis, Oxford Street, fourth floor

    2011-11-14T07:00:00Z

    John Lewis used to the place that your mum took you where you were forced to hover while she inspected the haberdashery department and assessed the school clothing that you were going to model.

  • Harvey Nichols’ windows focus on creativity rather than kitsch
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    Christmas future

    2011-11-14T07:00:00Z

    Break out and hang up the decorations, Christmas windows are once more upon us. But is it a case of same old, same old, or are retailers offering something new? John Ryan reports.

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    Opinion

    Need any more stores? I doubt it

    2011-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Retailers must get the right multichannel mix of bricks and clicks, says Peter Williams.

  • M&S Food on the move, Baker Street
    Gallery

    In pictures: M&S Food on the Move

    2011-11-10T17:30:00Z

    First look at M&S Food on the Move which opens on Friday at Baker Street, London.

  • News

    Aldi Nord to embark on major investment programme

    2011-11-10T07:00:00Z

    Aldi Nord, the more austere of Aldi’s two main operating companies, is about to embark on the biggest investment programme in its history with plans to refurbish all its European stores.A model unveiled in the Belgian town of Ghent is to serve as the blueprint for the new store design. ...

  • John Ryan
    Opinion

    Marks & Spencer on the Move

    2011-11-07T10:18:00Z

    News that M&S is to open a food on the move outlet this week is interesting but what are its chance of success?

  • The basement beauty area’s glitzy, aspirational feel is enhanced by touches such as a shaft of natural light, the marble, tessellated floor and the top-lit mirrored pillars
    Gallery

    Going for glamour

    2011-11-07T07:00:00Z

    The department store has repositioned its beauty hall at Manchester Exchange Square, upping the glamour stakes. John Ryan visits.

  • Topshop, Santiago, Chile
    Gallery

    Topshop, Santiago, Chile

    2011-11-07T07:00:00Z

    There’s been a lot of news recently about Topshop beaming down in Chicago, but putting the US to one side for a moment, what about Chile?

  • Marks and Spencer - Food on the move
    News

    First M&S Food on the Move store to be trialled in London

    2011-11-04T09:48:00Z

    Standalone shop will sell hot and cold food from the retailer’s existing ranges targeted at commuters.

  • Simply Be opened one of its first bricks-and-mortar stores in Liverpool
    Analysis

    Do pure-play etailers need stores?

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Traditional retailers have long grappled with multichannel strategies, but now it is etailers considering whether they need a bricks-and-mortar presence to compete. Rebecca Thomson reports.

  • Opinion

    Primark in Selfridges: Selmark?

    2011-10-31T09:50:00Z

    Selfridges’ decision to allow Primark into some of its stores is a win win for both retailers.