All Stores and property articles – Page 290
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Tesco muscles in on the growing bicycle market
Tesco has quietly opened “bike shops” in eight of its stores, muscling in on specialists such as Halfords and Evans.
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GalleryGetting into club Bershka
Can the club ambience of Bershka’s revamped Oxford Street store help put it more firmly on the UK’s young fashion map?
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NewsAll Saints takes Nokia’s Regent Street flagship
Fashion retailer All Saints has signed for the former Nokia store on London’s Regent Street.
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OpinionScandi brands, Scandi bland?
News that Danish fashion chains Vero Moda and Jack & Jones are to open a dual fascia shop on Oxford Street should be greeted as good news by shoppers in search of variety on one of the UK’s leading commercial thoroughfares. Yet it is hard not to stifle a mild yawn.
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AnalysisShopfitting: Fitter, happier, more productive
Retailing has changed and that means to be successful shopfitters need to change too. John Ryan takes the temperature of the shopfitting world
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NewsHMV trials DVD vending kiosks
HMv is trialling the sale of DVDs and some games in 11 vending machines in train stations and Vue cinemas.
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AnalysisUsing store design to make a difference
Store layouts and clever merchandising can certainly drive sales if they are able to sway shopper behaviour.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Zigzag Liège, Belgium
Zigzag is a homewares store that uses Denmark as a convenient cipher for designed simplicity and all-round wholesomeness.
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NewsRWC2010: Reformatted DSGi stores are best performing stores in group
DGSi’s new reformatted stores are the best performing in the group and its latest £5m advertising campaign has helped drive sales, chief executive John Browett has revealed.
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RWC2010: Small tweaks essential to maintain in-store excitement
Change windows frequently and ensure that you give shoppers a reason to come back. That was the advice given by Gary Temprell, retail director at The White Company and Beverley Aspinall, managing director of Fortnum & Mason at the Retail Week Conference.
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OpinionMake lots of noise
It’s a few weeks before Levi’s reveals what’s been going on in its Regent Street flagship, but this is a brand that knows how to ratchet up the marketing ante and generate excitement.
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GalleryHMV and Waterstone’s: Joined-up thinking
The HMV Group has just opened its first joint HMV and Waterstone’s store, near Newcastle. John Ryan visits to see if the new format works
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NewsTesco fires up Dobbies
Tesco-owned garden centre chain Dobbies is to unveil a new model store next week as part of ambitious plans to quadruple its number of shops to 100 over the next 10 years.
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NewsClaire's opens Alice in Wonderland pop-up store
Jewellery and accessories retailer Claire’s has opened a pop-up shop to coincide with the release of the Alice in Wonderland film.
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GalleryKronometry 1999, New Bond Street
French watch retailer Kronometry 1999 is exactly what you would expect of a store on New Bond Street.
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OpinionJohn Lewis and fashion move as one
In Friday’s weekly trading report, it was fascinating to see that fashion had led the way in providing John Lewis with a substantial increase against last year. Yet perhaps it’s not that surprising. The retailer has been working on raising its fashion game for years now.
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NewsPerfume Shop’s new look
The Perfume Shop is to open its second new-concept store in Glasgow next month after recording a “fantastic reaction” to its first remodelled shop in Bluewater.
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NewsPast Times plans store and online expansion
Gifts retailer Past Times is hunting for new stores and will ramp up its online offer this year.
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GalleryGreen Market to new market: Debenhams returns to Newcastle
Debenhams has returned to Newcastle after 15 years and its store has some bold new features. Yet it works.
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NewsFirst combined HMV and Waterstone’s store opens in Silverlink
HMV Group’s first jointly occupied HMV and Waterstone’s shop opened this week on the Silverlink retail park in Wallsend, about four miles northeast of Newcastle.