All Stores and property articles – Page 304

  • Tesco Liberec 132 RW Store
    Analysis

    My Liberec: A Tesco store, but not as we know it

    2009-03-19T16:56:00Z

    Virtually no Tesco signage and an array of brands makes the grocer’s first true department store a one-off. John Ryan visits its Czech home.

  • Opinion

    Pardon the stores phrase

    2009-03-16T12:07:49Z

    Quantitative easing, the credit crunch, Ponzi schemes. If nothing else, the current global sticky patch has given all of us access to new ways of saying some pretty simple things - they just have the perceived benefit of making us sound as if we know what we're talking about.

  • News

    North Face kicks off stores drive with Bristol opening

    2009-03-13T05:00:00Z

    Outdoor retailer North Face opened a store in Bristol’s Cabot Circus last week, raising its UK shop tally to six.

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: Ecco Cologne, Germany

    2009-03-13T01:00:00Z

    Shoe shops tend not to be the sort of places that most people linger in, for no better reason than that when you’ve bought a pair of shoes it’s a case of job done and head for the exit. This, along with surplus space, may be the reason why the ...

  • JD Sports
    Analysis

    Store design: a little goes a very long way

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Retailers are faced with some tough choices at the moment and retail design may well be low down on their list of priorities. But can they afford to do without it? John Ryan and Laura Lupton report

  • RW WhiteStuff York
    Gallery

    White Stuff – York

    2009-03-09T16:18:00Z

    Quirky fashion retailer White Stuff has opened a store in York that shows how a chain with large numbers of stores doesn’t have to mean that every shop has to look the same.

  • Opinion

    Without Principles

    2009-03-09T10:53:16Z

    Last week another store chain hit the outer circle of hell known as administration. This time it was Principles and the news is that the stores are to go, but Debenhams will mop up the stock, keeping the brand alive in its branches - for the time being, at least.

  • White Stuff, York
    Analysis

    White Stuff: Personal touch

    2009-03-06T05:00:00Z

    How do you stop a store chain looking like a chain? Fashion retailer White Stuff’s quirky visual merchandising shows how flair can create unique shops. John Ryan visits its new branch in York

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: Recipease, Battersea, London

    2009-03-06T05:00:00Z

    It may seem, from time to time, that Sainsbury’s front man, school dinner saviour and Volkswagen campervan driver Jamie Oliver is in almost every place you might care to think of, but the opening of his foodie shop Recipease last week added to this extensive list.

  • News

    Tesco opens its doors at Czech department store

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Tesco opened its new-format department store in the Czech Republic city of Liberec last week.

  • News

    DSGi to roll out new store formats

    2009-03-03T09:52:48Z

    DSGi has revealed its store transformation programme is performing ahead of expectations and will roll out the new formats over the next 12 months.

  • Opinion

    Don't let the recession overshadow store design priorities

    2009-03-02T11:59:29Z

    Taking the temperature of the retail design market recently, it was interesting to learn that Selfridges might be looking at its cost base - which retailer isn't? - but is also investing in new areas at its London flagship and at its Manchester branch.

  • Le Bon Marche
    News

    Fortnum & Mason to sell from European department stores

    2009-02-27T07:30:00Z

    Fortnum Mason is poised to launch its food products in top European department stores as it seeks avenues for its merchandise and takes advantage of sterling’s weakness against the euro.

  • John Lewis food hall
    Analysis

    Feast for the eyes: John Lewis food halls

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Opening a food hall at its Oxford Street store was a gamble for John Lewis but the move paid off. Now Bluewater is due to have a version installed that will move the format on. John Ryan reports

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: Hamleys, Dubai

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    How portable is a retail brand and when is it so linked to a particular location that it’s hard to see it working anywhere else?

  • Analysis

    John Lewis food halls: a new vintage at Bluewater

    2009-02-24T14:56:54Z

    John Ryan visits the food hall at John Lewis's Oxford Street store to see its new wine bar and then travels to Bluewater to learn about plans for the second iteration of the format from John Lewis head of retail design Kim Morris.

  • News

    Sainsbury's offers UK's first in-store polyclinic

    2009-02-24T09:22:04Z

    Sainsbury’s has created the first supermarket polyclinic by opening a dental surgery at a store that already boasts several other health services.

  • Opinion

    Finding store design inspiration in the most unusual places

    2009-02-23T10:40:27Z

    It's high time retailers looked beyond their competitors for store design inspiration and spread the net further afield. There are new tricks to be learnt and ideas to take on board, if only retailers will look around.

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: Joules, Cheltenham

    2009-02-20T08:00:00Z

    We’re all familiar with stores that offer shoppers a particular view. Normally carrying the lifestyle tag, these are shops that invite their customers to be part of a club that will be readily recognised by those who are members and, equally, those who are not but might like to be.

  • News

    Liberty unveils look of its renaissance

    2009-02-20T07:00:00Z

    Luxury department store Liberty has unveiled its new look as it embarks on its “Retail Renaissance”.