All Stores and property articles – Page 304
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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.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Hotel Chocolat, Victoria
We’ve all grown used to the world of semi-designer chocolates proposed by Hotel Chocolat - the place in which you buy your beautifully packaged, yummy confections in an environment that makes you feel good about parting with a fair amount of money.
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NewsBhs to test water with store design makeover
Fashion group Arcadia will try out a new look for its department store chain Bhs in one store in May.
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NewsBershka unveils makeover of Oxford Street store
Inditex-owned fashion chain Bershka revealed the makeover of its Oxford Street flagship on Wednesday.
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NewsHolland & Barrett moves in on food to go with Suffolk opening
Holland & Barrett is to make a play for the food-to-go sector with the unveiling of a new-look store concept today.
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NewsLiberty dresses window with Alexander McQueen tribute
London department store Liberty dressed one of its windows in memory of fashion designer Alexander McQueen on Monday.
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OpinionOn consistency
If you happen to stroll into Habitat’s Tottenham Court Road flagship, the chances are good not only that you’ll find what you what, but that the service will be helpful, well-informed and that the store environment will encourage you to hang around. But it’s a somewhat different proposition elsewhere.
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GalleryStore Designs on the future
Store design may have been on the back burner in the past 12 months, but John Ryan finds 2010 is shaping up to be better
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NewsThe Entertainer uses focus groups to help create new store format
Toy retailer The Entertainer has overhauled its branding and store format following customer analysis.
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GalleryStore of the Week: Prenatal Assago, Italy
Prenatal, the Mothercare of southern Europe, has unveiled a new look for its stores with a format created by design consultancy 20/20. This store, in the Milanese commuter town of Assago, opened in late November and is aimed at positioning the retailer as more affordable, with increased product densities and ...
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AnalysisWhere did it all go right?
With the fate of many UK high streets hanging in the balance, Mark Faithfull looks at five very different towns that are striving to prove there is still a place for local shopping — Derby, Rotherham, Morpeth, Plymouth and Ludlow
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NewsBest Buy trademarks Rumbelows name
Best Buy has trademarked the name of defunct electricals retailer Rumbelows but the brand will not be used by the US giant, which will open its first big box store in this country in the spring.
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NewsJohn Lewis to invest a further £7.5m in home format
John Lewis will open its second home store, John Lewis at home, in Croydon in the autumn and has committed to investing a further £7.5m in the format.
