All Stores and property articles – Page 311
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Analysis
Design with an edge
Way back when, retail parks were shiny, happy places to be. You could access them with ease and when you got there, by car, you could park for free more or less directly outside whichever shop you fancied. They also offered choice, albeit from within large sheds that boasted outsize ...
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Analysis
Planning: Appetite for development
The Government’s latest report on out-of-town planning has raised more questions than it has answered, but if anything is certain it is that the sector must up its game, says Ben Cooper
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Gallery
Store of the week: Marks & Spencer, Grafton Street, Dublin
In the week when Marks & Spencer scooped the Retail Week Interiors award for best in-store catering and hospitality for its restaurant in Newcastle, it’s worth noting what the retailer has done at its Dublin flagship.
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News
Harvey Nichols set to axe homewares
Harvey Nichols is to axe homewares from its Knightsbridge flagship store in a bid to expand its fashion offer.
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News
Hotel Chocolat debuts cafe in Bristol
Hotel Chocolat opened its first dedicated shop-cum-caf in Bristol last week, following a trial at its Kensington High Street store in London.
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Analysis
Store Operations: Are shoppers being served?
As the credit crunch sets in, people are changing the way they shop. But are retailers changing how they run stores to reflect this? Charlotte Hardie reports
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Analysis
Cabot Circus: Bristol fashion
Another day, another shopping centre? Not so for the all-singing, all-dancing Cabot Circus. John Ryan profiles six promising shops at the Bristol scheme
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Gallery
Hotel Chocolat – Kensington
Hotel Chocolat has majored on selling confectionery in combination with highly designed interiors.
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Opinion
Stores 2008: this year’s retail design round-up
Tomorrow sees the publication of Stores 2008, a book produced by Retail Week with the support of Land Securities that celebrates the best in retail design across the world during the past 12 months.
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Gallery
Cabot Circus – Bristol
Cabot Circus opened on 25.09.08 and with one million square feet of retail space ushered in a new commercial era in the heart of Bristol.
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Analysis
Crunch puts the stress on supply
Every retailer is feeling the pressure at the moment and supply chain teams are no exception.The economic situation is having a major impact on these professionals’ day-to-day responsibilities – not only pushing up costs such as fuel, but also affecting stock holding. As credit insurers tighten their belts, many retailers ...
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News
Cabot Circus opening puts Bristol on the map
Cabot Circus – the 1.5 million sq ft mixed-use retail and residential scheme in the heart of Bristol – opened yesterday.
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News
Guess to bring accessories to the UK
US fashion brand Guess is to debut its standalone accessories format in the UK next month.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Sportsgirl, Melbourne
Australian fashion retailer Sportsgirl opened a 5,380 sq ft new format store in Melbourne this month.
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News
London Ferrari store to mirror US shops
Ferrari’s London store, to open on Regent Street in November, is likely to be modelled closely on US stores that opened this summer (pictured).
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Analysis
Currys Swindon/Chelmsford: Circuit breakers
Currys’ two new stores are a world away from its traditional barrage of white-on-red branding. John Ryan goes to find out whether the retailer’s smooth new image works
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News
Last chance to book for Retail Interiors Awards
Next week, the 11th Retail Interiors Awards take place at the London Hilton hotel on Park Lane.
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News
Last chance to book for Retail Interiors Awards
Next week, the 11th Retail Interiors Awards take place at the London Hilton hotel on Park Lane.
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Opinion
Retail cinderellas: why retailers need a consistent store standard
As well as being the year that will be remembered for exposing the peril of injudicious lending and the plague of short-selling, this year may go down as the last dance in the development ball in retail circles.