All Stores and property articles – Page 313

  • Analysis

    Size matters

    2008-09-04T11:02:53Z

    Times are tough for retailers, but the bad news hasn’t necessarily trickled down to those in this year’s Top Shopfitters league table. John Ryan kicks off our five page special by finding out how they are beating the downturn.

  • Analysis

    Survival instinct

    2008-09-04T10:54:15Z

    Styles & Wood may have suffered a major profit blow, but it has still topped this year’s league. John Ryan asks what this says about the market.

  • Analysis

    From the shopfloor

    2008-09-04T10:44:56Z

    The outlook appears mixed for shopfitters, but the industry is reassuringly optimistic about its prospects. Here, some of the biggest names in the field tell John Ryan why life isn’t so bad.

  • Opinion

    Stick to your design guns

    2008-09-01T13:54:44Z

    You might be forgiven for thinking that we're experiencing a little local economic difficulty.

  • News

    Moss Bros rejigs store design to drive casuals

    2008-08-29T08:47:38Z

    Menswear retailer Moss Bros is to enhance its casualwear credentials with the roll out of a revamped store design following a three-month trial.

  • News

    River Island unveils Oxford Street facelift

    2008-08-29T08:44:03Z

    Fashion giant River Island revealed its latest store design at the opening of its new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street last Friday.

  • News

    John Lewis Leicester unveiled

    2008-08-28T17:07:36Z

    John Lewis is poised to unveil its new Leicester store when the city’s Highcross Quarter scheme opens on Thursday.

  • News

    35 retailers back Green’s letter to landlords

    2008-08-28T16:59:03Z

    Sir Philip Green has written to some of the UK’s biggest landlords on behalf of 35 retail groups in an attempt to bring key aspects of how retail property is leased into the modern era.

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: Bodil Binner Copenhagen

    2008-08-28T16:41:13Z

    Small, but perfectly formed. The cliché that has been used so many times by architects and designers seeking to describe often lacklustre interiors could almost have been made for this 645 sq ft jewellery store in Copenhagen.

  • News

    HMV takes new format up a gear in Liverpool

    2008-08-28T16:37:21Z

    HMV will unveil the latest version of its store of the future next week when it opens its 15,000 sq ft shop at Liverpool One.

  • Sainsburys Fascia
    Analysis

    Woodn’t it be nice

    2008-08-28T15:25:00Z

    Another week, another wooden store. But supermarket giant Sainsbury’s latest eco-store at Dartmouth really does mark a new chapter in green retailing. John Ryan reports.

  • News

    Styles & Wood profits nosedive

    2008-08-28T08:44:02Z

    Styles & Wood, the UK's largest shopfitter, has seen pre-tax profits crash by 53.8 per cent to 2.4 million in the year to June 30.

  • Opinion

    It’s not all greenwash

    2008-08-26T11:29:00Z

    Heading off from Paddington to Dartmouth, it’s hard not to wonder whether a day trip to Devon’s far west is worth it just to look at a wooden supermarket.

  • News

    Selfridges to reveal new men’s formalwear area

    2008-08-21T14:35:31Z

    Selfridges will unveil a new-look men’s formalwear department at its Oxford Street flagship at the end of September.

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: Tie Rack, Oxford Street

    2008-08-21T13:38:46Z

    Tie Rack is back with a bang with its refurbished Oxford Street flagship, which reopened last Friday.

  • Analysis

    Small stores with a big impact

    2008-08-21T11:38:51Z

    Making the most of your shop with limited space is never easy, but it can be done. John Ryan visits two strong new examples.

  • Thorntons
    Gallery

    Thorntons – Kingston-upon-Thames

    2008-08-20T16:08:00Z

    Thorntons gives a London suburban store a long awaited makeover.

  • Tie Rack
    Gallery

    Tie Rack – Oxford Street

    2008-08-19T18:11:00Z

    The 1980s niche retailer returns with a bang.

  • Opinion

    Shopfitters are feeling the heat

    2008-08-18T12:50:42Z

    You know things are not as good as they might be when the questioner becomes the questioned. Speak to almost any design consultancy or shopfitter at present and the question being popped is: “How are other people finding it?”

  • Analysis

    Nike goes for gold

    2008-08-14T11:32:09Z

    As the Beijing Olympics enters its second week, Nike Town’s Oxford Street flagship is making the most of the event. And the store is in seriously good shape, as John Ryan discovers.