All Stores and property articles – Page 316

  • Opinion

    Location, location, location

    2008-07-07T11:39:00Z

    It’s always easy to be wise after the event, but the demise of Ilva in the UK has to be seen as an accident waiting to happen.

  • News

    Redundancies loom at Styles & Wood

    2008-07-07T11:16:00Z

    The UK’s largest shopfitter Styles & Wood is to make almost a quarter of its head office workforce redundant in a move calculated to bring the company’s cost base into line with the shrinking requirements of its UK retail clients.

  • Analysis

    Read Retail Week online

    2008-07-04T14:45:00Z

    Click here to try our interactive version of the latest issue of Retail Week.

  • Manchester scene: Ar
    Analysis

    Manchester: Still ahead of the game

    2008-07-04T14:36:00Z

    Can Manchester hold on to its slot as the leading retail light of the Northwest or is Liverpool stealing a march after the opening of the mammoth Liverpool One scheme? By John Ryan

  • Gallery

    Store of the week: American Apparel Liverpool

    2008-07-03T14:31:34Z

    The latest addition to the Californian purveyor of ethical clothing’s UK portfolio is a two-storey outpost in Liverpool.

  • News

    New Look opens at Liverpool One

    2008-07-03T12:30:06Z

    New Look opened the doors of its 28,500 sq ft store in Liverpool One last Friday with a design that represents its “store of the future”.

  • New Look Liverpool
    Gallery

    New Look – Liverpool

    2008-07-01T12:16:00Z

    New Look opened a new format store in Grosvenor’s Liverpool One scheme on Friday June 27.

  • Opinion

    When small is beautiful

    2008-06-30T12:20:00Z

    Despite what many acknowledge to be dire trading conditions, new shops continue to roll out of the store development pipeline and investment is clearly still being made in store design.

  • Gallery

    Wigmore to relocate as it gets brand facelift

    2008-06-30T11:41:52Z

    Specialist sports retailer Wigmore is relocating to a new unit from its long-standing store on Wigmore Street in London’s West End.

  • Analysis

    Roll with it

    2008-06-27T16:37:09Z

    Paper, energy, landfill and even water savings are being made at Sainsbury’s as it rolls out double-sided till receipt printers, finds Joanna Perry

  • Marks and Spencer
    Analysis

    Something to shout about?

    2008-06-27T16:20:00Z

    These days, communicating your green policy can be tricky: be too vocal and you’ll get accused of greenwash. John Ryan discovers that most retailers are taking a low-key approach instead

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    Analysis

    Sharper Focus: reinventing the DIY retailer

    2008-06-27T14:58:00Z

    Ailing DIY retailer Focus is being reinvented by its management team. John Ryan visits the first new-look store in Wantage, with chief executive Bill Grimsey and brand director Richard Bird

  • News

    Tengelmann to switch focus to fresh in move upmarket

    2008-06-27T14:29:00Z

    Supermarket chain Tengelmann is to revamp its 700 German stores to focus on fresh produce.

  • News

    New Look unveils new look

    2008-06-27T12:26:28Z

    New Look opened a new-look store in Liverpool today.

  • News

    Focus raises curtain on new store format

    2008-06-27T11:02:00Z

    Focus has opened its first new-look store since it was bought by Cerberus for 1 last June.

  • News

    Liberty of London opens first standalone store

    2008-06-27T10:56:00Z

    Liberty of London’s first standalone store opened last week, showcasing the heritage of its iconic parent Liberty combined with modern opulence.

  • News

    House of Fraser eyes luxury brand tie-ups

    2008-06-27T08:00:00Z

    House of Fraser is understood to be in talks with luxury French fashion brands Louis Vuitton and Hermes to open shop-in-shops in its Glasgow store.

  • News

    Nike launches store for Wimbledon

    2008-06-25T12:38:14Z

    Sports retail giant Nike is debuting a new-format temporary store at Wimbledon this year.

  • Opinion

    A tougher game

    2008-06-23T12:20:00Z

    News that the chief executive and chairman of quoted shopfitter Styles & Wood (S&W) have exited stage left is an indication of the way things are heading in retail at the moment and the way in which this is cascading down the store design supply chain.

  • News

    Spirit at Selfridges Oxford Street

    2008-06-20T17:18:00Z

    As a proposition, Spirit, the young fashion department at Selfridges’ flagship store on Oxford Street, would not normally be eligible for consideration as a Store of the Week.