All Stores and property articles – Page 317
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News
Hamleys’ Jordan opening kick-starts expansion
World-famous toy shop Hamleys opened a three-floor shop in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Wednesday.
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Analysis
Purple reign
PC World’s Enfield branch is the test bed for DSGi boss John Browett’s plans to revive the group’s computing brand. John Ryan goes to the north London suburbs to investigate
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News
Topshop installs photographic machine in stores
Topshop has been setting up bespoke in-store photographic studios in an exclusive collaboration with The Helmut Newton Foundation.
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Gallery
Manchester Shopping
A short stroll around the capital of the Northwest reveals some of the best retailing outside London.
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News
M&S plans green store roll-out
Marks & Spencer is to roll out about half of the initiatives it has been testing at its Bournemouth eco-store to its entire portfolio.
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News
Nike Town opens doors to Oxford Circus footy area
Nike unveiled part of its revamped London flagship Nike Town this week to cash in on the start of the Euro 2008 football tournament.
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News
Ted Baker fashions upmarket Noir format
Ted Baker is to launch a store format for its premium mens- and womenswear ranges and open a raft of stores as it continues to buck the downturn.
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News
Teknosa Planet, Istanbul
Walk around a technology store in the UK and chances are you’ll find yourself in a variant of a racetrack layout, with a confusing mesh of overhead signage. This means time spent on finding the appropriate category, as well as a frustrating shopping experience.
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Analysis
Avanti: C&A’s value zeitgeist
It may be gone from the UK, but C&A is alive and well in Europe and testing a value format called Avanti that looks promising. John Ryan reports from Gelsenkirchen
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News
Ann Summers raises curtain on plush look
Ann Summers unveiled a new-look store on London’s Oxford Street on Monday that has been designed to give the brand a more upmarket feel.
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News
M&S to devote space to Per Una tailoring
Per Una, the exclusive brand created for Marks & Spencer by fashion entrepreneur George Davies, is to open dedicated space for its tailored product for the autumn/winter season.
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News
Fresh look for Fresh & Easy
Tesco rethinks format to create a ‘warmer’ feel as it prepares to press on with US store openings
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Gallery
PC World – Enfield
Where in the world? Enfield actually. This is DSGi’s latest attempt to provide a new shopping environment for its customers.
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Opinion
On doing the right thing
It’s hard to talk to anybody about store design these days without matters environmental cropping up.
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Gallery
Avanti Gelsenkirchen
The Avanti store in Gelsenkirchen marks a new departure for Euro-value retailer C&A.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Marks & Spencer Colliers Wood
An edge-of-town store measuring 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sq m) is hardly remarkable these days, but when it is the biggest store that a retailer has opened in a large city for a decade, it’s worth taking a look at.
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Analysis
Debenhams takes the high ground at Liverpool One
Debenhams’ new store at Liverpool One is built on a slope, but that is only one of many striking differences about the topsy-turvy shop. John Ryan goes to see what all the hype is about
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News
B&Q sets sights higher for next eco-store build
B Q will open a two-floor, 150,000 sq ft flagship eco-store in New Malden, Surrey, in November.
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Gallery
Marks & Spencer – Colliers Wood
The biggest store from Marks and Spencer in a decade is in a South London suburb.