All Stores and property articles – Page 327

  • Analysis

    Old store new tricks

    2007-11-28T16:52:28.140Z

    Sainsbury’s new London Colney store has ditched the standard edge-of-town format. John Ryan says it has combined style with a shopfit that can be deployed elsewhere

  • Opinion

    White City or Westfield London?

    2007-11-26T13:35:30.330Z

    Rebranding is one of the tools that those associated with the retail sector tend to use when they want to establish something new, something fresh.

  • News

    Shoppers’ Stop picks Portland for Hyderabad

    2007-11-22T15:10:04.347Z

    Indian department store operator Shoppers’ Stop has appointed London design consultancy Portland to work on its forthcoming 53,820 sq ft (5,000 sq m) department store in Hyderabad.

  • News

    Next opens first Home in London

    2007-11-22T15:07:43.220Z

    Next opened its first standalone Home store in London this week, a 15,000 sq ft (1,395 sq m) outlet on the site of failed entertainment retailer Fopp’s flagship on Tottenham Court Road.

  • News

    Rituals makes its UK debut

    2007-11-22T15:07:08.873Z

    Dutch cosmetics chain Rituals opened its first UK store on Oxford Street last week.

  • News

    Mice division rescued by its management

    2007-11-22T15:06:40.267Z

    A division of failed shopfitting giant Mice Group, which collapsed in the summer, has been bought out by its management, with backing from the Royal Bank of Scotland, for 4.3 million.

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    Opinion

    Retailers are all talk and no action

    2007-11-19T16:28:00Z

    Climate change is here and, if we don’t do something about it soon, we’re all heading for a very bad time indeed.

  • Analysis

    Christmas is coming

    2007-11-16T10:49:35.830Z

    …and retailers are getting their stores ready. As the windows in London’s West End light up, John Ryan picks out the crackers and the turkeys

  • News

    New Planet sited at Walton-on-Thames

    2007-11-15T14:47:26.413Z

    Forty-something fashion brand Planet has opened a new-format store at Walton-on-Thames in Surrey.

  • News

    Hindmarch makes London debut

    2007-11-15T14:35:09.467Z

    Anya Hindmarch, the designer of handbags and small leather goods, has opened the first of two London stores on Bond Street.

  • News

    John Lewis opens in Cambridge

    2007-11-15T14:29:06.917Z

    A 145,000 sq ft (13,470 sq m) John Lewis store opened in Cambridge last week, replacing Robert Sayle, the department store the retailer has owned since 1940.

  • News

    Selfridges unveils bling windows for Christmas

    2007-11-15T12:34:12.873Z

    Selfridges launched its Christmas windows last week with a bling-inspired theme.

  • Opinion

    In praise of the suburb

    2007-11-12T12:25:50.977Z

    Surrey. It’s a state of mind more than a place – a universe peopled by hefty four-wheel drivers and the gin and Jag set.

  • News

    Windows to watch: Gap, Oxford Street

    2007-11-09T11:46:59.330Z

    Gap is well known for its minimalist windows, where moods, seasons and themes are reduced to symbols with mannequins in front of them. It comes as no surprise then, that Gap’s store halfway along Oxford Street features white, abstract Christmas trees that have been internally illuminated.

  • News

    Debenhams to give its home department a makeover

    2007-11-09T11:40:04.760Z

    Department store group Debenhams is to develop a new format for its home department.

  • News

    Hawkin’s Bazaar toys with new format for Derby store

    2007-11-08T12:48:39.567Z

    Hawkin’s Bazaar, the games, toys and entertainment retailer, has developed a fascia and interior for its store at the Westfield Derby scheme, which opened last month.

  • Analysis

    Orange opens business store

    2007-11-08T12:40:49.297Z

    Mobile phone network Orange has revamped its store at the east end of Oxford Street to meet the needs of business customers. The shop will target small business users and store features include a private sign-up area and business advisers.

  • Analysis

    A punt on Oxford

    2007-11-08T12:15:06.887Z

    Boots has taken a gamble on its Oxford store with a new interior that could be the future mould for the chain. John Ryan asks if it will pay off

  • Opinion

    B&Q’s store makeovers are moving too slowly

    2007-11-05T13:38:58.773Z

    Hurrying through the two-floor B&Q in Sutton, it’s hard not to notice that something is afoot. Signs are everywhere, apologising for the fact that building works are under way as part of creating a newer – and presumably better – B&Q that will have more of what shoppers want.

  • News

    Anya Hindmarch takes bags to Bond Street

    2007-11-05T11:55:23.980Z

    Anya Hindmarch, the designer of handbags and small leather goods, has opened the first of two London stores, on Bond Street.