All Stores and property articles – Page 329

  • Opinion

    A world away from the big four

    2007-10-15T14:23:37.333Z

    It doesn’t seem so long ago, not much more than a couple of years, that Somerfield appeared to be on the verge of a breakthrough when it opened a market-style format. Stores in the south London suburbs of Carshalton and Dulwich were among the chosen few locations that seemed to ...

  • Opinion

    The way that food retailing should be

    2007-10-15T09:55:18.213Z

    John Lewis has finally revealed its Oxford Street food hall and it is worth a visit.

  • News

    Moss Bros opens first Simon Carter outlet

    2007-10-15T09:55:18.247Z

    Moss Bros has opened a Simon Carter men’s fashion store next door to its Covent Garden flagship. Simon Carter is a range aimed at the same customer as Ted Baker, according to Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford.

  • Analysis

    The new green

    2007-10-12T11:38:01.067Z

    It’s one thing to build an eco store, but another to make an existing store green. John Ryan visits Bournemouth’s M&S to assess its green makeover

  • News

    Moss Bros opens first Simon Carter outlet

    2007-10-11T12:29:09.957Z

    Moss Bros has opened a Simon Carter men’s fashion store next door to its Covent Garden flagship. Simon Carter is a range aimed at the same customer as Ted Baker, said to Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford.

  • News

    Orange rolls out new format after trial run

    2007-10-11T11:48:32.673Z

    Mobile phone network Orange has begun rolling out the store format unveiled at Cribbs Causeway this summer.

  • News

    Moss Bros opens first Simon Carter outlet

    2007-10-08T15:35:08.377Z

    Moss Bros has opened a Simon Carter men’s fashion store next door to its Covent Garden flagship. Simon Carter is a range aimed at the same customer as Ted Baker, according to Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford.

  • News

    Orange begins roll out of ‘modular’ fit

    2007-10-08T15:31:48.307Z

    Mobile phone network Orange has begun rolling out the new format that it unveiled at Cribbs Causeway this summer.

  • Opinion

    The way that food retailing should be

    2007-10-08T15:02:46.037Z

    John Lewis has finally revealed its Oxford Street food hall and it is worth a visit.

  • News

    New-look Next gets thumbs up from Wolfson

    2007-10-05T17:01:40.460Z

    When a new store opens, it is usually quite easy to spot the chief executive. He’s the one around whom large numbers of suits are clustered, soaking up the praise for the way things look and keeping the staff on their toes.

  • News

    Fenwick to refit flagship store as group sales rise

    2007-10-04T16:06:34.150Z

    Upmarket department store chain Fenwick has posted robust profits and sales and is poised to further overhaul its flagship Newcastle store to drive sales.

  • News

    Retail Interiors Awards 2007

    2007-10-04T15:44:56.947Z

    Retail design’s great and relatively good assembled at the Hilton on Park Lane on Monday night for the 10th Retail Interiors Awards. Competition was keener than ever, with all awards hotly contested. In addition to the well-established categories, Store of the Decade was introduced this year to celebrate the awards’ ...

  • Opinion

    So how green is Wal-Mart?

    2007-10-04T15:13:36.500Z

    Head: So how green is Wal-Mart?By John RyanTravel broadens the mind and while this may or may not be the case, sitting at a retail design conference in Atlanta this week, listening to Charles Zimmerman, was certainly educational.Zimmerman is a senior Wal-Mart apparatchik and he was instructing delegates in energy-saving ...

  • Opinion

    Don’t go on the first day

    2007-10-04T15:12:59.730Z

    One of the more rewarding aspects of covering retail design is that you get to see things before customers do. This means, for example, that the evening before the near-riot that took place when Primark opened its Oxford Street flagship this summer, the press were invited in to sip champagne-style ...

  • News

    JJB to test new-look store as it sets overhaul strategy in motion

    2007-10-04T15:06:21.607Z

    Sports retailer JJB Sports is to trial a new-format store in November, as part of chief executive Chris Ronnie’s reinvigoration plan.

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    Analysis

    The great outdoors

    2007-10-04T11:05:00Z

    Fat Face has pioneered a new look at its Princesshay store in Exeter, targeting the Southwest’s outdoor pursuit fans. John Ryan heads for the hills to take a closer look

  • Analysis

    Rules of attraction

    2007-09-27T11:35:47.277Z

    Are the design rules for selling online the same as those that are used on the high street? John Ryan investigates the art of retailing on the web

  • News

    Duo steps out in new design as it opens trio

    2007-09-27T11:18:50.907Z

    Footwear retailer Duo Boots has opened stores in Edinburgh, Manchester and Amsterdam.

  • News

    Faith heads upmarket with new look to fend off rivals

    2007-09-27T11:05:58.890Z

    Footwear retailer Faith opened a new-look store last week aimed at taking the brand upmarket.

  • News

    Raft of top shopfitters buck downturn trend

    2007-09-27T11:03:27.220Z

    Shopfitters are enjoying a mini-resurgence, according to a report from sector research company Plimsoll.