All Stores and property articles – Page 330

  • News

    Ted Baker uses horse theme in Dublin shop

    2007-09-24T12:37:47.507Z

    Ted Baker is preparing to open a store in Grafton Street, Dublin, as part of a push to open more international shops. The retailer claims that the 3,900 sq ft (360 sq m) branch – its second store in Ireland – has been inspired by the Irish obsession with horses. ...

  • News

    Whole Foods window displays turn to home

    2007-09-24T12:23:31.440Z

    Whole Foods Market has removed the window scheme that accompanied the launch of its Kensington store in June and replaced it with a series of displays to support the food retailer through its first autumn season. Created by London-based Elemental Design, the new window scheme features a domestic interior, according ...

  • News

    Playboy opens first European store

    2007-09-24T12:15:41.267Z

    Playboy opened its first standalone European store this week on London’s Oxford Street. Occupying three floors, the 4,000 sq ft (370 sq m) shop has been 18 months in the making and cost about£2.5 million to put together, according to Christopher Chronis, director and licence-holder for the brand’s Australia and ...

  • Analysis

    Great expectations

    2007-09-24T09:01:56.947Z

    The HMV store in Merry Hill is the entertainment retailer’s best hope for turning its prospects around. John Ryan visits

  • News

    HMV pushes button on next-generation store roll-out

    2007-09-13T09:47:14.767Z

    Entertainment retailer will open up to 40 next year

  • Opinion

    A New Look needed for windows

    2007-09-10T13:08:35.160Z

    Sometimes, you have to ask why retailers do certain things and nowhere is this more the case than in the vexed topic of window displays.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week September 7

    2007-09-07T12:16:32.457Z

    Making sense of the past seven days

  • News

    HMV unveils hi-tech store of the future

    2007-09-07T09:43:48.347Z

    Next-generation store debuts at Merry Hill centre in Dudley

  • Analysis

    No place like home

    2007-09-04T13:59:34.500Z

    John Ryan reports on Marks and Spencer's new homewares store in Northern Ireland

  • News

    Tesco outlines mission to up non-food estate

    2007-09-03T09:03:01.510Z

    Tesco is gunning to more than double its number of Homeplus non-food stores in the UK. Tesco Homeplus operations director Alison Horner said the UK’s biggest supermarket will add 10 shops to its existing portfolio of seven Homeplus stores. She added that Tesco has identified six new sites, but a ...

  • News

    Netto sales rise as product and stores refreshed

    2007-08-31T17:48:45.880Z

    Netto managing director Richard Lancaster has revealed the supermarket’s profits and like-for-like sales are substantially up this year, driven by enhancements made to its stores and product. Lancaster, who took the helm at Netto earlier this year, said: “Our improved sales performance has been driven by a combination of factors ...

  • Analysis

    Business as usual

    2007-08-30T16:22:55.977Z

    John Ryan revisits high-profile former flagships

  • News

    Bridgford revenues to rise

    2007-08-28T18:24:59.563Z

    Shopfitter Bridgford Interiors has claimed it is on target to raise its revenues by 30 per cent to£30 million in 2007, thanks to a raft of new contracts and framework agreements with retailers. Bridgford associate director Alan Palmer said that work on fitting out Asda Living stores in Dartford and ...

  • News

    Moss Bros unveils Cardiff flagship

    2007-08-28T18:18:24.163Z

    Formalwear retailer Moss Bros last week opened its largest store to date, a two-floor 7,000 sq ft (650 sq m) unit in Cardiff. The shop, in the city’s central Hayes district, has been put together by design consultancy Inca and an in-house team and is “cleaner and more streamlined”, according ...

  • Opinion

    Less haste, more service

    2007-08-28T17:10:06.230Z

    Consider some of the phrases that pass for customer service in the UK. “Thank you” is just basic good manners, but the words are still held up as part of a customer-centric view of retailing. “Have a nice day” is an American import – and one that sits uncomfortably with ...

  • News

    Retail Week Conference 2008 has launched

    2007-08-21T10:34:17Z

    Book now to take advantage of discounted rates

  • News

    700 jobs to go at Fopp

    2007-07-04T09:21:33Z

    Mainly shopfloor staff affected

  • News

    Tesco shareholders oppose £11m Leahy windfall

    2007-07-02T12:00:14Z

    Grocer to push ahead with pay scheme

  • News

    ... off you go, says Rose

    2004-06-11T12:09:00Z

    Marks & Spencer said arrivederci to Italian guru Vittorio Radice as new boss Stuart Rose overhauled the company board.

  • News

    Martin Illingworth quits Selfridges to work for Harrods

    2004-05-28T12:09:00Z

    Selfridges head of store design and development Martin Illingworth is leaving the department store group to join London rival Harrods.