In-Store articles from May 2006

In-Store archives from May 2006

New Look collaboration.(with Kelly Brook launches swimwear)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Fashion retailer New Look has launched a collaboration with actress Kelly Brook on a range of swimwear. Designed by Brook, famed for her femine curves, the collection made its debut in 70 stores last month. A second collection will go into...

P-O-P will boom, says research.(point of purchase advertising )(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... There will be an industry shift in favour of P-O-P advertising over the next year, according to research commissioned by the In-Store Show and conducted by Vivid Interface. A quarter of in-store marketing buyers say they will increase...

Tesco announces plans for world's 'greenest' store.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Tesco has announced plans to open the first supermarket to be constructed of entirely recyclable materials, including woods and recycled plastics. The grocery giant says the store, which will be in Aylesham in Norfolk, will be "the greenest...

Sainsbury's commits to in-store media format.(J Sainsbury PLC to launch instore advertising screens)(contract with Retec Interface)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Sainsbury's is rolling out Entertainment Xtra, an in-store media network provided by Retec Interface, after the retailer ditched its Fresh TV network following a trial period. Entertainment Xtra has been on trial since September. It...

'Yes we can' say Bob and Asda to green scheme.
May 15, 2006... ASDA is running a 'Big Recycle 2006' scheme to promote awareness of reusing waste packaging and to help raise money for education in African communities. Popular children's character Bob the Builder is fronting the campaign to encourage...

Monsoon season brings an eclectic mix to west London.(new store opens)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Monsoon has embarked on providing more individual store formats with the launch of a 'boutique store' on London's Westbourne Grove by design group Project Orange. Situated in a Grade II listed building, the 144 sq m store aims for an...

Somerfield bags cash for fresh bag.(Waste & Resources Action Programme finances Somerfield PLC and Long Life Solutions to develop plastic packaging)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Somerfield and packaging specialist Long Life Solutions have been granted #171,000 from WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) to develop a new form of plastic packaging which could extend the shelf- life of fresh produce. "The...

Topshop open new store in Manchester.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Topshop has opened a new store in Manchester's Arndale Centre representing the retailer's flagship store in the North of England and its largest site after its giant Oxford Circus branch. The store houses premium ranges alongside Topshop's...

Hidden value of on-pack offer wins over Waitrose.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Waitrose has worked with agency Packaging Media and David Lloyd Leisure to run the first on-pack promotions on its own-brand ranges. Andrea Watson, Waitrose category manager, says that as the Waitrose packaging style is clean and...

Fashion makeover spells summer for Superdrug.(Superdrug Stores PLC)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Superdrug is launching a 'Wish you were here' summer in-store campaign this month, to highlight its more fashion-focused approach. Design group Astound has created the campaign in close collaboration with top fashion stylists and...

Cult of Culti brings Italian homewares style to UK.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Italian luxury lifestyle brand Culti has launched its first UK presence, with a concession in department store Harvey Nichols. Retail design is by founder Alessandro Agrati. The format combines fashion, interiors, fragrance, food and a...

Makebelieve Beauty launch.(self-tan items)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Cosmetics brand Makebelieve Beauty has launched its first products, a premium range of self-tan items, in department stores Selfridges in London and Brown Thomas in Ireland. Makebelieve aims to break category conventions in the self-tan...

Diesel moves into Bond Street.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Diesel has launched its latest flagship in London's Bond Street with design by the retailer's in-house team. Covering 550 sq m over two floors, the store houses all of the Diesel collections and gives particular emphasis to accessories. The...

IN BRIEF: Sure thing for England's World Cup.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Deodorant brand Sure For Men is launching a limited edition Sure Sport Football range to coincide with the mania expected for the World Cup this summer. Packaging features a patriotic St George's Cross, and the products are available in...

IN BRIEF: Wham bam thank chew in six flavours.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Millar McCowan is launching a new family of Wham chew bars in May. The Wham brand will now be applied to six flavours of chew alongside the Original Raspberry, launched in 1982. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

IN BRIEF: Snow+Rock says it's great outdoors.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Outdoor brand Snow+Rock will encourage shoppers to run, hike, and walk with a number of in-store events during May. Teams from running shoe brands will tour stores to give advice, while physiotherapists will be available for free...

IN BRIEF: Liverpool shopping centre sees the light.(Mel Chantrey)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Light sculptures by artist Mel Chantrey are providing a focal point to the shopping experience at Liverpool's new MetQuarter shopping centre, which opened in March. The 10m high sculptures fabricated by J&C Joel are internally lit with...

IN BRIEF: Sunsilk conditions itself to make waves on-shelf.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Unilever UK Home & Personal Care is launching revamped versions of its well-established Sunsilk range of shampoos and conditioners. Vibrant colour-coded packs will seek to garner standout on the shelf. Copyright: Centaur Communications...

NEWS ANALYSIS: What's in a name?(Dixons brand)
May 15, 2006... The Dixons brand is being axed from the high street, but will have a new life online. Could investment in store interiors, instead of a new name, have worked better, asks Will Cooper After 69 years, Dixons, arguably the UK's best-known...

LEADER: Net gains can still mean loss of contact.(online retail trade forecast and trends)
May 15, 2006... When the new media bubble burst after sudden growth in the late 1990s, a lot of retailers quietly wrote off the internet as a threat to their traditional ways of doing business. Others decided that while the web would play a role in...

SCREEN TALK: Different slopes.
May 15, 2006... Robert Warner, creative director of Xscape, describes how screens large and small contribute to the atmosphere of an action-packed retail and leisure experience A 200m snow slope is the key feature of Xscape centres in Milton Keynes,...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Wal-Mart moves into difficult areas.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Wal-Mart Stores has announced plans to open more than 50 stores in struggling US neighbourhoods over the next two years. The retailer says the stores will be in areas with high rates of crime or unemployment, on sites that are environmentally...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Jane Norman targets young Danes.
May 15, 2006... Youth fashion label Jane Norman has opened its first overseas store in Copenhagen, Denmark. Other international openings are planned over the next two years. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: M&S gets a grip on the Baltics.
May 15, 2006... Marks & Spencer has announced plans for a debut this autumn in Latvian capital Riga. A 930 sq m store will sell womenswear, menswear and lingerie. The company will wait to monitor the success of this store before investigating other...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: French get frank to foil the fakers.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... France's National Anti-Counterfeiting Committee has launched a three- month advertising campaign to focus consumer awareness on the problem of counterfeiting. France is one of the countries most aware of the problems raised by counterfeit...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Shoppers set to flood to Whitewater.
May 15, 2006... Whitewater, the largest retail area in Southern Ireland outside Dublin, has opened in Newbridge, County Kildare. The 6,967sq m two-floor shopping centre targets a thriving fashion and lifestyle market and has Marks & Spencer and Debenhams...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Fitch designs mega-market in Bangkok.(Central Food Retail)
May 15, 2006... Thailand's largest supermarket group, Central Food Retail, has opened a new 3,716 sq m flagship in Central Chidlom, Bangkok, with design by UK design consultancy Fitch. The store caters for an audience of 80 per cent local residents and 20...

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: H&M plans global expansion.(H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Swedish clothing retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has announced plans to open a further 150 stores this year, mainly in Spain, the US, Germany, France, Canada and the UK. It will open three stores in Spain's Benidorm, Salamanca and Madrid...

DISPLAY OF THE MONTH: Sitting pretty.(Orlando Hamilton Flowers' furniture store)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Orlando Hamilton of Orlando Hamilton Flowers insists you can't beat a well-designed Chair "Displays to me are absolutely vital. When someone walks past the window of your store, you have three to five seconds to arrest their attention....

CITY TALK: No news is good news.
May 15, 2006... WH Smith insists its plan to demerge its new distribution business isn't the prelude to a sale, but is there more to the move that meets the eye, asks Lauren Mills, business writer at the Daily Mail So WH Smith has at last decided to...

CITY NEWS: Consumers happy with less cash.(WH Smith Group PLC)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... WH Smith insists its plan to demerge its news distribution business isn't the prelude to a sale, but is there more to the move than meets the eye, asks Lauren Mills, business writer at the Daily Mail Debit card use outweighed cash...

CITY NEWS: Baby business still booms for Mothercare.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Mothercare has posted a like-for-like sales increase of 0.2 per cent for the 12 weeks to 1 April, in contrast to a 0.3 per cent decline for the 53 weeks to the same date, in a pre-close trading statement. "We continue to improve...

CITY NEWS: Primark keeps ABF perky despite fall.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Primark owner Associated British Foods (ABF) has seen underlying profits fall by 2 per cent to #255m for the 24 weeks to March 4. However, the company, which also owns Twinings Tea and Ovaltine, remained positive due to Primark's plans for...

CITY NEWS: Green-fingered Hortis harvests Wyvale.(Wyevale Garden Centres bids WCC Hortis)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Wyevale Garden Centres has agreed to a #311m bid from WCC Hortis,a consortium which includes Icelandic investment group Baugur. WCC Hortis offered 555 pence per share meaning that, including debt, the deal is worth as much as #445m. Baugur...

CITY NEWS: Tough times give JJB sporting challenge.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Sports retailer JJB has announced "disappointing" preliminary results for the year to 29 January, with pre-tax profits falling by 44.7 per cent to #34.3m from #62.1m the year before. "As well as a generally difficult retail climate, the...

CITY NEWS: Debenhams gets ready to float again.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Debenhams planned return to the stock market is expected to see the department store valued between #1.7bn and #2bn, with a debt of #1.2bn. This is the third time the country's largest department store brand has floated on the stock market....

PROFILE - CHARLES ROLLS FEVER TREE: In the mix.
May 15, 2006... After four years marketing gin, Charles Rolls took a hard look at what accompanied it and launched Fever Tree, the soft drinks brand he hopes is just the tonic to take mixers into the premium sector Charles Rolls, managing director of...

STRATEGY REPORT: New model ethics.
May 15, 2006... As big businesses increasingly look to acquire 'ethical' brands in the hope that their values come free with the deal, Maeve Hosea examines whether such moves are a shortcut to the moral high ground, or if life is more complicated ...

MARKET REPORT: Slipping discs?(Digital videodisks)
May 15, 2006... From Hollywood hits to home-grown sitcoms, booming demand for DVDs has boosted high street sales. But do new delivery formats signal the end of a golden era? Will Cooper investigates. At the end of March, Silverscreen, the high street...

MARKET REPORT: Disc formats explained.(Digital videodisks)
May 15, 2006... Universal Media Disc (UMD): Optical media discs developed by Sony for the PlayStation Portable. Discs are 60mm in diameter (smaller than a DVD), and have a capacity of 1.8Gb for dual layer discs or 900Mb for single layer discs. In contrast,...

SPECIAL REPORT: The right attitude.(shopping)
May 15, 2006... Maeve Hosea reports on how retailers are handling the tricky task of keeping in with the worldy-wise and increasingly wealthy 18-34-year-old market For those in the 18-34 age range, going shopping is a leisure activity. More than any...

SPECIAL REPORT: Getting the measure.
May 15, 2006... Low P-O-P compliance has often been blamed on poor communication and on store staff with too much on their plate, but fast-response technology and effective monitoring may soon change everything, reports Will Cooper POPAI's Compliance...

PRODUCT NEWS: 3M hopes new screen has the right touch.(3M Touch Systems launches Microtouch CT150)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... 3M Touch Systems, a subsidiary of the technological innovations company, has launched a new touch-screen monitor - the Microtouch CT150. The 15in LCD screen has a 500:1 contrast ratio, which can be print-colour matched. The screen is...

PRODUCT NEWS: Light lights from Traxon.(Strip SMD RGB)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Lighting specialist Traxon has made a new range of strip lighting options available to the UK market. The Strip SMD RGB series incorporate an LED board with a separate DMX interface box, and emit colour-changing effects and colour lines,...

PRODUCT NEWS: Marketeer tells truth about marketing.
May 15, 2006... Penguin has launched All Marketers Are Liars by best-selling author Seth Godin. "Marketers lie to consumers because consumers demand it," says Godin. The book looks at the different stories brands tell, and the tactics used to tell them....

PRODUCT NEWS: Foam, foam on the range.(Brett Martin's new Foamalux Infinity)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Plastic substrates manufacturer Brett Martin has rolled out Foamalux Infinity - a new, high density white foam PVC, with a colour surface finish available in very small print runs. Foamalux Inifinity is available in thicknesses of either...

PRODUCT NEWS: From superstore to superpower.(Penguin Publishing Company Ltd. launches The Wal-Mart Effect)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Penguin has published The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman, profiling the world's biggest company, famed for its low prices. Fishman examines the strategy of the store in which 7.2 billion people shop each year, and its expansion...

PRODUCT NEWS: Basket Buddy stacks up well.(Glasdon's Mobile Basket Buddy)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... The Mobile Basket Buddy, a new shopping basket stacking tray, has been introduced by Blackpool-based storage design specialist Glasdon. Made from easy-to-clean Durapol, it can stack both plastic or wire baskets, and features a maximum...

PRODUCT NEWS: Digital View goes quiet on new player.(introduces RemotePlayer 700 Series)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... A new range of high-end digital players has been rolled out by media player specialist Digital View. The RemotePlayer 700 Series is capable of playing high-def inition 720 pixel widescreen video, Macromedia Flash clips and MPEG-4. The...

Eye on design: 9London.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... You know when you have arrived at Chelsea's 9London. From the seasonally changing window art by Sarah Bozoki to the carefully sourced props scattered amongst the product - it's fun, fashionable and funky. Inside it's not immediately obvious...

Eye on design: Formes.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... In a corner of Covent Garden, you wouldn't notice Formes unless you were looking, but maternity shops do tend to be destination stores. Looking past the very bland window display, the interior delivers much more of the store's chic French...

Eye on design: Blooming Marvellous.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... If I was beginning to look forward to a glamorous pregnancy, Blooming Marvellous in Wandsworth could bring me back down to earth with a bump. Faced with gigantic support pants and breast pumps, it's a very different offer: a one-stop shop...