All Store design articles
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NewsAsda to roll out electronic shelf-edge labels to 250 Express stores
Asda plans to install 700,000 seperate ESLs across its estate, through a new partnership with Vusion Group
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NewsWaitrose commits to major London investment with new convenience store
The 2,500 sq ft Little Waitrose opened this week in Wandsworth and forms part of a new neighbourhood housing development
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NewsAsda and Ocado the latest retailers to launch dedicated menopause aisles with GenM
Asda is the last of the traditional big four supermarkets to partner with GenM, and will roll out menopause-friendly gondola ends across its stores
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NewsCook hails ‘first of its kind’ trial to ‘nudge’ shoppers to buy healthier products
Sales of Cook’s vegetarian lines grew by 15% after it made a small ’subtle’ change to the layout of some stores
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NewsAsda offering 50p ‘Smiley’ vouchers to compensate shoppers for bad service
The discount vouchers were being handed out by store staff to shoppers as a way of saying sorry ’when things don’t quite go to plan in store’ Asda said
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NewsFortnum & Mason to open new store and takeaway kiosk outside London
The boutique and brand new takeaway format are the first of a new expansion plan to take Fortnum & Mason around the UK
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NewsAmazon to keep pitching Just Walk Out tech to retailers despite UK Fresh store closures
The checkout-free, till-less technology has been adopted by more than 300 third party retailers and venues globally
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NewsHolland & Barrett to open stores in Morrisons supermarkets for the first time
It is Holland & Barrett’s latest foray into traditional supermarkets alongside its more than 50 concessions within Tesco stores
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Analysis & FeaturesBigger, better: inside Lidl’s new-look sites
Lidl is once again accelerating its UK expansion. Our Grocer of the Year 2025 has bigger stores, a health focus and revamped layouts, backed by a new sale and leaseback strategy
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NewsF1 designer’s ‘invisible door’ boosting Hanlon’s Gala beer cave sales
Hanlon’s Gala said it had sold 35% more beer in July this year compared to July 2024, before the AirDoor was installed.
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NewsAsda trialling AI cameras to monitor availability
The supermarket is in the early stages of a trial of the Focal Systems cameras, which it has installed in five stores
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NewsWaitrose trials AI smart trolley system in UK first
The system takes the form of a handlebar-like device that shoppers clip on to a regular trolley
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NewsM&S reopens Oxford Street Foodhall after four-month makeover
New features at the 19,400 sq ft Foodhall include a hot chicken counter, sourdough pizza bar and coffee shop
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NewsHotel Chocolat opens ‘immersive’ new café concept in Manchester
The new flagship store format opened in Manchester earlier this year, to spearhead a new expansion plan under Mars
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy the latest co-operative merger is ‘quite different’
Central Co-op is absorbing Chelmsford Star – but management is determined the smaller society will not disappear from view
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NewsCo-op launches ‘wave phone to become a member’ feature on ESLs
Once tapped or waved in proximity of the ESL, the phone’s NFC reader can immediately load a URL directing customers to the Co-op membership webpage
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NewsWaitrose upgrades app with ‘in-store’ mode to boost shopping experience
Waitrose has enhanced its MyWaitrose app with a new ‘In-store Mode’ that uses location data to improve the shopping experience, including a shopping list function that checks product availability at specific stores.
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NewsJohn Lewis launches new ‘sensory spaces’ format in beauty counter overhaul
The expanded ’sensory spaces’ model had been designed to ’create a truly integrated experience’ in John Lewis beauty halls
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NewsCo-op launches new micro food-to-go chain in UK first
The first Co-op On The Go store opens today in Solihull, with another 15 launching over the coming months
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NewsSainsbury’s sells travel money business to Fexco Group in new concessions deal
It marks another ‘milestone’ in Sainsbury’s phased wind-down of its core banking business