All Store design articles
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News
Booths rolls out new artisan bakery concession
The expansion of the bakery format comes as part of Booths’ ongoing programme to modernise stores and supply chain
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Greens Retail to open two Iceland Local stores in new tie-up
The Iceland range will sit alongside its existing supply deal with Nisa, which provides its stores with Co-op own-brand products
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Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech coming to The O2
It forms part of a doubling of third-party tech partners by the end of this year
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Costa Coffee reopens refurbished store in London
The renovation includes new furniture, lighting, and a ‘brighter feel’ to welcome customers
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Comment and Opinion
The next retail revolution will be in-store experiences
Consumers, especially gen Z, increasingly seek experiences over acquiring products, says Sara Parrish, experience strategy director at Imagination
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News
Subway introduces first self-service kiosks and new rewards app
The sandwich chain is revamping its digital offering to provide added flexibility and convenience
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Planet Organic plots new stores as recovery makes progress
Renée Elliot revealed the plans in new filings published to Companies House this week
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Analysis and Features
Where does food fit into the town of the future?
The ‘UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood’ is being built in East Sussex, with food at its heart and retailers encouraged to embrace the concept
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News
Asda announces £50m store upgrade programme
The programme, starting at the Long Eaton store in Nottingham, will cover 170 stores in total and is expected to complete by the end of November
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Comment and Opinion
Why Tesco, TikTok and salad is a significant combo
Stupid dances, silly challenges and now Tesco salad bays. Just a few of the many ways TikTok has changed how consumers consume and now, apparently, how businesses do business
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News
Waitrose and Gail’s to open first in-store takeaway counter
The new takeaway format marks the latest stage of Waitrose’s ongoing store renovation plans
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Bestway launches food to go concept Grab & Go
The Grab & Go launch forms part of Bestway’s first Best-one and Bargain Booze that launched last month
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Raye and Wolf & Badger partner for new food and drink concession
The bays will stock a selection of challenger food and drink brands in Wolf & Badger’s London store
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Analysis and Features
Spotted in stores: what’s new for April 2024
Each month, we highlight new and interesting products, displays and features our team has snapped in the leading grocers
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News
Lawrence Hunt creates package handling concept Parcel+
As a separate entity from its ordinary customer counter, it aims to quicken the collection and drop-off processes
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Online seafood market Rockfish launches in-store ‘virtual fish counter’
The concept has been created by Rockfish, an online seafood market, and installed at a family-owned motorway services on the M5 in Gloucestershire
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Analysis and Features
AI cameras: are they really the answer to availability?
Morrisons is trialling a camera-based system to help staff keep shelves stocked – but opinion is divided on the system’s efficacy
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News
Sainsbury’s launches new ‘Good to Know’ campaign in stores
PoS signs featuring the slogan ‘Good to Know’ began rolling into stores in April, with with the slogan also set to feature prominently in advertising throughout 2024
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Comment and Opinion
Why Amazon is walking back on Just Walk Out technology
After heralding its Just Walk Out technology as a development that would “push the state of the art forward”, Amazon has decided, actually, nah, and is stripping the tech out of its US stores
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News
Amazon sticking with ‘Just Walk Out’ tech in UK
The ecommerce giant just walked back on its Just Walk Out tech