Move over, EE Experience—there’s a new retail sheriff in town. Virgin Media O2 has launched its new flagship store at Westfield Stratford City, which, at nearly 5,000 square feet, is claimed to be the largest telecoms retail space in the UK. Westfield Stratford City is one of Europe’s busiest retail destinations, drawing 50 million visitors

EE has added extended reality retail demonstration experiences in its Westfield. White City store flagship store, Shoppers can try out the HTC Vive XR Elite, PlayStation VR2 and Meta Quest 3, alongside the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, TCL NXTWEAR S+ and the XREAL Air 2 Pro glasses  It follows steady growth in the XR sector

EE has removed fixed tills from its stores and replaced them with new cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) technology following a six-week pilot across 15 stores. The new system will allow EE store staff to complete all sales, service, and operational processes from a single device, including a smartphone, instead of multiple devices for different tasks. The

EE’s newest retail concept, the EE Studio,has won the ‘Best New Store” category of the Retail Week awards. The Studio was opened last June in its flagship store at Westfield, White City, West London and covers 4,325 square feet and aims to showcase state-of-art connectivity and technology solutions. The Studio offers visitors a range of “experience

O2 stores will be offering free O2 data, texts and calls for up to a year to homeless people and those in povert who meet the qualifying criteria.

EE will tomorrow (Friday) open its newest retail concept, the EE Studio, located in its flagship store at Westfield, White City, West London. The Studio covers 4,325 square feet and aims to showcase state-of-art connectivity and technology solutions. Bridget Lea, Managing Director of Commercial at EE, said Studio concept has been developed over the years

Sim Local, which clams to be the largest seller of SIM cards in the UK travel market, has opened its newest store at Vienna Airport. The store is Sim Local’s 12th, and will provide a choice of local SIM cards from Vienna networks eety, Drei (Three) and Lyca to international travellers and a range of

The partnership is with the British Heart Foundation  Virgin Media O2 is installing defibrillators in 200 stores throughout the country. The equipment is being registered on BHF’s National Defibrillator Network, The Circuit, which enables 999 call handlers to quickly direct paramedics to nearby stores in an emergency.  Virgin Media O2 will also be installing video

Why a great in-store mobie experience is essential

Franchise stores to be taken over by O2 The majority of O2 independent franchised business stores are to be taken over by O2 following a decision to cease its store franchise operation which has been running since 2005.      Most franchise stores will be taken over by O2 and the staff working in them

The new stores join many other international Sim Local stores

Brits wait an average of seven weeks to get their phones repaired

The SIM card retailer now has standalone stores in Athens, Brussels and Heathrow

The T3 store is the latest addition to a range of Sim Local stores across all four terminals at Heathrow, and several UK and European airports. 

After launching phones supporting Google services globally, we asked analysts about Honor’s prospects

The store will test the latest in retail ideas and features experimental zones

The accessories brand was founded in 2017 by entrepreneur Asad Hamir

Store is the first outside of the UK

Ashley Cole will be in-store tomorrow to mark the opening

Store was previously closed due to “adjustment in local retail strategy”

‘Spatial Insights’ is a new video analytics and AI technology

It becomes the fifth Sim Local store opened at Heathrow

400 staff will be affected by the closure

Shop will be 3,040 sq ft in total

Customers can choose one of four tech gifts

Stores are set to open on April 12

90pc of consumers are looking forward to the reopening of non-essential stores, according to research from O2

However online sales surge 145 per cent

The vendor has plans to open at least three stores in the UK

The operator is targeting 25 locations by the end of 2021

The Canary Wharf location will also support Samsung’s Enterprise and rugged offering

Stores will be open up to 10PM depending on location

A few months since high-street stores reopened, Mobile News visited outlets of the UK’s four mobile operators to find out how they’re getting on and what methods they’re using to keep customers safe

A few months since high-street stores reopened, Mobile News visited outlets of the UK’s four mobile operators to find out how they’re getting on and what methods they’re using to keep customers safe

A few months since high-street stores reopened, Mobile News visited outlets of the UK’s four mobile operators to find out how they’re getting on and what methods they’re using to keep customers safe

A few months since high-street stores reopened, Mobile News visited outlets of the UK’s four mobile operators to find out how they’re getting on and what methods they’re using to keep customers safe

Stores vital to educating customers about Huawei Mobile Services and growing ecosystem

The vendor says the investment will provide 100 new jobs

Initiative to contribute to MNO’s zero-carbon commitments

Scottish, Welsh and NI locations subject to local government advice

Stores will adhere to social distancing guidelines and staff will wear PPE

EE has become the first operator to announce reopening of stores

All workers will be supplied with protective face masks, says Orange

The operator follows O2 in temporarily closing stores

O2 is the first operator to confirm temporarily close stores

Closure of the brand’s 531 standalone outlets was caused by shifting nature of market, say observers 

Retailer expects 2,900 redundancies

Vendor also announces $15 million in donations reached

S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra now available for UK consumers

Google services are currently banned in China

But Huawei insist it’s business as usual in China with work resuming in factories

Stores come fully staffed and stocked for franchisees

Huawei is also planning to launch an experience centre in Barcelona later this year Huawei has opened its largest retail and customer experience space outside of China with the addition of a flagship store in Madrid. The new store is located in Gran Via, which is one of Europe’s busiest streets and is 1,100m2 in

All three smartphones are available with 128GB of storage

Chinese manufacturer has already sold 800 in the UK after holding a private event for its community forum members

Customers were queuing since 6am coming from all over the world

iSmash concessions will be set up in three major Maplin locations in Monument, St Paul’s and Stevenage. It brings total iSmash store fronts to 27

Apple’s latest flagship went on sale today (November 3) and is available from £999. Tim Cook claims it will be Apple’s biggest quarter ever

The new service follow three years working with Sign Solutions using interpreters to communicate through the Three website

Devices were unveiled last week in the Steve Jobs theatre on Apple’s new campus

Partnership to open stores in Sainsbury’s and Argos outlets; first of flagship ‘Showcase’ stores to open next month

Updated version of iconic handset will go on sale at retailers and operators including Carphone Warehouse and Vodafone

The device is available nationwide in store at Carphone Warehouse, Vodafone, O2, EE and Three.

Follow up to 2015 version will first be available from Vodafone on contract and prepay

Store refits in East London and Swindon form part of a plan to transform its retail business

Idea could eventually be rolled out to retailer’s entire 750 UK store estate if it proves to be successful

Gadget insurer Protect Your Bubble quizzed people this morning on their iPhone preferences and buying habits

Apple’s latest flagship went on sale today (September 16) and is available from £599.

Apple’s latest flagship is due to go on sale tomorrow (September 16), but the Covent Garden store lacked the usual crowds that have accompanied previous release days

C2M allows customers to make purchases on Facebook, Google Play, PlayStation Store, Spotify, iTunes gift cards and now Windows through their mobile device

Three-in-one outlet will offer products from Carphone Warehouse, Currys and PC World

Reports in Taiwanese media claim the manufacturer’s new division will focus mainly on VR on the back of the success of the Vive headset

Bragi’s Dash earphones cost £249.99 but comes with in-built storage, Bluetooth connectivity and a heart-rate sensor

Overclockers UK and Scan Computers International also named as partners for new VR headset, which goes on display in store today (March 17)

O2 unveils its “revolutionary” retail stores that are changing the face of the high street

Retailer said it expects to maintain current staff levels as it revealed profits of £450m for 2015

Second to open in London’s Westfield White City later this month, with a total of 54 new jobs created

The network describes the process as showrooming, with it being most common in 18 to 34-year-olds

Operator trialling concession stores in five Argos shops across the UK

Report from administrator PWC shows 2,503 people were left unemployed and £7m spent on legal fees following fall of retail giant

Operator replacing the ‘O’ on their 377 store fronts in England as part of its sponsorship of the team

Initial pilot will see 20 Sprint-branded stores opened and if successful, a joint venture will be created to support plans to roll out up to 500 stores

Redeem-owned brand will sell consumer electronics direct to consumers

Cost-cutting exercise follows record breaking half year profits of £1.8 million for B2B telecoms provider

Retailer passes original target meaning that almost 200 Carphone Warehouse concessions now open in Curry’s/PC World stores

The 130 outlets it bought from the retailer following its collapse have now opened after a full rebrand and refit, taking total numbers to 528

Outlets within 40 Currys/PC World shops will be as Carphone Warehouse this week, with all 159 opened by Christmas

Reports claim site will be located in New York City and will act as a point for customers to pick-up online orders, eventually showcasing Amazon products such as the Fire smartphone and Kindle e-readers

130 Phones 4u stores to be rebranded and reopened by operator by mid-November

Operator, partially blamed for firms collapse, to take over 140 stores safeguarding 900 jobs. Administrators confirms 628 head office jobs axed so far. 

Thousands of customers eagerly await the release of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus outside London’s Regent Street store today. 

The shops will sell Samsung’s full range of mobiles, tablets, laptops and wearables, including the recently unveiled Samsung Galaxy S5, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Fit

The stores would be used to demonstrate Google products such as Chromecast, and could also function as a helpdesk for Android customers

Firm plans nationwide roll-out of repair and accessory stores by end of 2016

Figure follows similar amount already invested in its tablet-based Pin Point service

Outlets to be branded as Samsung but run by Phones 4u staff, selling the latest smartphone, tablets and wearable technology from the manufacturer

Latest addition to manufacturer’s smartphone portfolio now on sale at Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4U and O2

The deal will see some Carphone Warehouse stores rebranded as Samsung over the next three months

Retailer and troubled smartphone manufacturer ‘fell out’ over sales targets and rebates