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Uniqlo’s US expansion: Has the parent learned its lessons?

Inside Retail

That is a significant and rapid expansion and one that would draw investor scrutiny. By 2015, a year after opening 17 stores but still unable to get traction, it began to cut its losses and close smaller, unprofitable suburban mall stores yet again. The post Uniqlo’s US expansion: Has the parent learned its lessons?

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Vietnam’s Vincom shifts focus from expansion to upgrades

Inside Retail

Vincom tries to cover itself with four tailored formats: Vincom Center, which is designed for high-density locations; Vincom Mega Mall, a retail/entertainment concept averaging about 110,000sqm of gross floor area (GFA); and Vincom+ and Vincom Plaza, two formats that are oriented toward smaller provincial cities.

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Sweet success: retro-inspired gelato chain Piccolina gears up for growth

Inside Retail

Melbourne-based gelato chain Piccolina Gelateria is set to move into a new production facility next month to facilitate its future growth, which could include interstate expansion. The business has had to turn down opportunities because, logistically, it couldn’t bring a new product line or concept to the table.

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TUDOR Watches to open new flagship store in Covent Garden

Retail Focus

Since 2015, TUDOR has offered exclusive mechanical Manufacture calibres with varied functions. We are excited to showcase the brand’s unmistakable design aesthetic as part of our Covent Garden expansion plan.”. As a result, over the course of history, TUDOR watches became the choice of daring individuals.

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How Heydoor is making shopping more accessible to people with restrictions

Inside Retail

Melinda Ioannou, founder and creator of Heydoor, realised that the latter was a barrier to entering retail when she got her own dog in 2015, and she began thinking more broadly about the restrictions on some members of the public. I presented my concept to a friend of mine who is a software developer and luckily he understood and loved it.

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Vuori, the California-based clothing brand, opens the doors to its first UK store in London’s Covent Garden

Retail Focus

Founded by Joe Kudla in 2015 in California, the first UK Vuori store at 25 Long Acre, Covent Garden in London, showcases an extensive collection of the refined men’s and women’s activewear collections, which marry performance and style for every day, not just for the gym.

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Bath beers and blowdries: The next level of hybrid retail

Inside Retail

A hybrid retail concept goes beyond the traditional retail experience of stores displaying products, assisting customers with the selection and proceeding with the transaction. launched in 2015, is a combination of salon and bar where visitors can have a blow dry, up-style or makeup and have cocktails, champagne and canapés at the same time.

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