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Is brick-and-mortar retailing really dead?

Inside Retail

Industry pundits have long been tolling the bells of doom on the concept of physical stores. After all, why would customers drag themselves to a brick-and-mortar store when they can do all of their shopping online? For retailers, establishing and staffing a physical store is a significant overhead. Enter Diverse Project Group.

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EuroShop 2023 Preview

Retail Focus

One of the key dimensions of EuroShop 2023 is Shop Fitting, Store Design & Visual Merchandising, which is the heart of EuroShop and its largest dimension. Shopping becomes an interactive high-tech experience. 2002 EuroShop divides into four independently themed zones, namely EuroConcept, EuroSales, EuroExpo and EuroCIS.

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What to do when your store network needs a facelift

Inside Retail

With customers finally onboard with the speed and convenience of online shopping, bricks-and-mortar will need to update itself in order to bring people in. And while having the experiential concept is one thing, hiring the right business to build and fit the store is another matter. . “We

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Here’s an inside look at Tops Club, the Costco of Thailand

Inside Retail

All decked out in its red, white and black livery, Tops Club, a new warehouse format created by Thailand’s Central Retail, opened a flagship at Central Rama 2 shopping mall in the southern suburbs of Bangkok on 28 September. Finally, you can’t shop at Tops Club unless you take out a membership, like Costco. The company made US$6.7

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Black spiral staircase twists through Joseph store in Miami Design District

Dezeen

A pop of colour is provided by the till desk made of Italian green marble, following on from a recurring concept in Jospeph stores in which a different marble from around the world is used. Founded in 2002, Sybarite has completed a number of retail and hospitality interiors, including shops for fashion houses Alberta Ferretti and Marni.

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Walmart depart Japan – What Went Wrong?

Nelson Blackley

The world’s biggest retailer first entered the Japanese market in 2002 by buying a 6% stake in Seiyu, and gradually built up its stake before a full takeover in 2008.

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Ferrari’s flagship store in Milan combines heritage and innovation

Retail Focus

Characterised by the new store concept already applied to the first store in Maranello, the Milan store once again weaves together Ferrari’s values of innovation, style and performance to create a Ferrari universe that cleverly combines both the heritage of the brand with a highly contemporary vision. .