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Indigo announces first-of-its-kind urban concept store

Retail Focus

The new store design, developed by UK-based brand innovation studio Dalziel & Pow , promises a unique eye-candy environment, centered on an edited selection of Indigo’s curated assortment of books, with a new heightened focus on lifestyle products and in-store experiences. million to more than 1,000,000 students across Canada since 2004.

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Meet the brand that launched Aus Fashion Week’s first metaverse show

Inside Retail

EL: We actually started the brand in 2004, but for physical fashion. We were invited to curate projects to create a campaign to promote designers, and we thought there must be a new way to promote fashion instead of doing fashion shows. We started doing digital fashion in 2017. It’s like rocket science.

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The Adoption of Pop-Up Stores by Luxury Brands

Retail Focus

The Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons, with founder Rei Kawakubo, notably launched the first pop-up store in Berlin in 2004, drawing crowds with normal retail-priced items and creating a sense of urgency that remains influential in shoppers today.

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