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Why the founder of Culture Kings wants retailers to sell with emotion and magic

Inside Retail

Culture Kings is an Australian retail phenomenon, what started as a Carrara market stall in 2008 evolved into an international retailer being listed on the stock exchange with a $600 million valuation. Create the brand, the emotion, the resonance, break [consumers] patterns so they remember you,” concluded Beard.

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Reinvest and innovate: Key takeaways following Fenton & Fenton collapse

Inside Retail

Standing out amid shifting consumer patterns Brian Walker, founder and CEO of the Retail Doctor Group, told Inside Retail that the furniture retail sector experienced a few golden years during the Covid-19 period when private savings and e-commerce activity relating to household goods were much higher than usual.

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

Writing in the New York Times, Nobel Prizewinning economist Paul Krugman suggests America is witnessing a new form of worker revolt in the wake of years of substandard conditions. One is the usual pattern associated with economic cycles – when jobs become more plentiful, quit rates rise.

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

Writing in the New York Times, Nobel Prizewinning economist Paul Krugman suggests America is witnessing a new form of worker revolt in the wake of years of substandard conditions. One is the usual pattern associated with economic cycles – when jobs become more plentiful, quit rates rise. per cent to 6.4

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Fabio Novembre launches first concept store in Milan dedicated to his designs

Dezeen

This is represented through the grid pattern printed on the store's white melamine laminate walls, which allows the bold colours and forms in his work to take centre stage. IoNoi started as a blog in 2008," Novembre explained. The walls are finished in a pattern reminiscent of gridded sketchbook paper. "I

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Norm Architects balances "richness and restraint" in refresh of Alsterhaus' menswear department

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"A department store is a visually busy place and we realized early in the process that the design needed to be pared down and clear conceptually - ruling out strong patterns and ornamentation," said Sofie Thorning, associate partner at Norm Architects. "We

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David Taylor upcycles scrap materials into “rough-luxe” furniture

Design Wanted

Discord the craft of French designer Paul Coenen using the flexibility of sheet metal to form rigid structures in his ‘Tension’ series. “I A pivotal moment for me came in 2008 during the global financial crisis when Taylor was working mainly as a silversmith at that time and almost overnight my customers just stopped coming by. “At