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Elli Design blurs the line between traditional craft and future-thinking sustainable furniture

Design Wanted

He started his namesake brand in 2014 on a mission to find the perfect balance between fine Italian craftsmanship and technological innovation. “It Traditionally reserved for those whose techniques date back centuries, the site has embraced Elli’s new concept of craftsmanship, which celebrates 4.0

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KENJI selects the Bullring Estate for debut regional store

Retail Focus

Complementing the extensive product lines will be a vast selection of East-Asian snacks and confectionary, many of which have risen to fame via the brand’s TikTok channel. Named ‘KENJILand’, the app is an immersive virtual experience where users can interact with a digital community and experience an array of virtual worlds.

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Taylor Swift offers a masterclass in marketing. Here’s what retailers can learn

Inside Retail

Nothing replaces delivering on brand promise As obvious as it may sound, we have seen many brands take the concept of “delivering on brand promise” for granted, assuming they can win over consumers’ hearts and wallets through shortcuts. Swift’s brand promise has always centred on quality products.

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Pushing the envelope: Memobottle to expand beyond water bottles

Inside Retail

In order to fund its product-line expansion, the business has turned to equity crowdfunding on Birchal – and met its initial target in a little over three hours. In 2014, the brand crowdfunded its initial concept on Kickstarter, in which consumers essentially fund a product’s creation, and get a product out of it at the end.

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Axel Arigato opens "upside-down" pop-up sneaker shop in Selfridges

Dezeen

Trainers injected with magnets climb the walls and polystyrene ceiling tiles line the floor of Axel Arigato 's "upside-down" office-themed sneaker pop-up in London's Selfridges department store. A digitally native business, Axel Arigato began its life online in 2014, opening its first physical store in London's Soho in 2016.

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How Sasseur’s outlet mall business is cooking – despite the heat

Inside Retail

It is reputed to have more than 50,000 hotpot eateries and indeed the hotpot concept probably originated there. The effects hit Sasseur’s top line heavily, with sales growth for the first nine months of the year coming in negative, at -6.3 The bottom line rose slightly, by 0.4 Small portfolio, big upside. per cent occupied).

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Flight of fancy: Why this unique design trend is taking off

Inside Retail

Themed experiential restaurants typically don’t need unconventional buildings; instead they use creative design inside and outside conventional ones: Rainforest Café, Amazon Café, Cheesecake Factory, Cabbages and Condoms and hundreds of other concepts. The plane has a long active history.