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Can fun drive footfall in shopping centres?

Inside Retail

The out-of-home (OOH) entertainment business, which currently operates 44 businesses across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, is seeking over 40,000 square metres of additional real estate space to support its rapid growth. Each concept combines entertainment with bespoke food and beverage offerings to suit the experience.

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Zara’s live shopping shows are a big hit in China. Can it do the same in the West?

Inside Retail

A team of 70 people works on the live show, which is streamed from a 1000sqm space in Shanghai, switching angles between seven cameras, Zara said. Madrid-based Carmen Muley started out hosting AliExpress’ first live stream in China in 2016 and now advises brands on live shopping strategy through her company Paragon Social Commerce.

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Why so many global brands fail in Australia

Inside Retail

In other instances, the ventures’ failures had more to do with retail store concepts that simply didn’t work in Australia, poor market research and an attitude that Aussie consumers will buy ‘what we want to sell’ rather than asking what they would want to buy. The Woolworths-Lowe’s venture closed in 2016 after five years.

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How a third-generation knitwear manufacturer aims to disrupt fashion

Inside Retail

Australian knitwear brand Mia Fratino is on a mission to disrupt the fashion industry and change for the better the way stores – and consumers – buy clothes. I joined forces with Tim in 2015, and in 2016, Mia Fratino was born. After three years, we took a space in Balaclava [in Melbourne]. I think it is about consumer education.

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From Saks to start-up: How this brand founder aims to change women’s health

Inside Retail

We spoke with her about coming up with the concept and how to stand out in the increasingly competitive wellness space. Inside Retail : How did you come up with the concept for Elix Healing? Chronic cycle-related and hormonal imbalances affect 90 per cent of people with periods, that’s around 700 million people globally.

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Your 2-Minute Retail Tour of SoHo, N.Y.

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“SoHo is definitely back,” says Sophie Winckel, New York resident and Direct to Consumer and Concept Store Marketing Manager at Adidas (Portland, Ore.). And there’s data to back that up: Per commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE, average retail rents in Manhattan have risen for the first time since 2016 to $607 per square foot.

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Retail Spaces That Build Community

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In particular, retailers are finding success by delivering these in-store community experiences to consumers who want to feel a part of something larger and desire a sense of belonging. And while both online and in-store transactions are part of the overall experience, it's the retail space that currently requires new ideas and layouts.