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The Berry Tea Shop launches equity crowdfunding to scale business

Inside Retail

Craft tea retailer The Berry Tea Shop has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign via Birchal as it seeks to scale the business and expand its product portfolio. Founded in 2010 by Cliff and Paulina Collier, The Berry Tea Shop offers a selection of more than 48 varieties of loose-leaf tea, tea wares and accessories and includes a cafe.

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2019 vs 2020 vs 2021: How has Covid impacted Christmas?

Inside Retail

If you cast your mind back to 2019, Christmas was business as usual. “E-commerce People were shopping in stores and Black Friday, Cyber Monday were becoming successful sale events on those specific days. But people were starting to shop for Christmas around that time. Consumers will continue shopping earlier.

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What the rise of real over aspirational marketing means for lingerie retail

Inside Retail

Parade was founded by Columbia University dropout Cami Téllez in 2019, with a purpose to disrupt the market and champion inclusivity, body positivity and sustainable manufacturing. Businesses like Brava are championing change through inclusivity and representation for formerly marginalised individuals represented in the market.

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Linehouse creates greenhouse-informed food market in Shanghai

Dezeen

Architecture studio Linehouse has wrapped a food market in a Shanghai laneway neighbourhood around a central atrium informed by Victorian greenhouses. The interior of the market was designed to resemble a greenhouse, with shops and cafe's arrranged around a central, double-height atrium. The photography is by Wen Studio.

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Dexus selling stakes in two super-regional shopping malls

Inside Retail

Cornerstone stakes in two super-regional Australian shopping centres have gone up for sale in the first such investor opportunity in two years. Dexus Wholesale Property Fund is offering a 20-per-cent interest in Gold Coast’s Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and a 25-per-cent stake in Sydney’s Macquarie Centre. Macquarie Centre in Sydney.

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Spanish Fashion Giant Mango Boosts Retail Offer at Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull

Retail Focus

Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull has continued to expand its leading offer with the arrival of Spanish fashion retailer Mango. Ardent UK acquired Touchwood in summer 2021, the first major shopping centre acquisition since the onset of the pandemic, in a deal that effectively called the retail investment market.

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Kantar: record numbers hit the shops as supermarkets experience busiest Christmas since 2019

Retail Times

Supermarkets saw their highest level of transactions in December since 2019, according to the leading marketing data and analytics company Kantar. Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides!