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How boutique retailers won by discarding the department store playbook

Inside Retail

While household-name department stores are downsizing and closing their doors, multi-brand retail boutiques are succeeding by focusing on personalised shopping experiences. Of course, e-commerce has a crucial part to any brand, but in-store retail shopping gives you a sensory experience that online can’t.

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Department Stores – what does the future hold?

Retail Focus

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Changing culture of shopping.

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Welcome to Wonderworld: David Jones showcases natural beauty on the runway

Inside Retail

Department store giant David Jones unveiled the latest Spring/Summer collections this week in its Elizabeth Street flagship in Sydney. With the new season ahead comes many trends including party dressing, feminine prints, bold colour ways, form-fitting silhouettes and tailored suiting.

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Generative AI is supercharging retail, what does this mean for consumers?

Inside Retail

As the driving force behind a new era of hyper-personalisation, efficiency and sustainable retail experiences, its impact on the way we shop cannot be understated. And how will it shape the way we shop? Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience.

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The Evolution of Retail Formats: Adapting to Environmental and Social Forces

Retail Focus

The journey of retail formats, as we know them, began with specialty stores, where retailers differentiated themselves through elevated service, expansive inventory, and deep local knowledge. This early phase prioritized a personalized shopping experience, setting the foundation for what was to come.

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Everything you need to know about Amazon’s first physical clothing store

Inside Retail

According to the post, Amazon Style will offer women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories from hundreds of popular and emerging brands, and include several innovative features, such as tailored, real-time recommendations. Amazon Style claims to be a “new way” to shop and discover fashion. How Amazon Style works.

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Can Japan’s Aeon become a global juggernaut?

Inside Retail

In March, Aeon Phnom Penh, the older of the two and informally known as ‘Aeon 1’, hosted the opening of H&M’s first Cambodian store, an 1800 square metre shop spread over two levels offering women’s, men’s and kids’ clothing and accessories. Malls: the Homogeneity Problem. Vietnam is the big prize.

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