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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. Pictured, botanical artist Carly Rogers at Selfridges, London, UK.

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The Art and Business of Christmas Windows in Retail

Retail Focus

Introduction Significance of Store Windows in Retail Retail displays evolved from the simplicity of handwritten signs strategically positioned both inside and outside stores during the 1800s. In retail, where the importance of first impressions cannot be understated, store windows become the brand frontline ambassadors.

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Standout stores: New flagships, pop-ups and openings that caught our eye 

Inside Retail

The store also features collaborations with talented Australian artists, with ground-level installations by paper engineer Benja Harney and artist Bianca Beers, and abstract sculptures and paintings by Elliott Routledge. Kris Andrew Small’s artwork, which includes a mural in the changing room, also adds to the store’s ambiance.

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Opinion: Why it’s time to go boldly where retail has gone before

Inside Retail

He also wove the store into the community, even making the Selfridges basement an air raid shelter during the war. When you consider great retail entrepreneurs such as Selfridge, who developed the department store and re-wrote shopping history, today’s shopping experience feels like a watered-down version that is purely transactional.

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Things to see and do at London Design Festival 2021

Design Week

Billed as an “artistic representation of daylight and fresh air”, The Cube by Velux will be positioned at Observation Point along London’s South Bank. The showcase will be on display at Magazine London, a brand new venue on the Greenwich Peninsula. Installation: The Cube by Velux. Installation: The Dancing Bee Hives.

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How Maison Francis Kurkdjian built a brand around the Picasso of fragrance

Inside Retail

It was like going to see a Picasso exhibition, yet no one tells you that the painter is Picasso and only the gallery or curator name is provided. Around 2007, however, we started seeing more and more “niche” fragrance brands being launched and entering department stores. IR: What is MFK’s physical store strategy?

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EBBA Architects designs sculptural pop-up shop for Rotaro at Liberty

Dezeen

London-based studio EBBA Architects has channelled the environmental ethos of fashion rental platform Rotaro for its pop-up boutique at department store Liberty. EBBA was influenced by the work of artists Donald Judd and Carl Andre and their elevation of humble materials through detailing and construction.