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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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Selfridges launches The Joke Shop with playful Slapstick Generator artwork

Dezeen

London department store Selfridges has opened The Joke Shop, a "shoppable comedy store" that sells products including sneezing powder and has windows filled with whoopee cushions and slipping bananas. The impression of a genuine joke shop was so strong that customers felt we had scented the space, which we hadn't."

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Art, community and creativity: Three shopping centres setting new standards

Inside Retail

Major department store, tick. We’ve all encountered those shopping centres that look and feel the same, no matter where you are in the world. Platform is the antithesis of a cookie-cutter shopping centre – indeed, it acts as a platform for independent brands to thrive. Global fast-fashion retailer, tick. Cinema, tick.

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Property news: Mirvac celebrates NAIDOC Week

Inside Retail

Australian property group Mirvac is displaying Indigenous art in its shopping centres and office buildings across Australia this NAIDOC Week (July 4 to July 11) as part of a partnership with Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. The store has a weighted average lease expiry of 10.5 The department store saw sales fall 13.1

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Myer bringing student projects to life with Miss Shop

Inside Retail

Department store Myer has recently launched a program giving fashion design students the opportunity to sell their products in-store. As part of the Artist Pathway Program, the retail business is working with Billy Blue College at Torrens University to guide young designers through the product design process.

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Longchamp redefines its retail footprint with très chic Melbourne apartment

Inside Retail

The brand has grown to have a presence in 80 countries through a distribution network encompassing 1200 points of sale across stand-alone stores, franchises, department stores, multi-brand leather goods stores, travel retail and e-commerce websites.

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The Art and Business of Christmas Windows in Retail

Retail Focus

More than transparent barriers adorned with decorations, these windows are masterfully arranged as storytellers, encapsulating the very essence of a store’s character. Retailers rely on the talents of designers and artists to create displays that are not ordinary.

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