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Business Growth through Digital Transformation: The Case of Premium and Luxury Brands

Retail Focus

For decades, these brands, whether in fashion, automotive, hospitality, or any other domain, have held a steadfast position at the pinnacle of their respective industries. These challenges involve balancing online and offline presence, safeguarding brand reputation, and managing changing customer expectations.

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Are we entering a bricks-and-mortar renaissance? Here’s what the data says

Inside Retail

The scale of a renaissance in bricks-and-mortar store openings may well be modest but it does contrast with an extended prior to and through the Covid-19 pandemic of store network pruning. For the period of October to January, the ABS described retail sales as flat contrasting with the more bullish assessment of CBRE.

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Mismatch in values with employers contributing to employee exodus

Inside Retail

The research found that more than half of the 1605 respondents said they would look to leave their employer if the company did not meaningfully prioritise work-life balance (56 per cent) or well-being (55 per cent).

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Brand Creative’s Ixora retail project is a delicate balance of history, nature, and science

Design Middleeast

Other requests included a VIP lounge that serves herbal teas and fruit infused water alongside a demo room where product education and private skin and hair analysis sessions could occur. The post Brand Creative’s Ixora retail project is a delicate balance of history, nature, and science appeared first on Design Middle East.

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Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy combines glass bricks and walnut for first store

Dezeen

The interior design aims to balance volume and scale throughout the space – from blown-up elements, like the wooden details echoing the woven leather "intrecciato" reminiscent of Bottega Veneta's handbags , to the thousands of glass bricks.

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Reflecting pool centres XC273 fashion boutique in former Shanghai towel factory

Dezeen

Dongqi Design strived to preserve and emphasise these different layers of history, which are contrasted against shiny new finishes to create a kind of "nostalgic futurism". Glossy surfaces are contrasted against the building's raw concrete shell. Dongqi Design gave the second floor a bright white finish.

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Marquee’s Bernie Brookes: There are more retail collapses to come

Inside Retail

In contrast, retailers with multiple different categories, such as department stores that stock homewares, apparel, and electronics etc, are more likely to be able to balance out a decline in spending within one category with revenue from other categories.