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SHA Wellness Clinic partners with IMKAN to launch world’s first healthy living island 

Design Middleeast

An unprecedented project, an island where every aspect, every detail has been planned with the health and well-being of its inhabitants as a priority. The innovative island by SHA Wellness Clinic and IMKAN is located in AlJurf, a privileged enclave on the coastline between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

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Exclusive: The thinking behind Coles’ revamped Chadstone flagship store

Inside Retail

Unlike most retail stores, supermarket layouts are based on an incredible amount of consumer and scientific research, so redesigning stores in this sector is limited by well-defined operational rules and procedures. The Chadstone revamp was about discovering small things to tweak to provide an enhanced overall customer experience.

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How Can We Foster Emotional Connections At Work In The Post-Pandemic Era?

All Work

Studies have unveiled the intricate influence of natural and built environments on our brains, emotional responses, behaviors, and overall health. Neuroaesthetics research shows how our brains react to art, including architecture, and the response to beauty. In other words…we think and feel beauty.

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Understanding the consumer of 2021

Inside Retail

Lockdowns with little advance notice, panic buying, supply chain disruptions, hastily made changes to health and safety regulations, and extreme swings in consumer needs and expectations. Such are the challenges that retailers, along with personal care and hospitality businesses, faced during the pandemic. Consumers unevenly impacted.

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Mecca for mums: How The Memo is disrupting the baby goods market

Inside Retail

Designed by leading Melbourne architecture and interior design firm, Cera Stribley, and built by The Melbourne Builder, the Armadale store features The Memo’s signature bright and bold colour scheme, while the layout has been thoughtfully planned with the customer in mind. It’s a category we’re very proud of,” Casey said.

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Eyewear retailer Bailey Nelson has rapid growth sharply in focus at age 10

Inside Retail

The new store in Frankston, Victoria, is the first of its kind: showcasing a new layout that will be replicated in future stores, new collections and an ‘OPTOS’ machine – a state-of-the-art imaging tool that allows the business’ optometrists to view a customer’s retina at four times the resolution. “One

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Fine Print – May 2021

Retailing Insight

A curated selection of new books and upcoming titles in Holistic Health, Herbal Medicine, and Crystal Healing. . Drawing on 28 years of experience, Dr Ratan combines ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with modern aromatherapy principles in Vedic Aromatherapy, creating unique blends for holistic health and healing. by Ravi Ratan.