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Proximity retailing and current retail environmental paradoxes

Retail Focus

In an urban setting, “proximity” goes back to its golden age because customers find it more practical and suitable for shopping around the corner. The dilemma of reviving small-town businesses As the dynamics of retail also changed, so did the collective understanding of consumers about retail. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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Managing retail touchpoints for a positive customer experience

Retail Focus

As consumption is becoming less focused on the product and more focused on the experience of accessing the product, new brand management practices are being shaped, whether at luxury or mass industry levels. Brands are looking at ways to add value to the customer’s journey within their spheres. . Engaging the senses.

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How Nike is tapping into the US$1.5 trillion wellness market

Inside Retail

Rather than Nike Live’s focus on mobile shopping and two-week merchandise rotation, the Well Collective stores will instead aspire to help customers across five key pillars: movement, mindfulness, nutrition, rest, and connection. trillion, so it’s not a surprise that many brands are looking to play in this space,” Zoppos said.

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Analysis: What’s changed since the Farfetch-YNAP deal was first announced

Inside Retail

However, it appears that while the luxury goods group was adept at selling its own brands, managing the technology and logistics of an e-commerce platform like Yoox Net-a-Porter was a different matter. That is best done on a brand website or in a brand store.

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What LVLY, Camilla, Koko Black and Mrs. Fields are doing this Mother’s Day

Inside Retail

Following some lonely pandemic years, the brand is expecting Mother’s Day to be a big one. “We We have seen a strong shift back to retail as customers look to in-person shopping experiences, and engage with our products and staff in-store,” Koko Black’s senior brand manager Kyle McKnight told Inside Retail.

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Luxury Retail Phygitalisation: Blending Tradition and Technology in the Digital Age

Retail Focus

Luxury retail has undergone a significant transformation driven by digital technology and changing consumer expectations. Luxury brands have been forced to innovate quickly to meet changing consumer preferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has accelerated the adoption of these technologies.

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Reimagining tradition: Rive Gauche Pâtisserie embraces change in Singapore

Inside Retail

This was following a business transfer from Kimly Group, one of the largest traditional coffee shop operators in Singapore. The brand’s first rebranded store opened its doors on the 18th of May in Serangoon Nex shopping mall. It is now part of the F&B portfolio under Muginoho Global Pte Ltd, franchiser of Beard Papa.

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