Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Amid an evolving retail landscape, Bullring & Grand Central has continued to attract household names as well as young, cool digitally native brands, while repurposing legacy space with innovative new concepts including entertainment.

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

Renovation: Department Store. Scope of work : Continue the location’s evolution from traditional department store to a targeted destination for luxury goods and services. What sets this project apart : In terms of store planning, the new design of the Santa Fe department store seeks to engage with shoppers at every turn.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2023

Selfridges, the iconic British department store, is ushering in a new era of sustainable retail with its ambitious plan to ensure 45% of transactions come from circular products and services by 2030. The pop-up in Selfridges’ Concept Store showcases the brand’s vision for the future of fashion and commitment to circularity.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Brands can take advantage of this trend by developing their own games or integrating gamification elements into their retail store concepts. Gamification offers numerous opportunities to increase the experience in store concepts and to address younger target groups in particular. Credits: Louis Vuitton. Credits: Burberry.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2024

There are many successful female retail entrepreneurs with innovative concepts but the chains and major retailers have been slow to recognise the value and importance of promoting women to leadership positions. Wirth joined the Myer board in October last year after 15 years at Qantas, including six years as CEO of Qantas Loyalty.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2022

Luxury department store Harvey Nichols recently announced the opening of the first blue-chip non-fungible token (NFT) retail space at its Pacific Place Hong Kong store. The innovative concept named ‘HN NFT Vault’, invites customers to browse and purchase digital art NFTs from a curated selection of globally recognised projects.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

Businesses that offer customers both physical and online store options tend to see higher customer engagement and sales. per cent (RM95 billion in total retail sales), and all retail sub-sectors such as fashion, department stores and grocery are expected to rebound. You can download it here.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2022

Just from witnessing the return of physical stores and the response from our customers, it’s become more obvious that they love to shop in person – seeing, touching and having a genuinely engaging experience with the store,” Staton said. Which retailers are doing store design well. We need the two to coexist.”.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Between that novel concept and the turbocharge that Covid-19 gave to e-commerce, the start-up has swiftly become a mid-sized force. We envisioned a label in which shoppers could ‘see’ what they were buying properly, rather than touring packets of folded linen in department stores.

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VMS

AUGUST 18, 2021

M ARKET BY MACY’S, a concept created by Macy’s (New York), is a more curated and exploratory version of the storied company’s typical effort. The store also features a concierge service and café.). Dynamic environmental graphics engage shoppers and complement the local neighborhood,” says Novak.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

On the other hand, Blow Bar Co also celebrates the magical moments with our clients, such as weddings, engagements and birthdays. IR: Tell me about what makes the Blow Bar concept so unique and why it suits today’s consumer. What has that experience been like for the business?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This approach, built upon over 15 years of research, merges traditional and digital shopping experiences to continually attract and engage visitors. The management team ensures tenant compatibility with each mall’s identity through rigorous curation, blending both global and local brands to cater to their clientele’s varied needs.

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Greater Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In recent years, retail designers have been met with a new challenge: to create shopping experiences that cater to digital-first generations while continuously engaging shoppers who primarily shop in-store. Let’s look at some of the most inspiring store designs. In-store hospitality offerings: mtl Coffee Shop.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The team took the time to engage our local clients on a deeper level and truly cater to their unique needs,” Chan noted. Dior has also revitalised its duplexes to introduce unique concepts to shoppers. But as far as she is concerned, physical stores remain vital to the luxury industry for personalised high-touch service experiences.

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Barber Design

MARCH 18, 2019

The poll revealed that when it comes to customer experience, physical stores were always preferred over their online competitors – apart from Amazon, who scored 28%. Near the bottom of the table for in-store experience were department stores with an average score of just 7% and fashion retailers with an average score of just 3%.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Green’, is not the nice, catch-all, idealistic concept it once appeared to be for brands. Experience-seekers, in-store and online Despite the cash crunch, it’s critical for retailers to remember that value during the cost-of-living crisis isn’t weighed up in dollars alone. Sustainability, it seems, has a prioritisation problem.

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VMS

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now the great debate between shopping online and shopping at physical stores is heating up again, thanks to new technologies delivering novel in-person experiences that combine the info-gathering power of the internet with the excitement of being able to touch and try a product. For the company and its customers, the concept store is a hit.

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VMS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

B ETWEEN A VIBRANT retail scene and a plethora of sights and sounds, Columbus, Ohio, was the engaging setting for VMSD ’s 22nd annual IRDC. Teams were judged by a retail panel: Jamie Schisler, Chief Comfort Officer, Upwest; Heidi DeMers, Director, Store Design, Target; and Geoff Painter, Managing Director, Store Design, Starbucks.

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Quarter 20

JULY 18, 2019

. - A system to help shoppers locate items they see on display in the store quickly with AR or interactive maps. A next generation sensory-based, item-level tracking system that locates merchandise in a department store or warehouse within three feet, using IoT sensor technology and 2D mapping. CITY LUXED. STYLESHOOTS.

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RetailMinded

JULY 28, 2020

The pandemic has severely limited consumer mobility, forcing big-name clothing retailers and department store chains to file for bankruptcy. Having dependable partners allows retailers to focus on engaging customers. On the one hand, it has been brutal for some segments. Efficiency Can Mean Survival.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Just this week, American department store chain Nordstrom announced a unique collaboration with the British fashion brand Paul Smith. The founder of the eponymous brand highlighted another similarity between his business and the department store chain. “I The brand can also gain experience with retail operations.

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RetailMinded

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Whether you are a retailer already in business or an entrepreneur thinking about starting up your own CBD/Cannabis wellness shopping concept, here are five top-level strategies — each from a retail expert (and LMCC show attendee) — that are essential to consider: EDUCATION FIRST. Education is the most important thing in the cannabis industry.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

New luxury shoppers – young Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who will represent more than three quarters of luxury sales by the end of the decade – engage in conscious consumerism. They expect the brands they engage with to express their values of environmental sustainability and social responsibility.

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Design Middleeast

JANUARY 25, 2020

Virgile further goes on: “Not just in the Middle East but at global level, changes are responding to the emergence of a new type of luxury consumer, expecting environments to be more characterful and engaging, embracing the exciting contradictions presented in the concept of ‘accessible’ luxury.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The essence of personalisation Picture a scenario, you’re in a department store. A father and daughter venture into the teen’s section, greeted by a sales associate whose approach is as personalised as it gets, engaging them in their common slang and steering them towards attire fitting the daughter’s age.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2022

My business partner, Peter Winkle, and I were just trying to work out if there was actually a market for our concept. All of a sudden you could get chinos for $80 as opposed to $150, the staff were engaged, and it was really extraordinary. The first 18 months were a bit of a blur, and it was all very exciting at that point.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Spanning eight floors and 71,500 sqft, Johnnie Walker Princes Street is located inside a building, which was formally a traditional department store for almost 100 years. The rooftop bar and dining experience.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Retail environments were already evolving to become more engaging spaces when Covid-19 hit, but the pandemic has underlined just how important the social experience is to us. But for retail stores and shopping centres re-imagining the spaces they provide, just as important is the need to get construction projects right the first time.

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Quarter 20

AUGUST 9, 2019

In particular, retailers are finding success by delivering these in-store community experiences to consumers who want to feel a part of something larger and desire a sense of belonging. Latest retail results show department stores need more than touch-ups. fully embrace the concept of a retail community in their spaces.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Customer expectations of engagement and experience in retail are changing equally quickly. Not that long ago, walking into a carefully organised grocery market, hearing a pianist perform in the centre of a high-end department store, or having a retail associate help guide you represented a good retail customer experience.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 13, 2022

FLANNELS Dublin is set to be the next flagship in the brand’s roll-out of trailblazing flagship stores. Opening in the landmark former Clerys Department store on O’Connell Street, it will be the first to open outside of the UK – demonstrating a key expansion for the next-generation luxury retailer.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Evolution of Retail Formats The history of retail formats can be traced back to the late 1800s when single-product stores dominated the townscape. However, the emergence of department stores revolutionized the retail landscape by offering diverse products and brands under one roof.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2023

Upbeat prospects “Simpli Namdhari’s is not just a premium retail store but an experience we have carefully curated based on customers’ expectations. They have resonated with our concept of grocery and in-house café to provide an overall seed-to-plate experience,” Roopra stated.

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VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

K EEPING THE organizational pipeline flowing with creative, high-potential talent is a challenge every company faces, yet countless studies have shown that identifying and engaging young professionals early in their careers is critical to future success. How do you see the role of physical stores changing in the future?

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

The Chinese were proud to see their own national brand making it in New York and its popularity has been propelled ever since, and it’s now stocked at the trendiest upscale department stores around the world, from Selfridges to SSense. In each circle the character initiates conversations to keep the group engaged with the brand.

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Greater Group

DECEMBER 24, 2019

The purpose of this concept is thus recreational rather than commercial. Experiential retail creates a safe space for new customers to be charmed by what the store offers, and for customers already familiar with the brand to promote their idea of it and solidify their commitment to it. Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N.

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