Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Charity Super.Mkt, the ‘department store for second-hand style’ launched earlier this year by Maria Chenoweth and Wayne Hemingway, will open at Bluewater this week. The Charity Super.Mkt concept has proved hugely popular with shoppers thanks to its curated collections of second-hand fashion.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 20, 2022

Harvey Nichols has introduced the world’s first blue-chip non-fungible tokens (NFT) retail concept space located inside a luxury department store dubbed ‘HN NFT Vault’ at the retailer’s Pacific Place store in Hong Kong.

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2023

Real estate investment trusts like Simon usually prefer to emphasise not net income, but rather a non-GAAP concept, funds from operations (FFO), which grew by a more anaemic 1.1 One of the key issues facing Simon and other mall operators is that they are still joined at the hip to department store anchors. per cent, to US$451.8

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Spearheading this move are two flagship stores nestled in prime locations: one at the prestigious Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taipei’s vibrant Xinyi Xintiandi district, and the other at the iconic Dubai Mall.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The space is the upper level of a three-level empty box, the two levels below having been left by upscale department store Bloomingdales , which closed in March 2021. That’s partly because of genuine enthusiasm for the concept that they hope will attract upward of a million visitors a year.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The location of the new mall ensures that Aeon gets a slice of the booming and until recently under-retailed southern section of Phnom Penh strung out along the north-south-running Hun Sen Boulevard. Both Glam Boutique and Aeon Wellness are well established in neighboring Vietnam, where there are eight stores.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Westons are said to be seeking £4 billion for their European department store assets, including Selfridges’ four stores in the UK, Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Ireland, and De Bijenkorf in the Netherlands. Central’s superregional malls and department stores are ubiquitous in Thailand. billion (AU$3.72

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

Housed in the world’s most famous department store, the space will provide an immersive customer experience, as retailers reopen their doors following months in lockdown. Within Selfridges , Roper and Diagon have created a captivating space to reflect the ethos and core values of Pangaia.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2024

So, it came as a surprise to some when the LVMH-owned retailer announced on its Korean social media accounts that it would be gradually terminating all its operations in South Korea, including its app, online store, and physical stores, beginning May 6. billion in 2022, making the country one of the top 10 beauty markets in the world.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

Seongsu-dong is becoming the hottest location for fashion brands as a result of major labels opening flagship stores there, including Dior, Musinsa, and LCDC. The newlyopened Pan Am flagship store is among them, introducing a design concept adopting the regional characteristics of Seongsu-dong.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

In April of this year, Levi’s opened its largest bricks-and-mortar location in Asia in the Indian city of Bangalore. Featuring the brand’s NextGen store concept, the space was designed to redefine the Indian shopping experience.

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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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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Even prime locations, local partners, name recognition and often a portfolio of new merchandise brands haven’t kept Australia from becoming a dead end for some major international retailers. In some cases, the failed Australian ventures were part of a flawed strategy to breathe growth into struggling home market operations.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2023

Meanwhile, Carrie Walsh, formerly Subway’s global chief marketing officer, will become president of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa region, overseeing more than 6,200 franchise locations. The British department store business reported a £30 million loss ($59 million) for the year ended May 2022 compared to £2.7

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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

JUNE 21, 2021

The viability of the two iconic department store chains, Myer and David Jones, has been seriously analysed and debated since a merger proposal by Myer was revealed in 2014. The financial collapse of traditional US and UK department stores and the impact of the pandemic has increased industry scrutiny on Myer and David Jones.

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VMS

APRIL 15, 2021

Macy’s (New York) has announced plans to open 45 Backstage shop-in-shops in select Macy’s locations in 10 different states this year, according to Retail Dive. Morgan’s 7 th annual Retail Round-Up conference that the department store company was planning more standalone Backstage stores in addition to the shop-in-shops.

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Retail Focus

JULY 20, 2021

CBRE Global Investors has today announced that sustainability-focused department store, Know the Origin, has opened its latest pop-up and first zero-waste store at community-led retail and leisure destination, Angel Central.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Here are a few of the latest stores to check out from around the globe. Upmarket department store Nordstrom has introduced a two-storey ‘Home’ space at its Manhattan flagship location as part of the launch of the Nordstrom Home collection nationwide. Luxury nesting with Nordstrom. Luxury apparel brands get personal.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2022

Japanese retail is not only good on its own patch – you will find some of the most attractive stores in the world here – but when Japanese concepts have travelled to other countries, they have generally gone over well. Loft, a dubiously classified ‘home furnishings’ concept is an idea that should have travelled but hasn’t.

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Design Week

APRIL 15, 2021

Pantone has revealed its first physical store in Hong Kong which hopes to lead customers into a “different dimension” of colour. Billed as a Lifestyle Gallery, the 600 square ft space is located in the Cityplaza department store in the Tai Koo district. Pantone’s new homeware collection.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 4, 2022

Trainers injected with magnets climb the walls and polystyrene ceiling tiles line the floor of Axel Arigato 's "upside-down" office-themed sneaker pop-up in London's Selfridges department store. The Axel Arigato shop-in-shop is located in Selfridges. Metal lines the walls of the shop-in-shop.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

per cent (RM95 billion in total retail sales), and all retail sub-sectors such as fashion, department stores and grocery are expected to rebound. Strategically located on a gross area of 3.48 With five retail floors, Pavilion Bukit Jalil will be anchored by the newest Parkson departmental store in Malaysia.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The 38,000 sqft space underwent a substantial expansion, more than doubling in size, and now boasts a diverse array of offerings across 15 departments, encompassing over 3,000 products. But it’s not just about size; Muji Plaza Singapura has introduced innovative concepts that redefine the shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2023

Vincom tries to cover itself with four tailored formats: Vincom Center, which is designed for high-density locations; Vincom Mega Mall, a retail/entertainment concept averaging about 110,000sqm of gross floor area (GFA); and Vincom+ and Vincom Plaza, two formats that are oriented toward smaller provincial cities.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Following the recent trend of retailers abandoning gendered store sections and product lines, California has passed legislation that will force certain large retailers to adopt non-gendered children’s sections in California store locations.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Bergh, who has served as president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co since 2011, is reflecting on his legacy as he prepares to hand over the reins of the $6 billion global business to his successor Michelle Gass, the former CEO of American department store chain Kohl’s, who joined Levi’s earlier this year.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 23, 2022

French shoe brand Nodaleto has chosen Miami as the location of its first US store, which New York studio Rafael de Cárdenas designed with sci-fi-influenced red and chrome interiors. Sculptural red seats run through the middle of the Nodaleto store. The brand's first US store is located in Miami Design District.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Art director Willo Perron has designed the first pop-up store for Kim Kardashian 's underwear brand SKIMS, which is in Paris and furnished with glossy, chunky display units and partitions. The SKIMS Paris pop-up store by Willo Perron is replete with chunky partitions and display units.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2022

But as Thai-based hypermarket maestro Big C ably demonstrates, that doesn’t mean you can’t generate vibrant shopping experiences in a quite different mall concept of your own creation. In fact, there are hardly any fashion stores at all, and that’s partly the point. That includes Sisaket.

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VMS

JULY 22, 2021

When the high-end retailer charged TPG Architecture (New York) with a collaborative effort with their in-house design team to redesign its existing store in the Perisur Mall, located in the southern suburbs of Mexico City, the mandate presented was clear and consistent. The community surrounding the mall is defined by several factors.

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Retail Design Institute

MARCH 23, 2022

Project Name (as it appears on storefront signage, do not add location or other identifier such as ‘flagship’). In your written narrative (no bullet points), please describe what makes your concept especially noteworthy or unique in each of the ratings areas. Project Location. Submission Rules. Project Information.

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Tusco Display

AUGUST 27, 2021

From their early work with Amazon to accept returns in store and then offer an instore shopping discount, to their recently implemented Sephora branded shops within their locations, Kohl's is leading the way in changing the game for the instore world. Driving Foot Traffic Small scale department stores, such as Kohl's and T.J.

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Dezeen

APRIL 3, 2021

Called Moniker Fashion Universe , the 1,500-metre-square concept store is located in the heart of Oslo's shopping district, near the newly renovated Valkyrien Square. When the store opened last spring, its two Snøhetta -designed floors housed only womenswear. "One The other menswear zone pays homage to Paul Newman.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For example, Suria KLCC is known as an “experiential shopping destination” located beneath the iconic twin towers and adjacent to the 50-acre KLCC Park. This approach, built upon over 15 years of research, merges traditional and digital shopping experiences to continually attract and engage visitors.

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Greater Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As retailers are borrowing inspiration from hospitality experiences to create impactful stores that foster connections with shoppers, the retail-hospitality design philosophy has delivered a new wave of remarkable experience-based retail design projects. Let’s look at some of the most inspiring store designs. Images: Studio Stof.

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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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