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How boutique retailers won by discarding the department store playbook

Inside Retail

While household-name department stores are downsizing and closing their doors, multi-brand retail boutiques are succeeding by focusing on personalised shopping experiences. Multi-brand retail boutiques like Melbourne’s Filly Stable are reviving and reimagining the in-person retail experience.

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Harvey Nichols Hong Kong launches world-first NFT retail space

Inside Retail

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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“Not surprised”: Experts react to Amazon’s reported department store plan

Inside Retail

On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that online retail giant Amazon is looking to open large bricks-and-mortar stores in the US to sell clothing, homewares, electronics and other products, much like a department store. And it would come at a time when some long-running department stores are closing up shop.

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Australia’s first domestic terminal department store to open next year

Inside Retail

Sydney Airport and Heinemann will jointly introduce Australia’s first domestic terminal “department storeconcept next July at T2 and T3. Spanning 1765sqm in T2 and 506sqm in T3, the new retail space’s offerings range from apparel, accessories, watches, jewellery, perfumes, and wines to spirits.

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Analysis: Why Harvey Nichols’ new NFT retail space is “a wildly clever idea”

Inside Retail

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. As our physical and digital worlds collide, the luxury retailer aims to make NFTs more accessible to a broader audience.

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An outdoor park and walking track: Inside Aeon’s latest mall in Cambodia

Inside Retail

The area, which not long ago was somnolent, is now a hotspot for development and is attracting all kinds of property investment, including residential, industrial, mixed-use and retail projects. Both Glam Boutique and Aeon Wellness are well established in neighboring Vietnam, where there are eight stores.

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Creating an effective retail space

Design Middleeast

More and more people are just entering stores to feel the fabric, try the item and purchasing them online. So, how can a retail space be called successful in given so many factors? Hasan and Husain Roomi, founders of H2R Design, have a vast experience of delivering retail projects. Highlight the focal point.