Retail Focus

JULY 1, 2021

Bluewater, one of Europe’s leading retail and leisure destinations, has announced the signing of a new accessible fashion concept brand Vanilla, for its debut standalone store following the success of its established online and concession presence. Fashion-forward, on-trend womenswear brand Blue Vanilla aims to deliver stylish fashion.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

To help plus-sized men find good-value fashion, menswear label Connor has launched AXL+Co into the Australian market. The report found that 73 per cent of Australian men identify as size ‘large or above’ with 48 per cent agreeing that it’s “hard” to find stores that cater to their size or fashion needs at a “reasonable price”.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lark London, one of the first ‘Lifestyle Boutiques’ in London and run by Dominic and Priya Aurora-Crowe, takes a family-oriented and personal approach, rejecting the often-exclusive buying format of boutique retail concepts. An extensive range of children’s toys will also be on offer, as well as soaps, candles and stationery.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2022

Australian cycling apparel label MAAP has opened its first flagship concept store in Collingwood, Melbourne. It was designed by Clare Cousins Architects. The store is located in the former industrial area of Collingwood, so the design makes the most of the former commercial building’s concrete and blockwork shell.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Today, the company has announced they are taking this concept one step further by opening the doors this fall to a radically different 16,000 ft 2 shopping experience. This new urban concept store at The Well in the King West neighbourhood of Toronto marks an evolution for the brand.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Located at 10 Glasshouse Street, the new site marks a significant milestone as carpo celebrates its 10th anniversary in the capital. The Dubai store is situated in Fashion Avenue in The Dubai Mall, one of the largest malls in the world, alongside high end international fashion brands.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Located on London’s iconic Savile Row, RE:NEW’s location uniquely positions it to contribute to larger conversations about how heritage brands can embrace the forward-facing perspective that customers expect, while still respecting the tradition and legacy of the brand’s past.

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Dezeen

MAY 12, 2024

Fashion brand Diesel has debuted a retail design concept at its store in the Miami Design District , featuring raw metal surfaces and a red lacquered spiral staircase. The post Red staircase anchors Diesel store in Miami Design District appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is courtesy of Diesel.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Shaftesbury has announced that The Hook, a unique art gallery retail concept, has opened its flagship London store in Seven Dials in the heart of the West End. Featuring a range of both established and emerging artists, across a variety of subjects and styles, the 1,588 sq ft space is located at 37A Neal Street, adjacent to Ollie Quinn.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Australian menswear retailer Yd is revamping its bricks-and-mortar experience with a radical new store design aimed at driving the next stage of the brand’s evolution. Launched in 1995, Yd has opened two new stores designed by the team at Landini Associates that offer a more spacious, modern shopping experience for customers. “We

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Nike is to open its latest retail concept, Nike Unite, at Blanchardstown Centre, Ireland’s largest retail and leisure destination. The Nike Unite community-centred concept is focused on helping local people connect with sport and will feature an in-store community wall highlighting local partnerships, landmarks and Dublin athletes.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In the fast-paced world of fashion, where trends come and go, one timeless wardrobe staple continues to capture the hearts of consumers: denim. We strive to leverage this interest and further amplify the impact of the retail store concept by launching Fabrica X at more locations in both Hong Kong and globally,” she said.

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Retail Focus

JULY 17, 2023

has officially opened at Liverpool ONE featuring an updated store design concept. Located on Liverpool ONE’s South John Street, the opening is one of the first new prototype stores in Europe, bringing the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Grosvenor has announced that Hollister Co., A&F Co.),

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With Zara-owner Inditex and H&M set to disclose their most recent sales results, investors will be focused on one major question: how are the two fast-fashion pioneers responding to the current market leader, Shein? Shein accounted for nearly one-fifth of the global fast-fashion market in 2022, outpacing Zara and H&M.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 1, 2021

International fashion outlet developer, FASHION HOUSE Group has officially opened its doors to a €25M new outlet centre in the east of Bucharest, the Group’s second outlet centre in Romania’s capital. The first outlet centre, which opened over 12 years ago in 2008, is located on the western side of Bucharest, in Militari.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 31, 2022

River Island, one of the high-street’s most iconic names, has launched an exciting new retail concept: River Studios. River Studios will make its debut in the UK in Derby at the end of August before subsequently being rolled out to other key locations as part of River Island’s ambitious plans to reinvigorate retail. Kernan comments.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 7, 2021

Icon Outlet at The O2, London’s leading outlet shopping destination, has announced British contemporary design brand, JOSEPH, is the latest new retailer to open a store. Icon Outlet was recently ranked in the top 10 UK hotspots based on fashion brand openings over the last 12 months. Photographer: www.lukedyson.com.

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Retail Focus

MAY 13, 2022

French fashion and lifestyle brand IKKS Paris announces the opening of two stores in iconic London shopping destinations Carnaby Street and Kings Road, marking the brand’s entry into the UK. IKKS Paris will unveil the full general store concept for the first time in this permanent flagship location”.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2022

Inside Retail : Cue is one of Australia’s longest-standing fashion brands and it has such a rich history. Upon arriving home and sensing a gap for youth-driven fashion in the market, he decided to capitalise on that and started printing The Beatles t-shirts for the group’s fan club in Australia.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Charity Super.Mkt concept has proved hugely popular with shoppers thanks to its curated collections of second-hand fashion. TRAID CEO and Co-founder Maria Chenoweth, commented: “My career and ambition has always been to promote second-hand fashion as the most impactful way to dress ourselves.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 12, 2021

Located opposite Calvin Klein and Hollister on Ann Street (lower ground floor), the new 2,300 sq ft Gym+Coffee clubhouse concept launch forms part of the brand’s continued expansion and marks the 8th clubhouse store following the Manchester and London openings. Gym+Coffee and FitPink both dealt direct.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 9, 2021

Designed as an inspirational place to meet, explore and shop; Frasers boasts a range of beauty, fashion, premium and contemporary accessories and designer childrenswear. The service-led proposition is designed to align with the way the modern consumer shops – across price-points, brands and product categories.

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Dezeen

JULY 21, 2022

Italian architect and designer Fabio Novembre has opened IoNoi Gallery, a hybrid retail space and gallery in Milan with "strongly postmodern" interiors designed to showcase his work. Novembre designed the minimalist interior himself, conceiving it as a blank page in an architect's sketchbook.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Australian Fashion Council (AFC) and Afterpay have collaborated with Vicinity Centres to unveil The Edit, an experiential retail space celebrating local designers and the latest in-store technology – from shoppable changing room mirrors to gesture-controlled screens. It’s part of their branding.”.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Reliving vintage craftsmanship According to Huisamen, the wide range of collections and styles on offer, including the more elevated Made & Crafted line, is what sets the Ion store apart from other Levi’s locations in Southeast Asia.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

Located within Chadstone shopping centre, the largest shopping centre in Australia, the tweaked design comes as Vicinity Group invests in making Chadstone a renowned food destination in addition to being known as the nation’s “fashion capital.” Having your work sketched over by another designer is not common practice.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

Iconic French fashion brand Longchamp has just opened the doors to a newly renovated apartment at the ‘Paris end’ of Melbourne’s Collins Street in a way that is très chic. Globally in 2024, the luxury goods market is projected to generate US$369 billion in revenue, with fashion being the largest segment, reaching a market volume of US$115.90

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Can one spectacular photoshoot put Australian fashion on the map? We have amazing fashion, amazing talent, amazing landscapes, let’s showcase it to the world and show everyone what Australia is doing,” the campaign’s creative director Ken Leung told Inside Retail. As a country, we don’t beat our own drum enough.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Arc’teryx Equipment, the global design company specialising in technical high-performance apparel and equipment, continues its retail expansion in Europe with a new London store. The new Arc’type store in Covent Garden Long Acre will feature a rebranded micro-store concept, centred around 22 of the brand’s most renowned designs.

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MAY 16, 2024

The new 6000-square-foot store not only underscores the denim brand’s commitment to the Indian market but also showcases its innovative NextGen Indigo store concept, designed to enhance the consumer shopping experience.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 4, 2023

Mango, one of Europe’s leading fashion groups, has opened its latest flagship location at centre:mk, one of the top 10 retail and leisure destinations in the UK. The design features Mango’s latest Mediterranean-inspired concept known as New Med, as featured in a select group of flagship stores around the world.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Fashion brand Balenciaga has opened its first retail location in Berlin , which continues the brand's Raw Architecture aesthetic and boasts monolithic concrete slabs and distressed surfaces. Balenciaga decorated the store with a concept it describes as Raw Architecture. The store is blanketed in concrete.

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Inside Retail

JULY 28, 2022

I am a product designer at heart. I actually wanted to be a car designer, but I quickly realised that I [do] not have the stamina for it, so I stuck to what I know best [footwear], and I’m in a good place right now,” Holthuizen told Inside Retail. From Fused’s headquarters located in Hong Kong, delivery is swift and cost-effective.

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Dezeen

APRIL 3, 2021

Space travel, race cars and the French Riviera are among the eclectic references that informed Snøhetta 's design for the Moniker boutique in Oslo, Norway. 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.

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JUNE 27, 2022

Founded in San Diego in 1998, before being purchased by current chief executive and creative director Min-Liang Tan in 2005, the business has made a name for itself through its gaming laptops, accessories, software, and signature ‘black box’ store design. Bringing gaming to fashion”. billion by 2027.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nike, Bershka, Pull&Bear, and M&S have opened just in time for the busiest shopping period in the calendar, alongside the famed Coca-Cola truck having arrived at the destination last weekend, underpinning Hammerson’s strategy to enliven the asset with new brands, concepts and market firsts.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2022

Amazon is planning to shut all 68 of its physical bookstores, Amazon 4-star, and Pop up stores across the US and UK, shifting its focus to the groceries businesses and new retail concepts, the company told Reuters. The cost base of the stores is reasonably high because most are located in premium malls where rental costs are high.”.

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