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Analysis: A Japanese retailer with Lofty overseas prospects

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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 furnishingsconcept is an idea that should have travelled but hasn’t.

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Daiso, Muji, Moshi Moshi? Why this Japanese-inspired chain is taking off

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Following in the tradition of Japanese retailers like Loft, Daiso and Muji that bring chic to everyday items and are consummate visual merchandisers, Thailand’s Moshi Moshi has gone into full expansion mode with a concept that uses the same template. Some stores also sell pet accessories.

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Why international stores are key to Costco’s future growth

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Store growth for Costco going forward will be focused more away from the US than domestically because of decreasing opportunities for expansion at home. Newer stores are not as productive as older ones, indicating that the concept is approaching saturation or already there in the US and Canada, where Costco has most of its locations.

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Walmart Creates Five New-Look Flagships

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into flagship stores featuring upgraded visual merchandising, CNBC reports. The move is designed to spur sales of higher-margin, discretionary items such as apparel, beauty products and home furnishings. Mass merchant Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) has remodeled five of its SuperCenters in the Eastern U.S.

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Why Ikea, Nike, Li Ning and Atelier100 are going hyper-local

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Riding this wave, large-scale retailers are taking notice of the boutique concept. Geared towards urban city residents, these small format stores sell selected home furnishings to fit the average apartment size, with their interior decorated to optimise small spaces.

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Meet Big C: The Thai hypermarket chain thriving in small cities

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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. This is a social concept through and through, built around food, entertainment and services. In addition, Big C provided online delivery service.

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The Power of Two … or Perhaps Three or Four?

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fashion retailer Next has done more or less the same with Costa Coffee, Paperchase (a stationer) and Laura Ashley (home furnishings), among others, all taking space inside what was previously solely a modish offer. appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. On a somewhat larger scale and in the U.K.,