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“Running is on trend right now”: New Balance expands hybrid retail model

Inside Retail

The New Balance UCC (uncommonly common concept) store is redefining the traditional retail experience by placing people, not products, at the forefront of the retail experience. New Balance sits at the intersection of sports and cultural heritage and its new UCC concept stores aim to reflect that.

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Polestar is bringing its award-winning retail concept, Space, to Australia

Inside Retail

The ‘Space’ retail concept enables customers to interact with the Polestar brand, meet product specialists and take a test drive in the all-electric Polestar 2. The concept was recently named “Most Immersive Brand Home” by leading design publication Wallpaper*. So Polestar has been really good at that,” she stated. Non-stop plans.

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Accent Group to open four Hoka stores by Christmas

Inside Retail

Accent Group plans to open four Hoka stores in three states this year, including the brand’s first Australian freestanding concept store, which will open next month at Westfield Bondi Junction.

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New & Lingwood launches its new concept, RE:NEW at 19 Saville Row

Retail Focus

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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Exclusive: The thinking behind Coles’ revamped Chadstone flagship store

Inside Retail

Coles is using the store revamp to trial key concepts that it identifies as being important to the customer, including an elevated “fresh and healthy” offering, as well as greater “convenience” and “value” offerings. “In The project soft-launched in February and officially opened on March 6.

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Elli Design blurs the line between traditional craft and future-thinking sustainable furniture

Design Wanted

It embodies a number of concepts that are not limited to the machines or tools used like taste, vision, style, the ability to anticipate the times and dictate new trends and new territories to explore.”. In short, we always think from a circular economy perspective.”. Italian entrepreneur Alessio Elli – Founder of Elli Design.

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Why beauty brand Fluff turns on its website just four times a year

Inside Retail

The brand has gone through many evolutions since its conception, and is now experimenting with an unusual drop model, which sees it open its website to sell products just four times a year for one week at a time. “We Melbourne-based beauty brand Fluff was founded in 2018 by Erika Geraerts, one of the original co-founders of Frank Body.