Retail Focus

MARCH 30, 2023

The Visual Merchandising and Display Show is one of the most highly anticipated events in the retail industry, providing a unique platform for professionals to come together and showcase the latest innovations, trends and techniques in the field of visual merchandising and display.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

The first location is expected to open at Nashville International Airport later this summer. The locations incorporate complementary brands from Hudson’s and Dufry’s. Seven additional locations, including at Dallas Love Field Airport and Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, will follow.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

Target will expand its Disney Store at Target concept to more than 160 of its stores by the end of the year, according to USA Today. Currently, 53 of these shop-in-shops are located inside Target stores and online. The retailer has not released the locations of the new stores. Walt Disney Co. Burbank, Calif.) Burbank, Calif.)

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Walmart is testing a new experiential concept at a store near its Bentonville, AR headquarters. Walmart will test the new design at a couple of other locations and plans to implement the concept at up to 800 stores in the months ahead, the article says.

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Retail Focus

MAY 4, 2021

Retail design agency UXUS have announced the details of Clinique Laboratories, a new retail concept developed in collaboration with globally renowned skincare and cosmetics brand Clinique. The new retail concept which launched in Shenzhen in December 2020, illustrates the science behind every Clinique product.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

A Los Angeles-metro-area location is planned in the next few months. At 6150 square feet, the footprint is twice as large as the traditional Amazon Go stores located in urban areas. The post Amazon Expands Cashierless Concept to Suburbs appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Taco Bell is rolling out a new two-story concept called “Taco Bell Defy” that features four drive-thru lanes, Retail Wire writes. The kitchen will be located on the second level where orders are prepared to send below for pickup. Read more at Retail Wire.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Additionally, on Wednesday, Shinola opened its Shinola Home retail store next to its flagship location in Detroit and another at the Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi, Mich., The post Shinola Partners with Crate & Barrel, Debuts ‘Home’ Concept appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. reports The Detroit News.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

The post IKEA Expanding Resale Concept to U.S. appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. IKEA (Delft, Netherlands) has announced the launch of its Buy Back & Resell service in the U.S., beginning with its Conshohocken, Pa., It will run for a limited time from Aug. 30 through Sept.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

TGI Fridays (Carrollton, TX) is rolling out a new small-format concept called Fridays on the Fly that will focus on filling delivery and takeout orders, Chain Store Age reports. The 2500-square-foot restaurant will have a smaller dining space than the chain’s traditional locations, the article says. Read more at Chain Store Age.

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

Showfields closed its Miami and New York City locations in July and September, respectively. It has three remaining bricks-and-mortar locations, in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Brooklyn. Showfields made the mistake of over-paying for real estate and then expanding a concept that had rather limited appeal.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

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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Retail Focus

MAY 27, 2021

Today, Vashi unveiled and opened a new home for bespoke fine jewellery in Covent Garden – the brand’s new flagship store and its seventh bricks-and-mortar location. The post VASHI opens its new concept flagship store in Covent Garden appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The new store, located on New York’s 59th St. The concept allows consumers to order ahead in the Starbucks app to begin their journey, which continues in store, where they can pick up and seamlessly pay for their order using Amazon Just Walk Out technology or stay awhile and enjoy more amenities. and 8th Ave.

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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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APRIL 9, 2021

A former star of the hit MTV reality show, “Jersey Shore” is planning to open a concept store at American Dream mall, reports NJBIZ. Selling maternity clothing and matching “Mommy and Me” outfits, the store will be located in the Garden Court at the East Rutherford, N.J.,

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Hammerson has announced that KENJI, the East-Asian-inspired homeware and stationery brand, has opened its debut location in the West Midlands at the Bullring. Coinciding with the launch of its debut location in the West Midlands, KENJI has also unveiled its app, KENJILand.

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Inside Retail

JULY 15, 2021

The Gilly Hicks brand story was modelled on a surf-loving young woman from Bondi Beach, but this has evolved into the gender-neutral concept revealed overnight specifically targeting Gen Z customers, in part made possible by a new Future Stretch fabric, designed to accommodate a variety of body types. New store concept.

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JANUARY 8, 2023

Riding this wave, large-scale retailers are taking notice of the boutique concept. The curation of merchandise is sold with ease of transportation in mind, as the stores are conveniently located to commute close to home with options of delivery for larger pieces.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The stores are approximately one-fifth of the size of a traditional Macy’s , and offer a selective mix of merchandise, host local events, and showcase an updated look. The first Macy’s opened in October 1858. Showfields attempted to set itself apart as the “upgraded” version of the department store chain in a few key ways.

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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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JANUARY 21, 2024

The American Book Association (ABA) measured 2,185 bookstore businesses, 2,599 locations, and over 300 more members in 2023 than it had in 2019, making its highest membership levels in over 20 years. The city has a rich literary history and is full of unique bookstore concepts that are hard to imagine existing anywhere else.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Customers will be able to buy everyday pet goods like kitty litter and dog food; there will even be a vet on hand for appointments at some locations. The first concept is due to open in early February in San Antonio. The rest of the locations should debut by the end of March.

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JULY 16, 2023

New Balance occupies 1,500 sqm of the space, with offices located on the first level. He said the location at Morris Moor had larger working areas, as well as more meeting spaces, facilities and entertainment options for New Balance staff, customers and wider stakeholders.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Urban proximity concepts are becoming more relevant, and rural proximity concepts are retreating to less relevant formats. Given this situation, startups have been invited to invest in their local communities to revive the street with local concepts. The retail environment concept, theme and offer display.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

For instance, Adidas doubled its production of Germany’s women’s football merchandise compared to the previous Women’s World Cup in 2019. Rebel entered a multi-year partnership with the Matildas in 2019 – set to continue until at least 2024 – and opened seven World Cup pop-up stores in hero locations across Australia.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2023

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. It is helped by the fact that the concept of member-based retail is still something of a novelty in much of the world.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Enter the Donjai concept. For an investment reported to be in the area of 250,000 Thai baht, roughly split between Big C and the shop owner, the shop gets an upgrade that often includes a modern POS system or alternative improvement opportunity depending on its size, location and specific requirements.

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JULY 19, 2021

(Columbus, Ohio) is planning to debut three “test” locations by this fall. It’s dubbing the concept “store of the future” and is planning to rollout another 10 test locations by 2022, reports CNBC. The company has been working on paring down its store count over the years to focus on higher performing locations.

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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. Aeon Meanchey is the largest of the three, weighing in with a leasable area of 98,000sqm. Aeon 1 has 68,000sqm and Aeon 2 has 85,000.)

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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. trillion gamers worldwide (IBISWorld 2020).

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

In addition, it provides innovative concept ideas for the decoration of large and outdoor areas for wholesalers and retailers, shopping centres and city centres. This makes it the world’s most important ordering event for the international decorations and festive decorations sector.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Simultaneously, the brand introduced a new concept in its stores, physically manifesting the shift in its identity. The tool can locate stocks in real time and expedite the shipment of the item directly to the shopper’s home address,” she stressed.

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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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JANUARY 21, 2022

Searchandising is the combination of the terms “search” and “merchandising” (and, no, we didn’t come up with the term!). In fact, it’s not just search that can be merchandised. In this article, I’ll share a bit more about the concepts and three ways to leverage searchandising on your site.

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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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Retail Focus

MAY 4, 2021

The concept – designed in partnership with New York-based creative studio Mythology – will be the first to reveal the brand’s new vision, while continuing to champion the co-creation journey for which Vashi is known. The new store concept takes its inspiration from an artist’s studio.

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