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Choosing the Best Materials for Visual Merchandising Concepts in Luxury Retail Stores

Retail Focus

Retail experts agree that visual merchandising is more than creating window displays to attract customers. So, how do retailers choose the right selection of material and tools for your store’s visual merchandising concepts? Metal in Retail Displays . Fabrics in Retail Store displays.

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Analysis: A Japanese retailer with Lofty overseas prospects

Inside Retail

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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Sheike to enter South Australia in major bricks-and-mortar push

Inside Retail

It will be Sheike’s first location outside of a shopping centre and one of the first to feature the brand’s new design concept, which rolled out in the brand’s Karrinyup and Robina stores last year, and includes marble and brass finishes. “It’s We see those two environments very much merging,” she said. “To

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How premium Japanese outlet Gotemba is bringing beauty to bargain shopping

Inside Retail

At the time of opening, it almost doubled the size of the largest existing outlet centre, and represented a tipping point for the factory outlet concept in Asia. Government statistics show that at the time of Gotemba’s opening, retail sales in Japan had fallen for 42 consecutive months. A number of factors are involved.

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How HomePro aims to grow in Thailand’s fragmented DIY market 

Inside Retail

The company believes sales are now on a sustainable pathway, following 7.5 per cent growth in 2022, bringing total retail sales to 65.1 This was a significant milestone because, after a slump lasting two years, it finally brought sales above the level of 2019. Net profit came in at 1.6 billion THB, or about $72 million.

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What is Omni-channel Retail?

Retail Bound

Although many new product companies are finding success selling on Shopify or Amazon, online sales still only represent 20% of all retail sales, whereas offline channels like brick-and-mortar locations, catalog, TV Shopping and Reward and Incentive markets represent 80%.

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Brick & Mortar Remains King: The Value of In-Store Experiences

Parcel Pending

2 Experts predict that with virtually all stores open again, return rates will plummet as shoppers have the chance to touch and try-on the merchandise. The value of seeing and touching the merchandise hasn’t gone unnoticed by direct-to- consumer (DTC) brands. Direct-to-Consumer Brands Embracing Physical Stores.