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After the golden age: Why department stores are no longer glamorous

Inside Retail

When Laura Peden was growing up in the 1970s, department stores were a special place. Decades later, she still vividly remembers how she and her grandmother would travel into Myer’s city store at Christmas to see the “insanely fascinating” windows. The department store was no longer the star attraction.

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Christmas window displays 2021: skiing hedgehogs, stained glass and more

Design Week

With this year’s window displays, the department store’s offering is designed to “spread joy and happiness” Bright colours are the star of the show this year – a stark contrast to last year’s monochrome affair.

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Retailers are losing tens of millions by undervaluing their retail media assets

Inside Retail

Think digital displays, posters, in-store radio and aisle-end displays through to digital media, indoor and outdoor billboard space, catalogues, customer magazines – even down to branded single-use coffee cups or messages on hold for call centres – everything that can be classified as owned media.

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Bankrupt beauty: Lessons from Revlon’s supply chain failures

Inside Retail

When business was booming, Revlon’s strategy was to expand sales through mass market department stores, as well as buying expensive advertising. Like other legacy brands, they invested in magazine editorials which drove shoppers into stores, where sales would be converted through personal selling and glossy displays.

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Halleroed combines futuristic and primitive for Acne Studios store in Chengdu

Dezeen

Fashion brand Acne Studios has opened its latest store in China, which was designed by Stockholm studio Halleroed and is located in the submerged SKP department store designed by Sybarite in Chengdu , China. The 338-square-metre store has a discrete sandstone exterior marked by a red LED sign displaying the brand's logo.

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Axel Arigato opens "upside-down" pop-up sneaker shop in Selfridges

Dezeen

Trainers injected with magnets climb the walls and polystyrene ceiling tiles line the floor of Axel Arigato 's "upside-down" office-themed sneaker pop-up in London's Selfridges department store. The concept was in contrast to other sneaker brands at the time, which typically displayed as many shoes as possible across shop walls.

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Studiopepe draws on Milanese stations for La Rinascente womenswear department

Dezeen

Design and architecture agency Studiopepe references Milan's offices and metro stations in its revamp of the fourth floor of the city's renowned luxury department store La Rinascente. The department is accessed via a bright yellow staircase. Studiopepe used contrasting textures throughout the interior.

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