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Japan’s department stores: What’s left when the tourism tide goes out?

Inside Retail

Japan’s storied department stores are riding a wave of overseas tourists, and although there is no sign yet of a wipeout, the cautious pronouncements of company executives indicate that it’s a wave they can’t ride on indefinitely. On the surface of it, department stores still have their mojo: sales in October rose by 5.3

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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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A-COLD-WALL* Lotte Department Store, Jamsil, Seoul set to launch

Retail Focus

A-COLD-WALL* has announced the launch of a second Seoul concept store-in-store this month. Following the opening of a bold and distinctly industrial space inside the world-renowned Hyundai COEX, the brand unveils yet another site in the Korean capital, this time located in the famed Lotte Department Store, Jamsil.

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How scrutiny over prices could impact Coles’ and Woolworths’ loyalty programs

Inside Retail

Customer loyalty and membership are a valuable asset for many reasons, so it should come as no surprise that retailers are honing their attention on this space, with the current economic climate and cost-of-living pressures here for the long haul. million active members, with 5.2 million having purchased products at the members-only price.

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Parfums de Marly enters APAC for the first time and settles in Sydney home

Inside Retail

Following its 2020 marketing strategy rebrand, Parfums de Marly felt now was the right time to enter the Australian retail space with its French vision of excellence and luxury in opposition to standardisation, through in-store customer experience. By culture, we are a department store brand in the way we function.

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An outdoor park and walking track: Inside Aeon’s latest mall in Cambodia

Inside Retail

Competition in the retail space is set to become intense: Aeon Meanchey’s launch comes hard on the heels of September’s soft opening of Chip Mong 271 Mega Mall, just over five kilometres to the north, and others are in the pipeline. Cars are accommodated with 3,200 spaces, and motorbikes — the staple of transport for Cambodians — with 1,850.

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Halleroed combines futuristic and primitive for Acne Studios store in Chengdu

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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.