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How boutique retailers won by discarding the department store playbook

Inside Retail

While household-name department stores are downsizing and closing their doors, multi-brand retail boutiques are succeeding by focusing on personalised shopping experiences. Multi-brand retail boutiques like Melbourne’s Filly Stable are reviving and reimagining the in-person retail experience.

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Analysis: How Australian department stores can thrive in a post-Covid world

Inside Retail

Those brands that have avoided bankruptcy have often been forced to undertake aggressive cost reduction and store closures. Department stores have been particularly impacted, with consumers forced online during the pandemic now choosing to buy direct from brands or from more price-competitive online marketplaces.

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Multi-dimensional, story-telling design for South Korea’s largest, luxury department store

Retail Focus

Lotte enlisted London luxury retail designers Shed , known for a distinctly contemporary and progressive international design style, to reimagine a ‘different kind’ of department store, Lotte’s first major project in 7 years.

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Selfridges Embraces Sustainability with ‘Worn Again’: A Season Showcasing Circular and Secondhand Shopping Experiences

Retail Focus

Selfridges, the iconic British department store, is ushering in a new era of sustainable retail with its ambitious plan to ensure 45% of transactions come from circular products and services by 2030. This commitment will be realised through its Reselfridges ecosystem, encompassing Resale, Rental, Repair, Refill, and Recycle services.

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Suria KLCC’s CEO Andrew Brien on the importance of innovation in retail

Inside Retail

The management team ensures tenant compatibility with each mall’s identity through rigorous curation, blending both global and local brands to cater to their clientele’s varied needs. Every aspect of the store will be reimagined. Additionally, the redevelopment will introduce a Japanese fusion cuisine restaurant.

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Standout stores: New flagships, pop-ups and openings that caught our eye 

Inside Retail

The Inside Store pop-up by Thankyou is a truly immersive design and retail experience. From its ephemeral presence in the Melbourne CBD to its captivating interior, every aspect of the store is carefully curated, with limited signage enticing curious seekers to discover the elusive spot. Ganni Sydney Image supplied.

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Handbag Clinic launches in Fenwick, Colchester

Retail Focus

Luxury handbag restoration and preowned designer resale retailer, Handbag Clinic is expanding its partnership with luxury department store, Fenwick, with the launch of its second in-store concession in Fenwick Colchester from Monday 12 th April.

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