Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

The value of luxury and premium fashion goods is often in their design, storytelling and product quality. But recently, fast-fashion brands including Zara, H&M, Mango, Urban Outfitters and Topshop have been testing limited-run premium collections in addition to their regular and frequent product drops.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2024

Melbourne’s fashion capital Chadstone has been tapped as the second Australian location for New Balance’s UCC format store. Inside Retail spoke to Tim Page, New Balance’s Pacific retail manager, to discuss how the latest Chadstone concept store is creating the next generation of immersive and engaging shopping experiences.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 20, 2024

Bluewater has announced that lifestyle brand, Oliver Bonas, will be opening at the Kent-based shopping and leisure destination on Saturday 20 th April. Founded in 1993 with an aim to bring joy through uplifting and inspiring design, Oliver Bonas is an independent British lifestyle store which sells a range of fashion and homeware collections.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 2, 2024

While household-name department stores are downsizing and closing their doors, multi-brand retail boutiques are succeeding by focusing on personalised shopping experiences. Of course, e-commerce has a crucial part to any brand, but in-store retail shopping gives you a sensory experience that online can’t.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The world of fashion retail is constantly evolving, and premium fashion retail brands find themselves at the forefront of this ever-changing landscape. While often confused with luxury brands, premium fashion retail brands have their unique attributes that set them apart.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 30, 2023

A number of Australian retailers are working together to test a new charity retail concept, taking a more curated approach to delivering pre-loved fashion to Millennial and Gen Z customers. The Charity Shop? By offering a more selective number of products, Charity Shop? But in restricting what the Charity Shop?

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Retail Focus

JULY 19, 2022

The Frenchgate Partnership has announced the signing of premium fashion store, Tessuti as part of its regional expansion plans. Totaling 9,000 sq ft, the new Tessuti store will be launching in Doncaster’s premium shopping destination this Autumn and is taking the former Topshop space on the first floor, adjacent to H&M and River Island.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2023

In a bid to showcase its dedication to sustainability, Selfridges is hosting “Worn Again”, a season of secondhand and circular shopping experiences, from April to August this year. By creating engaging and enjoyable experiences, Selfridges is demonstrating that sustainable shopping can become an integral part of retail design.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Nordic fashion and lifestyle brand ARKET will open its first-ever concession store at the iconic Selfridges London. The new shop-in-shop will showcase a curated selection of ARKET’s womenswear collection and is set to open on 24 […] If you want more information Retail Times get in touch!

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Bluewater, one of Europe’s leading shopping and leisure destinations, will join Edinburgh and Bristol as new stores for the brand which has previously opened successful pop-ups in London, Glasgow and Reading. The Charity Super.Mkt concept has proved hugely popular with shoppers thanks to its curated collections of second-hand fashion.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

Peel has announced that Charity Super.Mkt, the UK’s first-ever multi-charity shop, is set to open its next pop-up at premier southwest urban outlet Gloucester Quays. Charity Super.Mkt will bring together a curated collection of pre-loved fashion and accessories, including vintage denim, sports- and streetwear.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 7, 2021

Icon Outlet at The O2, London’s leading outlet shopping destination, has announced British contemporary design brand, JOSEPH, is the latest new retailer to open a store. Icon Outlet was recently ranked in the top 10 UK hotspots based on fashion brand openings over the last 12 months.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

Southeast Asia’s largest fashion and lifestyle e-commerce player Zalora has just celebrated its 10th year anniversary this year. From overcoming initial barriers to buying fashion online through easier payment modes with operational excellence, it has made the website a force to be reckoned with in the region.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

Amazon’s new store brings together the company’s best technological features, including machine learning and cloud computing, to offer a highly curated shopping experience. Combined with smart screens, Internet of Things technology and the convenience Amazon is known for, Amazon Style aims to be the future of shopping, realised.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sports footwear and apparel manufacturer New Balance has opened its first Grey Store in the Southern Hemisphere – at Sydney’s The Galeries shopping centre. Perfume Playground founder and Australian fragrance expert Samantha Copland partnered with the brand to curate the scents. New Balance recorded worldwide sales of US$5.3

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2022

Plus-size labels will take the runway in a dedicated showcase during Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW) in May, headlined by international supermodel Robyn Lawley. In my years of being a custodian of Australian fashion, I can say that the diverse nature of talent I’m seeing is better than ever. “In A slow evolution.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2022

Fashion and games continue to find new ways to connect, this time with the announcement of a collaboration between fashion resale marketplace Depop and The Sims 4 , a video game that simulates real life. With the rise of games in fashion, many companies have created branded mini-games to increase engagement with their target audience.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2022

It’s 2022 and while small steps are being made towards a more inclusive fashion future, such as the first ever plus size fashion show and greater overall diversity on the catwalk at Australian Fashion Week, there is still a long way to go. Our guess, not many. Brands that don’t cater to us? Not making the cut.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2023

Qantas Loyalty has introduced Qantas Marketplace, a new online shopping experience that allows frequent travellers to earn and spend Qantas Points on 900 luxury and household brands and more than 20,000 products. The platform will showcase Qantas-curated brands and goods in fashion, cosmetics, homewares, appliances, and technology.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

Goodbyes is Australia’s largest bricks-and-mortar resale service and secondhand shopping experience. Its hybrid consignment model and curated in-store shopping experience have made it a go-to destination for economic and environmental shoppers who still want to be fashion-forward. And then of course, impact.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The Pollen Estate has announced that ‘ Pop-Up at the Cop Shop ’, the Crisis at Christmas Pop Up, will return to Savile Row this December 5th-14th, 2022. The post ‘Pop-Up at the Cop Shop’ returns to Savile Row in support of Crisis at Christmas appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Today, the company has announced they are taking this concept one step further by opening the doors this fall to a radically different 16,000 ft 2 shopping experience. We are thrilled to offer our customers an elevated experience that is much more than a shop.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2024

Platforms like Net-a-Porter, Ssense, Farfetch, Matches Fashion and Mytheresa have created a brand identity of their own. Ssense was launched in 2003 by brothers, Rami, Firas and Bassel Atallah and considers itself a fashion outsider despite its strong industry influence and ability to sell out brands.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2024

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that outlet shopping has seen steady growth over the past few years, as an increasing number of consumers seek value-driven shopping experiences, driven by economic factors such as the rising cost of living.

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Barber Design

JULY 26, 2023

While concrete is still being used for floor, wall and tables as a finish, white walls aren’t going anywhere either- but here we have a broad stoke of examples to show the latest fashion store designs. The post New fashion retail design concepts appeared first on Barber Design. Love it. Full article here.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

This move marks a significant expansion for Lone Design Club, bringing a unique shopping experience to the people of Wembley Park. At The Club Apartment, visitors can expect a carefully curated selection of one-of-a-kind products from emerging, mindful brands in Homeware, Lifestyle, Beauty, and Fashion.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Spanish women’s fashion brand Bimba Y Lola has just opened a new 4,000 sq ft store at 211-213 Regent Street, showcasing carefully curated collections, a brand showroom and a programme of events, making it the brand’s most active flagship globally. The lettings span more than 10,000 sq ft of new retail space.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 29, 2023

After a five-month makeover, customers can enjoy a new store layout, digitised shopping experience and the official introduction of H&M Home. It can change its appearance based on distance, lighting, and time of day, mirroring H&M’s dynamic approach to fashion and sustainability.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2024

In an era where fashion is often synonymous with fast-paced trends and disposable consumption, Vestiaire Collective has been spearheading a movement towards a more sustainable future. Moizant believes that stylists are natural partners for Vestiaire Collective as they are the ultimate authority on fashion.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

I understood what luxury retail fashion should look like and I was determined to ensure that Parlour X would help elevate Sydney onto a global stage. Most importantly, a great buyer must have a keen eye and acute sense for fashion. We have an incredible cohort of loyal clients who shop at Parlour X season after season, year after year.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Formerly known as Crop Shop Boutique, and now branded as CSB, has nearly 440,000 followers who are so devoted to the brand that new designs and collections consistently sell out. CSB looks to be the next breakout star in women’s activewear as it is leading the Australian activewear market in fashionable and functional activewear.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The holiday season’s magical air of celebration and joy influences how people shop and engage with brands. Luxury pop-up stores become essential brand levers amid the bustling atmosphere, presenting a distinct and enchanting shopping experience for consumers.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 8, 2022

The next generation luxury retailer continues with the commitment to investing in retail and bringing world-class shopping destinations to new locations throughout the UK. Situated in Deepdale Shopping Park, the 15,000 sq ft. With this latest opening, FLANNELS have a portfolio of over 55 stores across the UK.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The retailer used RetailNext’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to measure consumers’ shopping journeys through the store anonymously, gathering data such as sales figures, traffic figures, customers’ gender and more. Can Showfields make a comeback?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Given that Swift’s target audience – Millennials and Gen Z – are also online shopping natives, e-commerce retailers such as Ebay are primed to benefit from the seven sold-out shows in Melbourne and Sydney that will have close to 100,000 fans attending each night.

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Retail Insider

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Welcome to this column within our broader sustainability section which focuses on what fashion retailing is doing to address the issues in its industry. This month’s column wonders if the youngsters need to be brought in to achieve real change in fashion. It’s all about the curation. The wedding shop at Selfridges.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

As the year-end shopping season kicks off, Zalora , one of Asia’s leading online fashion retailers, and part of Global Fashion Group (GFG), is ramping up its marketing to capture consumers’ attention. As more customers added these items to their shopping carts, their prices dropped daily.

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