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Independent lifestyle brand, Fig & Fox, opens permanent Festival Place location following successful Pop-Up

Retail Focus

Sovereign Centros has announced that local homeware and gifts retailer, Fig & Fox, has opened at Festival Place , one of the UK’s top 25 retail and leisure destinations. The Festival Place location also features a takeaway counter serving barista-crafted hot drinks from local coffee roasters, Moonroast Coffee.

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“Impossible to ignore”: Witchery MD’s plans to capitalise on digital growth

Inside Retail

Managing director Simon Schofield discusses the new bricks-and-mortar experience and the brand’s revitalised product range. In the past year, one of our proudest initiatives has been formalising our commitment to Reconciliation through our first Reconciliation Action Plan.

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Dobbies officially opens its largest ever store at The Junction, Antrim

Retail Focus

As further commitment to driving and investing in local growth, a unique partnership has been forged with Musgrave NI, a leading retail and wholesale business, who will supply a specially curated range to Dobbies’ 3,539 sq. ft food hall including Signature Tastes, Donnybrook Fair, Happy Pear and Frank & Honest Gourmet Coffee.

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Navigating the unique challenges of holiday shopping in 2023

Inside Retail

Such economic strain is leading to behavioural changes in the way consumers are shopping and planning their festive budgets. Knowing your consumers is paramount to planning the holiday season effectively. But this shouldn’t just be a retail race to the bottom.

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How to ensure Black Friday doesn’t become the nightmare before Christmas

Inside Retail

As self-proclaimed Christmas elves with a curated Spotify Christmas playlist, we understand that we are on the (very) early end of the spectrum. The shift is not just in revenue though: BFCM are impacting retail planning cycles and even possibly the magic of Christmas. Christmas planning cycles.

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Mecca for mums: How The Memo is disrupting the baby goods market

Inside Retail

At the time, she was a brand manager at Mecca, so she understood the power of a highly curated and branded shopping environment, and a first-rate customer experience, but she felt like it didn’t exist in the baby goods category. There was a pin-drop moment, where I was like, ‘There isn’t a Mecca in the baby space’,” Casey recalled.

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Barnes & Noble CEO: “The big guys should be doing better”

Inside Retail

It is with a similar plan that Barnes & Noble has begun to shift its image from a large corporation to a welcoming “indie” version of a bookstore chain. Shoppers are greeted by 10,000 books, and multiple chandeliers, and can choose from a well-curated wine list.

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