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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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Department Stores – what does the future hold?

Retail Focus

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Changing culture of shopping.

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VM & Display Awards Winners Celebrated at a Glamorous London Event

Retail Focus

The VM & Display Awards, an annual event honouring the most exceptional talents in retail visual merchandising and display, announced this year’s winners at a dazzling awards ceremony held in London last night.

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OMA adds wood-clad escalators to KaDeWe department store in Berlin

Dezeen

Architecture studio OMA has revealed images of the first completed part of its renovation of Berlin department store KaDeWe, a retail and event space connected by wood-clad escalators. A shop window will be used for analogue and digital display. The department store is located in Berlin.

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VM & Display Awards Winners 2022

Retail Focus

At a glittering awards celebration in London, the VM & Display Awards winners were announced. Suppliers and retailers gathered at the Leonardo Hotel St Pauls to honour the very best in retail visual merchandising and display. In collaboration with Seen Displays. Sponsored by the VM and Display Show. BEST POP UP STORE.

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FoundPop to exhibit at the 2022 Visual Merchandising and Display Show

Retail Focus

FoundPop will be exhibiting at the 2022 Visual Merchandising and Display Show. FoundPop’s versatile furniture range has been delivering affordable rental services across multiple retail sectors including fashion, jewellery, beauty and lifestyle in numerous high street, discount outlet and department stores across the UK and Europe.

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The Art and Business of Christmas Windows in Retail

Retail Focus

Introduction Significance of Store Windows in Retail Retail displays evolved from the simplicity of handwritten signs strategically positioned both inside and outside stores during the 1800s. In retail, where the importance of first impressions cannot be understated, store windows become the brand frontline ambassadors.

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