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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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Christmas window displays 2021: skiing hedgehogs, stained glass and more

Design Week

With this year’s window displays, the department store’s offering is designed to “spread joy and happiness” Bright colours are the star of the show this year – a stark contrast to last year’s monochrome affair. Modern stained glass panels form the background of several of the windows.

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Showfields and the bankruptcy of the ‘most interesting store in the world’

Inside Retail

US-based retailer Showfields, the self-described “most interesting store in the world”, filed for bankruptcy this month and will be restructuring through a form of Chapter 11 bankruptcy created during Covid to help small businesses continue operations, reorganise, and maintain control of finances without creditors taking over.

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Window Displays – The Importance of Customer Communication

VMS

As we know, a good standard of window display and visual merchandising is paramount for any retail business. There is the need to get customers excited about your store. The window is your least costly form of advertising; it is the face of your store, and one of its most important elements.

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USM Haller creates "techno-chic" Coperni retail space at Parisian shop-in-shop

Dezeen

Parisian fashion brand Coperni has collaborated with Swiss furniture company USM Haller to create its first-ever boutique, a shop-in-shop at French department store Printemps Haussmann. A display table constructed from larger cubic modules was placed at the centre of the space, while a wall behind was branded with the Coperni logo.

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AMO recreates "Provence atmosphere" with clay Jacquemus shop-in-shop

Dezeen

Dutch studio AMO has created a terracruda-clad shop-in-shop with curving tiered shelving for French-fashion brand Jacquemus at luxury department store Selfridges. The boutique was installed as a permanent retail space located on the ground floor of London department store Selfridges and is host to Jacquemus bags and accessories.

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NYC Watch Store Lures Shoppers with AR Display

VMS

The latest example is the new Citizen Watch shop in a major Herald Square department store in New York City, which recently installed one of the world’s first consumer-facing augmented reality product display cases. The Challenge. The Process.

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