Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

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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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As the holiday season approaches, Dior has created The Fabulous World of Dior , a spectacular presentation illuminating the hallowed halls of the world-famous Harrods department store. Inside the landmark department store, two novel pop-up boutiques draw their fantastic decor from the most beautiful Christmas fairytales.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Evolution of Retail Formats The history of retail formats can be traced back to the late 1800s when single-product stores dominated the townscape. However, the emergence of department stores revolutionized the retail landscape by offering diverse products and brands under one roof. Is it alternative retailing?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

We have carefully considered both regional and local perspectives, to make sure it is a space that sells both global daily necessities, while responding to the needs of local and Japanese-oriented customers. We hope anyone who visits will think that ‘Singapore’s Muji is the best in the world!’

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Inside Retail

APRIL 18, 2022

Trained as a milliner, she opened her first boutique in 1972 and through determination and grit, she has grown it into Feathers, a national women’s fashion brand that is sold through a handful of standalone bricks-and-mortar locations and in Myer. The perspective to know that you’ll get through it? MP: Really big.

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Fashion Department Stores Shopping Flow 130

VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

Our Designer Dozen winners are working hard to further innovation in retail design and visual merchandising and to help rethink retail at a time when fresh perspectives are needed most. How do you see the role of physical stores changing in the future? This year’s class is certainly one to watch! Courtesy of Bloomingdale’s, NY.

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Design Visual Merchandising Architecture Interior Design 98

Design Middleeast

JANUARY 25, 2020

From a boutique perspective, online shopping craze is gaining popularity. More and more people are just entering stores to feel the fabric, try the item and purchasing them online. Now, with a press of a button, we have access to everything at the tip of our fingertips. Online prices are harder to compete with.

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