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The Department Store dilemma

Retail Focus

Unfortunately for many department stores, the pandemic has been a final blow in the battle with online retail, spiralling real estate costs and difficulty serving up physical retail that is consistently experiential, engaging and adaptable. So, what is to become of these extinct department stores?

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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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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. The department store's food laboratories will also be unveiled as a part of the new outdoor space. Lighting: Sekles Planungsbuero.

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Leaf-shaped aluminium panels cover ceiling of Tokyo department store

Dezeen

Japanese studio Lighting Planners Associates lit a white tree-like canopy for the interior refurbishment of the historic Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store in Tokyo. The retail brand traces its history back to 1673 and a kimono fabric seller named Echigoya, while the department store was established in 1904.

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Aje sees the light: Why the Aussie brand is ramping up its global presence

Inside Retail

This season we were drawn to the ground repetition of daybreak after darkness, especially the way the dawn’s first light illuminates the earth,” Forest told Inside Retail. The post Aje sees the light: Why the Aussie brand is ramping up its global presence appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Playful Pangaia pop-up at Selfridges features an ever-changing spectrum of light

Retail Focus

Housed in the world’s most famous department store, the space will provide an immersive customer experience, as retailers reopen their doors following months in lockdown. Customers will enter the space and move in a circular route, becoming immersed in a beautiful ever-changing spectrum of light.

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