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Japan’s department stores: What’s left when the tourism tide goes out?

Inside Retail

Japan’s storied department stores are riding a wave of overseas tourists, and although there is no sign yet of a wipeout, the cautious pronouncements of company executives indicate that it’s a wave they can’t ride on indefinitely. On the surface of it, department stores still have their mojo: sales in October rose by 5.3

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A-COLD-WALL* Lotte Department Store, Jamsil, Seoul set to launch

Retail Focus

A-COLD-WALL* has announced the launch of a second Seoul concept store-in-store this month. Following the opening of a bold and distinctly industrial space inside the world-renowned Hyundai COEX, the brand unveils yet another site in the Korean capital, this time located in the famed Lotte Department Store, Jamsil.

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Department Store Offers Shoppers a Calming, Biophilic Space

VMS

Originally scheduled for an October 2020 opening, the seventh location for this family-run department store was caught in the middle of the global predicament – to build or not to build, to cancel or push on? In January of 2021, we thought we were on our final four-month march to the new finish line of May 31.

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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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OROTON opens a new pop-up space at London’s Selfridges

Retail Focus

OROTON has announced the launch of a new pop-up at London department store, Selfridges. The space is an immersion of the Australian brand’s latest spring-summer collection, the optimist – a concise line-up charged with new energy and vibrance, incorporating painterly colours and a sense of free spirit. “I

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Analysis: Why Harvey Nichols’ new NFT retail space is “a wildly clever idea”

Inside Retail

Luxury department store Harvey Nichols recently announced the opening of the first blue-chip non-fungible token (NFT) retail space at its Pacific Place Hong Kong store. The new retail space caters to first time buyers and NFT experts, with prices ranging from HK$5,000 ($850 AUD) to over HK$1,000,000 ($170,000 AUD).

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Outgoing Myer CEO John King on why Black Friday might overtake Christmas

Inside Retail

At Myer’s annual general meeting this week, outgoing CEO John King predicted that trading activity on Black Friday would likely surpass Christmas, with the department store preparing stock ahead of time to mitigate any logistical delays related to potential industrial action. per cent increase in total sales to $3.36