Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2023

Department store Kmart Australia is set to close its Port Adelaide store in the coming months, resulting in 100 job losses. A Kmart spokesperson told Inside Retail that affected employees would be redirected to opportunities within the “wider Wesfarmers business” when the store closes.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2021

Discount department store The Reject Shop’s full year results tell an interesting story – one of business suffering under the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, but also one of a strong reset to an ailing business model. Despite this, the Reject Shop turned a profit 643 per cent higher than the year prior, hitting $8.3

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Showfields closed its Miami and New York City locations in July and September, respectively. It has three remaining bricks-and-mortar locations, in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Brooklyn. The Brooklyn store will be expanded by 2,500 sq feet, to 14,000 sq feet, to accommodate brands relocating from the two stores that closed.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Despite the efforts that go into planning, maintaining and marketing local shopping areas, the people who use these places are often not consulted about what they actually want and need on their main street. What are the key shops and services? We wanted to find out what consumers see as their ideal local shopping street.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 21, 2022

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 permanent Jacquemus shop-in-shop was designed by AMO. Terracruda clay was used across the interior. Seating areas decorate the boutique.

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2023

This makes FFO more reflective of the REIT’s true operating performance, since shopping centres and other properties often increase in value over time rather than depreciate. One of the key issues facing Simon and other mall operators is that they are still joined at the hip to department store anchors.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Myer has announced the closure of its Blacktown store in Sydney’s outer west, a move that follows the reduction of footprints of five other stores across Australia. . Since then it has closed stores located at Logan, Hornsby, Emporium and – most recently – Knox, last August.

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Inside Retail

JULY 20, 2021

Sales in department store David Jones jumped during the last year despite the continuation of the Covid-19 crisis and intermittent lockdowns hampering trade. Sales in the department store rose 2.3 per cent in comparable stores, as customers increasingly shopped online through lockdown and unprofitable space was minimised.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A fashion store filled with pillows and a furniture showroom that looks more like a luxury apartment are among our pick of the best shop interiors of the year, in the next instalment of Dezeen's review of 2022. Read on for Dezeen's top 10 shop interiors of 2022: Photo by Michael Rygaard. Jacquemus Shop-in-Shop, France, by AMO.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This transformation can be dissected into several distinct stages, often referred to as disruptions, in which retailers competed on multiple fronts: for physical space, consumer attention, and innovative store layouts and designs. These department stores were typically found in major cities, catering to urban consumers’ needs.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Arte Museum will occupy approximately 4,750sqm of space that was vacated by Arclight Cinemas when it closed in 2020. The space is the upper level of a three-level empty box, the two levels below having been left by upscale department store Bloomingdales , which closed in March 2021.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2024

Retail spaces have evolved over time. The range of physical and virtual retail spaces, retailers, products and prices leaves consumers spoilt for choice. The place to be and be seen In Australia (and elsewhere), the CBD was at the epicentre of the evolution of discrete retail spaces.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 23, 2022

French shoe brand Nodaleto has chosen Miami as the location of its first US store, which New York studio Rafael de Cárdenas designed with sci-fi-influenced red and chrome interiors. Sculptural red seats run through the middle of the Nodaleto store. The interiors pay homage to midcentury French design and space-age movie sets.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Westons are said to be seeking £4 billion for their European department store assets, including Selfridges’ four stores in the UK, Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Ireland, and De Bijenkorf in the Netherlands. Central Group is one of the ‘big three’ Thai retailers and shopping centre developers/operators.

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Dezeen

JULY 28, 2022

Limestone blocks and crushed earth feature in this electric bike shop in Paris , designed by local studio Ciguë to visualise how a car-free city of the future might look. The store belongs to Cowboy , an e-bike brand aimed at urban cyclists, and is located in the department store Le Bon Marche? Rive Gauche.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Phnom Penh’s reputation as an up-and-coming retail hub took another stride forward on Thursday, 15 December, when Japanese retail and shopping centre giant Aeon staged a soft opening for its third mall in the Cambodian capital , in the southern district of Meanchey. The mall, on a 1.74 Aeon 1 has 68,000sqm and Aeon 2 has 85,000.)

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Dezeen

JANUARY 7, 2023

Our first lookbook of 2023 collects 10 pop-up shop interiors from around the world, from a swimming-pool-style store by fashion brand Jacquemus to a playful supermarket stocked with groceries made of felt. Showcasing a variety of material and colour palettes, here are 10 pop-up shops featured on Dezeen. Photo by Gray Hamner.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Warrnambool’s sub-regional shopping centre Gateway Plaza has been listed on the market. The mall has 17,526sqm of gross lettable area and stands on a 6.2ha site with 926 car spaces. There has been heightened investor activity for sub-regional centres particularly in regional locations, with FY22 experiencing over $1.4

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

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. Within Selfridges , Roper and Diagon have created a captivating space to reflect the ethos and core values of Pangaia.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

In April of this year, Levi’s opened its largest bricks-and-mortar location in Asia in the Indian city of Bangalore. Featuring the brand’s NextGen store concept, the space was designed to redefine the Indian shopping experience. India is the world’s fifth-largest global destination in the retail space.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Spearheading this move are two flagship stores nestled in prime locations: one at the prestigious Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taipei’s vibrant Xinyi Xintiandi district, and the other at the iconic Dubai Mall.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

The first Pan Am store was opened at Shinsegae Starfield Coex Mall, shortly before the brand launched a flagship store in Seoul’s trendy Seongsu-dong neighbourhood , locally known as ‘The Brooklyn of Seoul’ for its hip cafes and restaurants. This story first appeared in the November issue of Inside Retail Asia Magazine.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 12, 2023

The country’s growing economy and expanding middle class have created a favourable environment for global brands to set up shop and tap into a new consumer base. India is the world’s fifth-largest global destination in the retail space. In recent years, India has emerged as a major market for luxury brands.

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Inside Retail

MAY 8, 2024

The UK-based online platform for independent and ethical brands Wolf & Badger opened its first bricks-and-mortar location in London in 2010, before adding stores in New York in 2017 and Los Angeles in 2022. IR : In what ways do you believe Wolf & Badger fills a white space in the retail industry?

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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. So, how can a retail space be called successful in given so many factors? Every place, every space has a heart that needs to be highlighted.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Even prime locations, local partners, name recognition and often a portfolio of new merchandise brands haven’t kept Australia from becoming a dead end for some major international retailers. In some cases, the failed Australian ventures were part of a flawed strategy to breathe growth into struggling home market operations.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Scheduled to open on November 29, this mega-development promises to be more than just a shopping experience, but a transformative lifestyle destination. million square-foot retail space, and a 10-acre city park that will be activated by retail restaurants, playground spaces and community zones with F&B outlets and entertainment. “At

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2023

“[For] pureplay [businesses], you can only shop online with those customers. If you’re spending $3000 on a coffee machine, you want to inspect it and talk to someone about it in-store,” he said. King added that almost two-thirds of its customers visit the website before shopping in-store, or vice versa.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The pandemic continues to influence customer purchasing priorities and penetration in the omnichannel environment, which is affecting assortment mix and demand at each location. These activities require frequent decisions on product assortment, store, and floor-space allocations. Australians are shopping online more than ever.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The chain only has four locations in Japan. He opened his first stores in Hong Kong in 2013, then a flagship in Kyoto in September 2014. Back then I had been frustrated that most coffee shops in Japan were copycats of Melbourne or Portland cafes,” he recalls. He told Inside Retail he prefers ‘iconic’ locations.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 2, 2022

UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled an Apple Store in west London that incorporates stone columns, Ficus trees and terrazzo flooring. Located between the Harrods and Harvey Nichols department stores in Knightsbridge, Apple Brompton Road is the latest store designed by Foster + Partners for the technology brand.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A colourful, reconstituted leather made from cutting room scraps was among the recycled materials used to create the fixtures and fittings for Coachtopia, a London pop-up store for American label Coach. We mirrored Coach's circular ethos for the collection through three approaches to the physical space."

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Here are a few of the latest stores to check out from around the globe. Upmarket department store Nordstrom has introduced a two-storey ‘Home’ space at its Manhattan flagship location as part of the launch of the Nordstrom Home collection nationwide. Maserati takes shopping mall car shopping a step further.

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2022

Australian discount department store Harris Scarfe is moving “full-steam ahead” with its strategic growth plans, despite rising inflation and growing concerns about an economic recession. “We’re Location, location, location. Investing in digital.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Myer’s online sales have more than doubled since John King took over running the department store in 2018, and the CEO believes they can double again to reach $1 billion in the not-too-distant future. CBD stores take a hit. CBD locations were particularly hard hit, with comparable store sales down 22.3 billion. “I

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Nahanco

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

National Hanger Company is the retail supply source for all types of clothing stores, including department stores, specialty stores, consignment shops, thrift stores and any other type of retail location that needs visual merchandising support. Keep Organized. Light weight and easy to move around.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Art director Willo Perron has designed the first pop-up store for Kim Kardashian 's underwear brand SKIMS, which is in Paris and furnished with glossy, chunky display units and partitions. The SKIMS Paris pop-up store by Willo Perron is replete with chunky partitions and display units.

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