Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2024

A recent report by Euromonitor International shed light on the normalisation of secondhand shopping and the revival of repair culture, finding that the trend is particularly pronounced in the Asia-Pacific region, where consumers exhibit a strong inclination towards repairing and recycling goods.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Products shipped cross-border by Chinese online fast-fashion giant Shein have been found to contain toxic chemicals at rates twice the level allowed under EU regulations, according to a report prepared by Greenpeace in Germany. In addition, high levels of phthalates were found in shoes and formaldehyde in a baby girl’s dress.

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Design Week

JULY 21, 2022

The design economy contributed £97.4bn in gross value added (GVA) to the UK economy in 2019, new data from the Design Council shows. The industry’s contribution of £97.4bn equates to 4.9% of the total UK GVA.

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Inside Retail

MAY 15, 2023

Online fast-fashion brand Shein has entered a partnership with circular economy company Queen of Raw, as part of its goal of achieving full circularity by 2050. The circular economy is an inevitability.” As a result, the garments are often not durable, and end up in landfill.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2023

At the intersection of these sits the circular economy, an antidote to consumption and waste. The mechanics of the circular economy are grounded in the Nine R’s of circularity. Encouragingly, consumers are ready to increase participation in the circular economy. In stark contrast, Finland is targeting 100 per cent by 2025 2.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2024

In a climate-conscious society, brands are looking to become more sustainable for many different reasons, and businesses across sectors, from fashion to furniture to fast-moving consumer goods, are exploring the circular economy as part of this. Here’s a closer look at how three retailers are tapping into the circular economy.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 1, 2023

TradeMe’s Everyday Fashion runway event and recent Circular Economy report has showcased that consumers are eager to buy preloved clothes, and are motivated to buy from brands that are driven by sustainable and ethical practices. I don’t think we care as much about designer and luxury brands when it comes to our fashion choices.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 1, 2023

TradeMe’s Everyday Fashion runway event and recent Circular Economy report has showcased that consumers are eager to buy preloved clothes, and are motivated to buy from brands that are driven by sustainable and ethical practices. I don’t think we care as much about designer and luxury brands when it comes to our fashion choices.

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Design Week

JUNE 17, 2022

Wales and the north east and north west of England were some of the UK’s fastest growing economic regions for the design industry over the last decade, according to a new report. The findings have been published by the Design Economy, the Design Council’s research programme which explores the value of design across the UK.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

per cent, both year-on-year and month-to-month, reflecting very limited pricing power across the whole consumer economy. billion worth of business there in 2022, reported sales growth in China of 25.3 billion worth of business there in 2022, reported sales growth in China of 25.3 per cent, on top of 5.6

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Retail Focus

MAY 21, 2021

Over the last few years, many high street retail shops have closed for good and reports have continuously claimed that high street shops are struggling. Brigid Simmonds OBE, the Chair of the BGC, even went on to state that betting shops help “build up and maintain local economies” and that they have helped keep high streets alive.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 3, 2024

With the UK economy set to tread water in 2024, the RTT expects this will impact growth within the retail sector. The post Despite a muted outlook for 2024, the Retail Think Tank outlines key growth opportunities and predictions for next years’ winners and losers appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 14, 2022

In spite of the currently unstable supply chain climate within the UK and the continuing battle with covid and inflationary pressures, SDEA is pleased to report a vote of confidence from within the display industry. SDEA Director, Antony Behiels says, “It is extremely encouraging to see SDEA members’ sales continue to rise.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), computational design and 3D hyper-real sound are incorporated into a 360-degree audiovisual work. Eremyan feels Teleport has a role to play in store design as its cutting edge visual technologies could revolutionise storytelling when it comes to branding in stores.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), computational design and 3D hyper-real sound are incorporated into a 360-degree audiovisual work. Eremyan feels Teleport has a role to play in store design as its cutting edge visual technologies could revolutionise storytelling when it comes to branding in stores.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2023

As described by the wardrobe designer on Succession , “money talks, wealth whispers”. This had a direct impact on fashion as designers and luxury brands translated the demand for discreet luxury onto the runway. For years, a distinct marker between ‘new money’ and ‘old money’ was how people spent their money.

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Retail Times

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Scotland Loves Local Gift Card, which was introduced by Scotland’s Towns Partnership and Miconex in 2021, plus the Town & City Gift Cards, are designed to support local economies […] If you want more information Retail Times get in touch! Retail Times - Retail news, reports, analysis & comment

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Design Week

AUGUST 5, 2021

WPP has reported strong interim results with market recovery “much faster than expected” in the first half of the year. The global advertising and design group, which operates design consultancies such as Superunion, Landor & Fitch and Wunderman Thompson, reported a 9.8% increase in revenue to £6.1

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The trend, which has become more obvious as the economy weakens and consumer confidence wanes, is also worrying officials trying to revive marriage, and birth, rates which dropped to record lows last year, leading to the first decline in population numbers in 60 years. “The future of this industry doesn’t look promising.”

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Design Week

JANUARY 6, 2022

Senior designers saw significant salary increases in 2021 as the economy stabilised and demand returned, a new report shows. The research is based on information from global recruitment agency Aquent, which placed around 2,000 design roles in the past year.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2023

Melbourne retailer Design A Space will close its stores next month, calling time on a retail model which allowed rural and regional small businesses the chance to stock their products in the city centre. We know so many of you have put your support behind Design A Space and for this, we are very grateful.” Elsewhere Co.,

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But third-quarter results showed European luxury goods companies continue to defy the overall gloomy economic climate, as consumers used savings and a pent-up shopping appetite to treat themselves and buy designer fashion as pandemic restrictions eased. The post Designer labels for 15-year-olds?

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Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

APRIL 19, 2024

The new 2023 Exhibitor Advocacy Report offers a deep dive into the evolving economics of trade shows. Exhibitor Advocacy’s report shows material handling costs rose 7% between 2022 and 2023. Regarding booth design and construction, consider purchasing a modular exhibit that can be rearranged to fit varying spaces.

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VMS

MAY 19, 2021

Target saw its fiscal first-quarter sales rise 23 percent, thanks in part to investments in private label brands and services like curbside pickup, reports CNBC. The retailer also credits rising vaccination rates and a reopening economy for the growth. “We The retailer reported revenue of $24.2 billion and net income of $2.1

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Inside Retail

MARCH 10, 2022

It’s an opportunity to keep the vision alive and celebrate women and their contribution to society, the economy, workplaces, families, and the innovative solutions revolutionising the world. Each piece is designed to be a digitally wearable version of a report – The Screenwear Paper – the first wearable fashion report.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2021

The Australian Fashion industry employs more than 489,000 people, according to a recent Australian Fashion Council report produced in partnership with Ernst & Young. billion toward the economy. Circular economy. If the industry hasn’t caught up to support designers, we’re doing something wrong. It’s a necessity.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

With an investment of over €10 million in the new store and hundreds of jobs created in the local economy, the opening marks an important milestone for Primark as the retailer enters its 15 th international market. . The post Primark has opened its first store in Romania appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

The new store layout is designed to support smaller-basket, convenience-driven purchases, in contrast to the traditional big-box Aldi supermarket typically frequented by consumers for larger shopping trips. Reports of the new store concept circulated in May after the retailer submitted an application to North Sydney Council. “The

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VMS

JULY 28, 2021

16, reports CNBC. The move comes as a result of changes in the economy and job market. The post Walmart to Pay 100 Percent of Workers’ College Tuition appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) will pay 100 percent of college tuition and books for its associates beginning Aug.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, Australia’s fresh-off-the-press net zero target – there is a lot happening around climate and the urgent need for action to set ourselves onto a path towards net zero. This raises the question: “How can retail get to net zero?”.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2023

The focus of the luxury industry is shifting back to China, with hopes that its high-end spenders will once again splurge on designer goods during Lunar New Year festivities as Beijing relaxes Covid curbs after three long years. Reporting by Mimosa Spencer; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise, of Reuters.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

A study funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that across the 36 largest countries in the world, more than 12 billion days of lost productivity (equivalent to more than 50 million years of work) are attributable to depression and anxiety disorders, at an estimated annual cost to the global economy of US$1 trillion.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 27, 2022

I join [AirRobe founder Hannon Comazzetto’s] mission to change the face of fashion by powering the circular economy. Designer Thierry Mugler dies at 73. French fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, who was behind designs worn by Beyonce and Lady Gaga, has passed away, aged 73. “We General Pants’ online boss steps up.

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Design Week

JULY 6, 2021

Design leaders called the idea “destructive” and “short-sighted” Design courses have been threatened with budget cuts many times before. Design Week has regularly reported on government funding cuts taking aim at school and university education over the last 10 years. .

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Design Wanted

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Players who want to succeed in this trillion dollar ecosystem will need specialised services, which Milan-based studio V12 Design is gearing up to provide. What is the Space Economy? As advances in technology are putting space travel back on the agenda, the importance of designers and their role is becoming more apparent.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2023

That marked a deceleration from the 20 per cent growth recorded in the first nine months of the year, due to the hit in China from lockdowns and its subsequent exit from a zero-Covid policy, which has spurred a surge of infections in the world’s second-largest economy.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 19, 2021

“We thought the brand really spoke to the Australian lifestyle and we really believed that it would resonate with the Australian consumer,” Lil’ Atelier’s designer Randi Kjær Pedersen told Inside Retail. The data backs this up.

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