Retail Focus

MAY 11, 2021

In support of the capital’s creatives thriving through the pandemic, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City are hosting social media brands that originated as side hustles in 2020 to support small business as non-essential retail re-opens. With over 85,000 online businesses created since the start of the pandemic* and nearly three quarters (74%) of consumers wanting to see retailers adapt to their local areas, Westfield has brought the online offline to provide shoppers with a one-of-a-ki

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Brazilian flip-flop brand Havaianas is releasing its first collection of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) as it continues to invest in becoming a digital-first brand. . The nearly 60-year-old brand has commissioned a series of five digital artworks by the Brazilian artist and longtime Havaianas collaborator Adhemas Batista that will be auctioned off as NFTs on Wednesday, May 12.

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Retail Focus

MAY 11, 2021

Wren Kitchens , the fastest growing retailer on UK high streets as recognised by The Telegraph, has expanded its presence across the country with the opening of its 105th showroom at Durham City Retail Park. The former B&M unit has been completely transformed over a three-month period and has created 21 new jobs in the community including kitchen designers, managers and home surveyors.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

It may have been a gloomy day in Sydney yesterday, but Aje’s resort show, featuring a yellow runway, was a bright spot at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney’s first live fashion show since Covid. The last time Aje hit the runway was in 2019, when it opened up for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at picturesque Campbell Cove by Sydney Harbour. Since then, the brand has focused on elevating its service proposition, unifying the brand’s on- and offline experiences to better engage customers.

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Retail Focus

MAY 11, 2021

This summer, Selfridges will offer a wedding experience for couples looking for a non-traditional ceremony in a venue like no other. Over the last year, restrictions around ceremonies and receptions have halted or postponed over 150,000 couples’ plans – that’s over 60% of the number of weddings scheduled to happen in 2020. Newly engaged couples are struggling to find wedding venues, booked up far in advance.?

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

After threats of a court stoush worth hundreds of thousands of dollars , the co-founders of The Daily Edited have settled out of court, with Alyce Tran selling her share of the business to Tania Liu for an undisclosed sum. According to SMH , Tran said she had wanted to sell out of the business for a long time, and finished up with the luxury accessories brand on Tuesday.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

In 2019, research by Morgan Stanley noted that shoppers were migrating away from homemaker centres and the big box retailers that flog their goods there. The reason, according to the global investment bank, was that shoppers had less time to travel to homemaker centres. Instead, they preferred to bundle all their errands into one convenient trip to, say, a shopping centre where they could pick up something for tonight’s dinner, go to the pharmacist and grab some new cushions for the lounge.

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Talking Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Bestway Wholesale has unveiled plans to restructure its senior management team to bring Bestway Wholesale and Bestway Retail together, enabling it to “harness its growing scale and talent” The company has confirmed that Mike Hollis, formerly retail director of Costcutter, has been appointed as Bestway Retail director. Hollis will lead a new retail division focused.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Like many large scale events during Covid, the world of weddings was turned upside down last year. We speak to three women in the industry about how they evolved their businesses to cater to brides in the current climate. Harleen Kaur, designer, New York. How do you combine Indian design with Western concepts? Harleen Kaur offers a distinct aesthetic by combining traditional South Asian clothing with modern, eclectic, Western concepts.

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Talking Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Peperami has unveiled a new pack design and logo for its entire range of meat snacking products, in a move designed to “target a wider and younger demographic”. The design uses “fresh” photography and has a matte finish, achieving a “more contemporary style”, featuring the nutritional s of each product on the front of each. This story continues at Peperami targets younger consumers with updated pack design.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works are to be demerged into two separately listed companies after parent L Brands opted not to sell the struggling apparel business. “Both Bath & Body Works and Victoria’s Secret are leaders in their respective markets and, as separate businesses, each will be ideally positioned to benefit from a sharpened focus on pursuing growth strategies best suited to each company’s customer base and strategic objectives,” said L Brands chair Sar

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Talking Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Cadbury is bringing back its on-pack promotion in partnership with Merlin Entertainment. The promotion is running for six months and offers shoppers the chance to win a free ticket to a range of UK attractions, including Alton Towers Resort, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Thorpe Park Resort and the Legoland Windsor Resort. It is running. This story continues at Cadbury brings back Merlin Entertainment on-pack promotion.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

More than a year into a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted women, the Australian government has announced significant financial investment in issues affecting women. The 2021-2022 Budget includes $1.1 billion for women’s safety measures, $20.5 million to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment and $1.9 billion to address the gender pay gap, among the measures.

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Talking Retail

MAY 11, 2021

The Scottish Grocers’ Federation (SGF) has praised the strong response to its Don’t Put Up With It campaign, which urges shop owners and staff not to suffer in silence as victims of retail crime. The campaign, which launched in March, encourages retailers to report every criminal act in their store to the police so that. This story continues at SGF praises retailers for commitment to tackling crime in stores.

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Inside Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Toymaker Mattel is encouraging kids to return Barbies, Matchbox cars and MEGA Bloks they no longer play with to the company for recycling into new toys. The goal of the company’s new ‘Playback’ program is to recover and reuse materials across all products and packaging by 2030, Mattel said as it announced the program this week. “Mattel’s Playback program is a great step,” said Jim Silver, CEO of TTPM, a toy industry research firm. “The consumer is becomi

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Talking Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Cash deposits and withdrawals remained steady month-on-month in April, highlighting that cash use continues to recover following the opening of non-essential retail, new data reveals. The latest Post Office’s April Cash Tracker shows business cash deposits totalled £769m, up 8.8% month-on-month. This was the highest amount deposited by businesses since last October, excluding Christmas).

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MAY 11, 2021

Selfridges has just raised the bar when it comes to giving customers an experience they’ll never forget with the launch of micro-weddings at its London store this summer. The retailer announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a wedding licence that will allow it to hold ceremonies in its Grade II-listed building on Oxford Street. The retailer is offering three packages, from the Just-The-Two-Of-Us package catering to couples with a maximum of four guests; to the Earth Lovers package designed for

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Design Week

MAY 11, 2021

Graphic design was not Christopher Payne’s first choice as a career. “I always wanted to be a professional footballer,” he says. “But things weren’t happening on the pitch.” After studying at London’s University of the Arts, Payne took an in-house job at a tech company in Buenos Aires, Argentina before moving to San Francisco where he is currently based.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib

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Retailing Insight

MAY 11, 2021

A Gift of Moments. Louis Anthony deLise – Bocage Music Publishing. www.louisanthonydelise.com. “A Gift of Moments” is a gorgeous gift of love from the depths of Louis Anthony deLise’s soul to ours. Extraordinarily beautiful and sensitive piano along with exquisite string arrangements, every note will remind you of the love you are and the gift of every moment you are alive.

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Design Wanted

MAY 11, 2021

Celebrating creativity and sharing furniture designers’ innovative vision with the world, SIT Furniture Design Award was assembled by Farmani Group. The first edition was in 2020 and the winners in both professionals’ and students’ categories have been revealed. Los Angeles, CA. The prestigious SIT Furniture Design Award reveals the SIT 2020 Winners in professionals’ and students’ categories.

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VMS

MAY 11, 2021

Macerich (Santa Monica, Calif.) is planning to bring Primark (London) stores to New York’s Green Acres Mall and Tysons Corner Center in Virginia, according to a company press release. Macerich is currently the brand’s landlord in six of its U.S. stores (there are 12 total), including the newly announced locations. The other four are located at Freehold Raceway Mall in New Jersey, Kings Plaza in New York, Danbury Fair Mall in Connecticut and Fashion District Philadelphia.

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Instore Design

MAY 11, 2021

The key to making any product stand out in your cannabis dispensary is how the product is displayed. While cannabis comes in an array of forms, cannabis disposable vape pens and prefilled cartridges (carts), are rapidly growing to be a highly sought-after cannabis-based product.

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VMS

MAY 11, 2021

My father’s birthday is this week, so my son wanted to buy a book for him. Normally he would go to the bookstore in our neighborhood. I know that ordering books online has long been a challenge to this type of experience, but this is one that holds a traditional place in my family. I always loved lingering in bookstores, sipping coffee and browsing.

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Home World Design

MAY 11, 2021

This project was born from the need to expand a Fitness Center by creating a studio that would complement its two existing ones. Continue reading.

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VMS

MAY 11, 2021

The parent company of Barnes & Noble (New York), Elliott Investment Management (New York), has acquired Paper Source (Chicago), a gift and stationery retailer, according to CNBC. Through the acquisition, Paper Source will be able to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Weeks before March 2020, Paper Source had purchased 30 locations from Papyrus, its competitor.

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Design Week

MAY 11, 2021

Pangaia Selfridges pop-up, by Bevan Roper. Following the reopening of non-essential retail in the last month, eco-friendly brand Pangaia took up residence in Oxford Street’s Selfridges store. To ensure an “immersive customer experience”, designer Bevan Roper led the project. Roper says it was refreshing to work with a brand where “sustainability was at the centre”, rather than a token gesture.

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More and more, customers are expecting a better personalized CX. But can retailers actually deliver? Data from McKinsey shows that companies that excel in personalization increase their revenue by 40%, but despite these numbers, retailers struggle to implement customer personalization strategies. So what are the potential solutions? Join us to gain a better understanding of the current retail landscape and learn what you can do to translate personalization strategies into practical implementatio

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Talking Retail

MAY 11, 2021

Tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris has launched a new Digital Trade Engagement platform, to “help retailers meet the growing demand in heated tobacco” and has expanded its distribution to a further 18 cities and regions around the UK. The “Heetwave Open” website is available to retailers registered with Philip Morris’ Digital Trade Engagement programme via uk.pmiopen.com.

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Design Week

MAY 11, 2021

Interbrand has created the identity for Matter, a mark which seeks to clarify the interoperability of devices for the Internet of Things (IoT). The work has been commissioned by the Connectivity Standards Alliance, which is made up of tech leaders including Apple, Amazon and Google. “This new connectivity standard promises to deliver new levels of simplicity, reliability and interoperability for the IoT,” Interbrand says, and is set to sit alongside standards like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

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Design Wanted

MAY 11, 2021

A cult hobby, a serious sport, and possibly, a futuristic mode of city transport – electric skateboards are gaining momentum. Here’s how product designers are responding… Skateboarding has come a long way since its humble beginnings in California. Back then, wannabe boardies (usually surfers who wanted something to do when the waves were flat) made make-shift boards by attaching old roller-skate wheels to wooden planks.

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Talking Retail

MAY 11, 2021

British consumers are continuing to reduce their consumption of animal products, new research reveals. A new survey by The Vegan Society, which focused on changing consumer habits over the past 12 months, has found 20% of Brits have reduced the amount of meat they are eating while 12% say they’ve minimised their eggs and dairy. This story continues at Brits continuing to reduce consumption of animal products.

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