Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

Stable retail sales data for May have been welcomed by the Australian Retailers Association – but the body warns smaller businesses are still vulnerable to the impacts of Covid-19. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released today, Australian retail sales were up 7.4 per cent on the same month last year – and by 0.1 per cent month on month – to $31 billion. .

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JUNE 20, 2021

Translucent rotating walls pivot to transform the interior of this bookshop in Bejing by Chinese architecture firm LUO Studio. Located in the 479-square-metre basement space of a shopping mall in the Chinese capital, the Mumokuteki Concept Bookstore sells books as well as design objects, flowers, food and coffee. A system of five rotating walls help to divide up the Mumokuteki Concept Bookstore (Top and above).

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

Coles’ decision to up capital investment in FY22 to $1.4 billion is focused mainly on improving efficiency within the business, primarily through automation. At Coles’ Strategy Day on Thursday, the company said this will account for about 60 per cent of capital expenditure (capex), while 20 per cent will go towards 50 store renewals and 20 new stores.

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Design Wanted

JUNE 20, 2021

Ukrainian designer Victoriya Yakusha is using traditional building techniques as a homage to the country’s official sunflower in her SONIAH lamp collection featuring floor, table, pendant and wall-mounted lighting pieces. Yakusha Design is a multidisciplinary studio founded by Ukrainian-born Victoriya Yakusha in 2006. The studio works within the fields of architecture, interiors, creative direction, and product design with the furniture brand FAINA.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

Lockdowns with little advance notice, panic buying, supply chain disruptions, hastily made changes to health and safety regulations, and extreme swings in consumer needs and expectations. Such are the challenges that retailers, along with personal care and hospitality businesses, faced during the pandemic. How did they fare and how have consumers changed due to their pandemic experience?

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Retail Store Windows

JUNE 20, 2021

There's quite an interesting use of materials vibe which we've seen around town recently which we've seen across a few brands. Well, either that or no one can find a supplier to produce their schemes. Anyway, it is quite a nice move nonetheless and abstract forms are a good gap filler when you need something quick. This brand produce some great schemes although they have probably squeezed a return on those mannequins by now?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

Last week, Burberry and gaming technology tech studio Mythical Games announced a partnership to create a limited-edition non-fungible token (NFT) launching this July. It’s a vinyl toy for the game technology studio’s latest creation, Blankos Block Party. Developed on the blockchain, Blankos Block Party is a vibrant open-world multiplayer game driven by player ownership encouraging a play-to-earn economy in games.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

It has taken online resale marketplace Retykle a long time to slowly shift Chinese consumers’ superstitious beliefs that buying secondhand clothing is bad luck, according to founder Sarah Garner. “We were aware of the stigma and apprehension when we started so we knew we had to build up a differentiated approach that positions [purchasing] secondhand [clothing] as something both aspirational but also trustworthy,” Garner said.

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