Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Australians are tipped to spend $5.4 billion in stores and online over the upcoming Cyber weekend period, according to the ARA and Roy Morgan. According to ARA boss Paul Zahra, the shopping event, which originated in the United States, has been embraced by Australians and has made November the biggest shopping month of the year. “For the past two years, November has beaten December as the biggest month for Australian retail sales throughout the year,” Zahra said.

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Unveiled at EDIT Napoli 2021, Elena Salmistraro’s PensieriPanteschi collection for Lithea is rich in materials and inspiration. It might be one of the lesser-known islands in the Mediterranean but it doesn’t take away from Pantelleria’s beauty. A rugged and sparsely populated volcanic outcrop, since the Byzantine empire, Pantelleria has been considered a land of fertility with tales of its mystery passed down over generations detailing rugged beauty ; the undulating roods of the Dammusi architec

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Ikea is launching an online marketplace designed to help its customers buy and sell used furniture, the business confirmed to The Australian. As soon as next year, Ikea will allow online customers to browse and ‘reserve’ used items, which they can then go to a store to collect, through a new ‘As-is’ marketplace. According to Ikea Australia’s sustainability manager Mellisa Hamilton, the business wants its products to be reused, repaired, reassembled and recycled – and to create a more cost-effect

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Fashion Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Covid-19 restrictions are being eased while vaccination rates are rising (e.g. 76.8% of the population in Spain is fully vaccinated). Stores are re-opening and shoppers are returning to brick-and-mortar stores (also to restaurants, bars and discos). Retail sales are expected to grow between 10.5% and 13.5% to an estimated total of $4.44 trillion to $4.56 … More In-Store Transformation.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Wesfarmers will acquire 100 per cent of Priceline Pharmacy-owner Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, signaling the retail conglomerate’s entrance into the wellness space. API had been locked in a tug of war between Wesfarmers and fellow pharmaceuticals firm Sigma, which made a bid at keeping Wesfarmers out of the health space , but ultimately stepped out of the contest over the weekend after the retail business upped its ownership of API to 19 per cent and said it would vote against Sigma’s de

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Retail Store Windows

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

We captured this a few weeks ago when they also had what we think was possibly a Halloween element in the front windows. We think anyway. As always, super quality installations prevail at this brand with their current one nodding to film set-style references at least at their Bond street store. We don't often see intersting narratives at these types of brands, i.e. global players so great know how valuable their visual merchandising is to them.

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Trade Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

According to a recent report from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), the exhibition industry should return to operating at its pre-pandemic status in just over a year. Cathy Breden, the CEO of CEIR, says, “With more vaccine mandates and safety measures implemented at large gatherings, and with a majority of the population vaccinated, the recovery of B2B exhibitions should begin by the fourth quarter of this year and gain momentum in 2022.”.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

With Australians becoming increasingly mindful about their drinking habits, a plethora of innovative brands and retailers are stepping up to offer low and no-alcohol alternatives to beer, wine and spirits. Non-alcoholic beer brand Heaps Normal is one brand, founded by three friends with a goal of brewing beer that “tastes so good, you won’t miss the alcohol”.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Design studio Wynk Collaborative has created a store in Singapore for Ginlee Studio, featuring pebble-washed interiors and an indoor garden for "quiet respite from the city". Located within a shopping centre in central Singapore, the Ginlee Studio store is set across a single level and is shortlisted in the small retail interior category of Dezeen Awards 2021.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

As we emerge from the pandemic trenches, the new challenge facing businesses will be The Great Resignation. I won’t delve into the myriad of reasons as to why people are making career changes as I’m pretty sure these are blatantly obvious to us all. If we are to follow the lead of the US, in 2022, we should expect up to 40 per cent of our teams to put pens (or keyboards) down and walk away from their workplaces in search of greener pastures.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Once sported by the likes of David Bowie and Kurt Cobain, nail polish on men is not exactly new, but what is different this time around is how mainstream nail art has become among hetero men. Adorning colourful nails has never been foreign in queer culture; however, straight cis-men are only recently discovering the joys of painted nails. Just like tattoos, young men now perceive nail art as a form of self-expression and a way to incorporate unique designs as part of their personal aesthetic.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Facebook’s parent company Meta is looking into opening its own retail stores in the United States, according to a report in The New York Times. The stores will largely be used to show off the business’ physical goods, such as its virtual reality headsets and video chat tablets which are already sold in other chains across the country, and allow customers to try them out in a bid to get them hooked into Meta’s forthcoming ‘metaverse’.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Fashion social enterprise Homie will include digital non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as part of its next Reborn collection, launching during Melbourne Fashion Week. Homie Clothing is a Melbourne-based company supporting youth experiencing hardship and homelessness. Reborn by Homie is the streetwear label’s award-winning sustainable sub-label, which uses excess clothing and materials.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

New TV shows come and go. Then there’s Squid Game. The nine-part Korean drama series gained immediate international fanfare. In the first month, 142 million people streamed the show, making it the most watched Netflix series ever. What was once a niche genre, K-Drama, has become increasingly popular around the world, following the major success of South Korean comedy thriller Parasite.

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