Wed.Jul 28, 2021

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Temple & Webster CEO Mark Coulter talks tech, podcasts and rentals

Inside Retail

Australian online furniture business Temple & Webster is well on its way to achieving its goal of becoming the biggest furniture retailer — either online or offline — in Australia. The company recently reported a record year of revenue, profit and active customers, thanks to the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns, which not only drove more people to shop online rather than in stores, but also to redecorate their homes.

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Why Amazon’s New “Just Walk Out” Supermarkets Will Change Everything. Forever

Retail Focus

Everyone has something to say about Amazon. Yet one thing always rises above the critiques: They’ve been ruthlessly customer focused. If it doesn’t benefit the consumer, they won’t do it. Their latest example is “Just Walk Out,” a suite of technologies that enable shoppers to simply enter a store, gather their items, and simply leave.

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Forget Amazon Go, experts reveal the supermarket of the future

Inside Retail

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? Accenture thinks so. The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Dubbed Openmarket A22, the supermarket concept is designed to be as logistically efficient as an automated e-commerce warehouse, bringing back the sense of discovery to grocery shopping thr

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Liberty appoints Sophie Beresiner in the newly created role of Global Head of Content

Retail Focus

Liberty is delighted to announce the appointment of Sophie Beresiner as the Global Head of Content. In this new role for Liberty, Sophie will oversee Creative Production, Editorial and Social Media teams and will report to Madeleine Macey, Liberty’s Chief Marketing Officer. Sophie’s core remit will be to leverage all of Liberty’s incredible content across all channels with a strategic and global view as our ecommerce presence expands internationally.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and guest speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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API rejects “opportunistic” $687m Wesfarmers bid

Inside Retail

Wesfarmers $687 million bid to pick up Priceline-owner Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) has been shot down by its board, stating it undervalues the business. The board said the bid’s timing was “opportunistic”, given the impact Covid-19 has had on its retail division, and that it is well placed to bounce back from any short-term struggles with substantial growth expected in the medium-term due to its place within the health, wellness and beauty sectors.

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Crime fighting measures must help shopworkers, says ACS

Talking Retail

The government’s latest plan to cut crime must result in “real action” for shopworkers, says the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). The “Beating Crime” plan, published by the government this week, recognises that shops have become vulnerable to criminals. The plan says: “Shops are critical to areas, and often have become as much part of community.

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Heineken’s Greener Bar takes aim at unsustainable events hospitality

Design Week

Drinks company Heineken has developed a sustainable bar concept for the London E-Prix which it hopes will become “the standard” design for all future events sponsored by the company. All elements of the Greener Bar have been rethought to reduce more waste, water, emissions and energy use, as compared with standard offerings, according to Heineken.

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Behind the evolution of 107-year-old Japanese eyewear brand Tanaka Optical

Inside Retail

It may be more than 100 years old, but Japanese eyewear business Tanaka Optical has its sights set on finally going international and a few weeks ago, it opened its first overseas store in Singapore. Here Salena Watanabe, CEO of Tanaka Optical‘s newly created FLO Optics entity in Singapore, discusses the business’ global expansion, its omnichannel strategy — and how it survived the World War II bombing of Hiroshima.

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PepsiCo launches juicy retailer competition

Talking Retail

PepsiCo has launched a retailer competition to win cash prizes, in a move designed to “maximise the chilled fruit juice and smoothies opportunity”. The company’s first ever on-trade exclusive competition is running until 15 September, offering one retailer the chance to win a £5,000 cash prize and another 10 to win £500 runner-up prizes. To. This story continues at PepsiCo launches juicy retailer competition.

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Sweden’s Klarna buys influencer marketing platform

Inside Retail

Swedish payments firm Klarna said on Tuesday it had acquired influencer marketing software firm APPRL as it looked to tap into strong growth in shopping across social media channels. Klarna said Stockholm-based APPRL, which helps content creators and retailers cooperate, was the latest addition to its growing roster of retailer marketing services. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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The Personalization Playbook: 2024 Strategies

Did you know—74% of IT leaders are looking to improve their tech stack to offer better personalization? It’s impossible to ignore the importance of personalization, but it comes with challenges. How do you do it with a tight budget? What about customer privacy and the use of data? The Personalization Playbook is packed with research and insights from Orium, Talon.One, and Bloomreach and gives IT leaders answers to these tough questions, helping them shape 2024 strategies for personalization.

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Landscape’s “optimistic” rebrand of COVID testing and vaccine start-up Curative

Design Week

San Francisco-based design studio Landscape has rebranded Curative with an ambition to position the U.S heathcare start-up as an on-the-go and “essential” service. The studio has designed a new logo for the company, as well as a wider identity which rolls out over physical and digital touchpoints. Curative was established in 2020 by Fred Turner with the aim of improving sepsis testing.

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Forget Amazon Go, experts reveal the supermarket of the future

Inside Retail

Digital shelf, dark store and a fresh food playground – is this the future of supermarkets? Accenture thinks so. The consulting company has developed a new supermarket concept, in partnership with design agency Le Projet Hope, that blends online with offline and old shopping habits with new processes. . Dubbed Openmarket A22, the supermarket concept is designed to be as logistically efficient as an automated e-commerce warehouse, bringing back the sense of discovery to grocery shopping thr

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Pladis updates category management platform

Talking Retail

Snacking company Pladis has updated its Better Biscuits online category management platform, in a move designed to help retailers add £21m of biscuits sales. The platform can be accessed via betterbiscuits.com and outlines five key steps for retailers to consider when thinking about their biscuits fixture. These steps focus on how independent retailers can encourage.

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First Victorian Ampol Woolworths Metro store opens in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Petroleum company Ampol and Woolworths are bringing their convenience retail format to Victorian consumers with the city’s first Woolworth Metro store in Sandringham. Owned and operated by Ampol, the new Woolworths Metro store brings together a range of fresh food and essentials from the supermarket chain with Ampol’s fuel services. The store houses more than 1400 grocery items, including more than 200 Woolworths own brand products. .

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

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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She’s Creating a First-of-Its-Kind Masters in Retail Design Program

VMS

Jennifer Schlueter. All the World’s a Stage. You’re starting a dynamic new first-of-its-kind curriculum – Master of Professional Studies in Retail Design – at the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD). We want students to focus on the future of retail, but not only in an academic way. CCAD isn’t a business school or a research institution, we’re a school for making and creating – not just learning.

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Twitter begins testing shopping feature on brand profile pages

Inside Retail

Twitter will begin allowing businesses to showcase products for sale at the top of their profile page, the social networking company said on Wednesday, as it seeks to grab a piece of the lucrative online shopping world. The San Francisco-based company is following in the footsteps of larger rival Facebook, which opened a “Shops” feature last year to let consumers purchase products directly through Facebook and Instagram.

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Rue21 to Open 15 Stores by Year’s End

VMS

Apparel retailer Rue21 (Warrendale, Pa.) will open a total of 15 new stores through the end of 2021 at selected locations identified based on a data-driven model, reports Chain Store Age. “Recent new store openings have demonstrated the importance of our store channel to brand discovery and customer acquisition,” said Rue21 CEO Bill Brand. “Our dynamic in-store experiences have driven customer loyalty and is our model for continued omnichannel growth.” Rue21, which opened

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Selfridge owners to offer chain in £4 billion auction

Inside Retail

UK department store Selfridges’ owners are opening up the floor for bidders to buy up the chain, with a provisional auction price tag of £4 billion set, according to a report in The Guardian. The Weston family said it was open to the idea last month after 80-year-old W Galen Weston, who purchased the chain in 2003, passed away. It’s still possible the family will decide not to sell, though it has appointed advisors from Credit Suisse to oversee an auction, and will send out sale documents to pot

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Planning the Architecture of Your Modular DXP

Are you considering moving away from a monolith platform and over to composable architecture? Join experts from Google Cloud, GroupBy, and Orium as they discuss the benefits of moving to a modular digital experience platform. In this masterclass, uncover key indicators that show your brand is ready for a modular DXP, and learn how to lay the foundation for composable commerce.

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Walmart to Pay 100 Percent of Workers’ College Tuition

VMS

Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) will pay 100 percent of college tuition and books for its associates beginning Aug. 16, reports CNBC. The move comes as a result of changes in the economy and job market. The retail, also the largest private U.S. employer, will discontinue the current $1-per-day fee for workers participating in its Live Better U education program.

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Georgia on our Mind: Atlanta Market

Retail Works Inc

Three of our display artists and visual merchandisers flew south for a week of showroom hopping and trend spotting at Atlanta Market , one of the retail and design industry’s premier gift, décor and lifestyle markets. It featured more than 8,000 brands across multiple categories including home décor, gift, and hand-made as well as holiday decorations.

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Amazon Denies Report It’s Considering Bitcoin Payments

VMS

E-commerce retailer Amazon (Seattle) has denied media reports that it is considering accepting bitcoin payments by year’s end, according to Reuters. The report, by London’s City A.M. newspaper, sourced an unnamed insider and spurred 14.5 percent gains in the cryptocurrency on Monday. “Notwithstanding our interest in the space, the speculation that has ensued around our specific plans for cryptocurrencies is not true,” an Amazon spokesperson told Reuters.

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GoWork Central park, Jakarta

Retail Design Blog

Co-working space still becomes one of the options for working nowadays. It provides flexibility, freedom with cheaper rent fees, which.

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How Personalized Customer Experiences Drive Retail Growth and Revenue

Speaker: Shaunna Bruton - Associate Director of Product Strategy at Orium | Sam Panzer - Director of Industry Strategy at Talon.One | Frank Passantino - Director of Product Management at Bloomreach

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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The Power of Two … or Perhaps Three or Four?

VMS

As the physical retail climate has tightened across Europe (due in large measure to Covid, it makes online shopping seem a whole lot more attractive), moves appear to be afoot to counter reduced footfall. One of the foremost of these is the idea of teaming up with others, creating destinations. Relay, the French travel retail outfit, has just opened a store at Montpellier Sud de France railway station in France’s southwest which shows the process in action.

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PINES ARCH introduced a “River” as the main path of circulation for Golong Offices.

Retail Design Blog

Humans have settled near historic waterways since the earliest days of our existence. The Sumerians exploited the natural forces and.

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From the Editor: Stemming the Tide

VMS

R ETAILERS AREN’T THE only ones reinventing themselves these days; retail workers are doing it too, and in record numbers. In fact, in what some are calling “The Great Resignation,” some 649,000 retail workers left their jobs in April alone – the largest number in any industry. Last year, we chose essential retail workers as the winners of our VMSD/Peter Glen Retailer of the Year award as an acknowledgment of their personal bravery and dedication during the pandemic.

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BLUEMO EYEWEAR –SPACE WITH SPIRIT

Retail Design Blog

Founded in 2019, BLUEMO visioned to be the top fashion and professional eyewear brand in China. ICD undertook the branding.

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Retails Next Frontier: Exploring and Proving the Value of AI

AI is everywhere. It’s in customer service interactions, product recommendations, marketing outreach, and yes, even commerce experiences. But not every use of AI provides the same value to your brand. In this masterclass, experts from Constructor, commercetools, Contentstack, and Orium discuss how AI can complement your composable tech stack and help bring in immediate ROI.

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2021 IVC First Place: “Wonder Woman 1984” (In-Store Storewide Promotions)

VMS

U SING AUTHENTIC MOVIE props, interactive experiences and even a multiplayer game, this Wonder Woman storewide promotion for AT&T was rolled out to Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco for the “Wonder Woman 1984” movie release in theaters and via HBO Max this past Christmas Day 2020. Designed by Twenty Four 7 (Portland, Ore.), the concept transformed AT&T flagship locations into experience destinations for Wonder Woman fans.

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Simply Fresh looking to move to new supplier as Sainsbury’s supply deal comes to an end

Talking Retail

Simply Fresh is in talks with several other companies to replace Sainsbury’s as its supplier, after the supermarket last week announced it was shutting down its wholesale operation. The decision meant that Simply Fresh’s plans to roll out the Sainsbury’s supply agreement to many of its stores were stopped in their tracks. Five of the. This story continues at Simply Fresh looking to move to new supplier as Sainsbury’s supply deal comes to an end.

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2021 IVC Honorable Mentions: “American Girl,” “Lunar New Year” and More

VMS

“Black History Month 2020”. Macy’s, New York. Photography Bill Waldorf, Knoxville, Tenn. “American Girl Courtney’s World”. NELSON Worldwide, Cincinnati. Photography Courtesy of NELSON Worldwide, Cincinnati. “Concepts”. Bergmeyer, Boston. Photography Courtesy of Concepts Intl., Boston. “Power of Nature”. TSUM Kyiv, Kiev, Ukraine. Photography Courtesy of TSUM Kyiv, Kiev, Ukraine.

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Recovery strong but uneven, says IGD

Talking Retail

Strong shopper confidence in the UK means that retailers can hope for a return to normality but they will have to remain adaptable, says the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD). In its quarterly Viewpoint report, the IGD argues that the UK recovery is “K-shaped”, meaning that different parts of the economy will diverge and recover. This story continues at Recovery strong but uneven, says IGD.

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2024’s Retail Odyssey: Going Small, Artificial, and Augmented!

Speaker: Kelly Goetsch - Chief Strategy Officer at Commercetools | Jason Cottrel - CEO & Founder at Orium | and guest speaker Brendan Witcher - VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester

Significant modifications are on the horizon for digital commerce in retail and customer experience come 2024. The pace of tech shifts will intensify, businesses are set to defund legacy solutions, and attractive opportunities will surface as social and retail media players join forces. To stay ahead of the curve, digital leaders are experimenting with less risky initiatives and scaling back on outdated projects that no longer yield impactful results.