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Harrods unveils ‘Emerging Designers: China’ pop-up

Retail Focus

Following Harrods successful return to Shanghai Fashion Week with ‘The Harrods Hive’, a concept that focused on building stronger connections across the luxury industry in China, Harrods is proud to announce the unveiling of an inaugural pop-up focused on young Chinese design. As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting the development of emerging Chinese luxury talent, Harrods will host its inaugural collection by Chenpeng , the winner of this year’s YU PRIZE on the 1 st floor of its Knight

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

In the wake of a jump in the proportion of workers quitting jobs in the United States – dubbed the “Great Resignation” – Australia’s media has been warning of a surge in resignations here. “ Here comes the Great Resignation ,” reads one headline; “ Millions of Aussies predicted to leave jobs ” reads another. In fact: there is no evidence of such a phenomenon here if there was, it would be no bad thing Australia’s resignation rate has fallen to an all-time low.

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Harvey Nichols unveils 2021 Festive Windows

Retail Focus

Harvey Nichols has today unveiled the most anticipated window scheme of the year – Christmas. After declaring a collective ‘bah, humbug’ to Christmas last year, the 2021 campaign offers a different sentiment that’s designed to spread joy and happiness with bright colours and beaming lights. Transforming the facade for the festive season, this year the iconic Harvey Nichols windows feature modern stained glass panels, flooded with light to reflect a glorious pattern of Christmas-coloured hues ins

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A new twist on privacy: planning for a post-cookie world

Inside Retail

There are implications for the advertising industry as it navigates new data privacy and compliance rules: Reliance on third-party cookies has been estimated to lead to a 36-per-cent decrease in measured and reported ROAS. There will be a shift towards probabilistic reach and more people-based measurement. An IRI study found “virtually no difference” in sales lift results when food and non-food brands captured 25 per cent or 50 per cent fewer iOS mobile IDs.

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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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Beaverbrooks doubles in size at centre:mk

Retail Focus

Beaverbrooks, the family-owned jewellery retailer, has opened a brand-new boutique at centre:mk Milton Keynes, one of the top 10 retail destinations in the UK. Upsizing into a new unit, Beaverbrooks has launched in a 2,744 sq ft store on Crown Walk, more than doubling its presence at centre:mk and adding a new luxury boutique from premium watchmaker, TAG Heuer.

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Australian companies face more climate-focused resolutions than ever before

Inside Retail

In 2020, for the first time in Australia, more than half the shareholders of a public company voted in support of a climate change resolution put forward by shareholders in the face of opposition from the company’s board of directors. The resolution, advanced at Woodside Petroleum’s annual general meeting, called for the company to establish hard targets to bring its own emissions and the emissions caused by the use of its products globally in line with the Paris Agreement to keep global warming

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Why Australia’s ‘great resignation’ is a myth: The Conversation

Inside Retail

In the wake of a jump in the proportion of workers quitting jobs in the United States – dubbed the “Great Resignation” – Australia’s media has been warning of a surge in resignations here. “Here comes the Great Resignation,” reads one headline; “Millions of Aussies predicted to leave jobs” reads another. In fact: there is no evidence of such a phenomenon here if there was, it would be no bad thing Australia’s resignation rate has fallen to an all-time low.

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Tessuti to open global flagship at Liverpool One

Retail Focus

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has announced that curated designer retailer, Tessuti, is to upsize at Liverpool ONE. The brand’s commitment to relocate to Paradise Street in a new global flagship is a significant vote of confidence in Liverpool ONE. Tessuti , part of JD Sports Group, has operated a 5,300 sq ft store on Liverpool ONE’s Peter’s Lane since 2013.

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Kathmandu’s sales, supply chain hurt in first quarter

Inside Retail

Following a difficult, but relatively strong annual result for last year , outdoor group Kathmandu has suffering a weak start to FY22, with first quarter sales down for both its Kathmandu and Rip Curl brands. Kathmandu saw sales fall 17.6 per cent during the 13 weeks to 31 October, while Rip Curl sales fell 9.4 per cent, though both were considered positive when adjusted for the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns across Australasia.

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Goldsmiths unveils its luxurious new showroom concept at Churchill Square, Brighton

Retail Focus

Goldsmiths, part of the Watches of Switzerland Group, has opened its doors today to unveil its dynamic new design at its Brighton showroom, at Churchill Square. The Brighton showroom is only the third of Goldsmith’s new concept showrooms to open, following the opening of the Canterbury and Reading showrooms during October. The showroom reveals a whole new interior concept, as well as an exceptional new lineup of luxury timepieces from the best names in Swiss watchmaking alongside world-renowned

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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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Australia Post prepares for Click Frenzy rush

Inside Retail

Australia Post is gearing up for a particularly busy week, as Click Frenzy’s ‘The Main Event’ kicks off on Tuesday evening, signaling the first major holiday-season shopping event for FY22. And, after a two-year period which has seen online shopping hit new levels of relevance and usefulness to the average Australian, the delivery firm is expecting the 53-hour shopping event to lead to one of its biggest parcel weeks of the year.

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Disappearing packages and desert robots lead Global Grad Show 2021

Design Week

Disappearing clothes packaging and a seed-planting desert robot are among the shortlisted projects at this year’s Global Grad Show. Overall 150 projects were revealed from diverse fields, with the overarching focus to “improve lives, support communities and protect the planet” The projects will be showcased in an online exhibition for 2021.

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The modern retail playbook: The new normal standards of logistics

Inside Retail

What do two retailers like Edible Blooms and Appliances Online selling chocolate bouquets and bulky whitegoods have in common? They’re both focused on offering customers an excellent experience with their businesses from beginning to the end, when they’re shipped and delivered to recipients. Welcome to the latest episode of the Modern Retail Playbook, our four-part video series with Commonwealth Bank, where industry heavyweights share insights and thoughts on the challenges and opportunities in

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Original furniture with original function at EDIT Napoli 2021

Design Wanted

Here, we present four of our favourite brands from the annual design fair combining design and engineering to create innovative homewares. Challenging conditions often make way for innovative design ideas, which is exactly what we saw at this year’s EDIT Napoli. At the third edition of the fair, founded by Emilia Petruccelli and curated by Domitilla Dardi, which took place October 29-31, environmental awareness paired with the current shift in working habits inspired a range of multi-purpose fur

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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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Asian nations look to hasten reopening in sudden rethink

Inside Retail

When European countries started reopening their borders to one another back in June and tourism within the EU began anew, it raised some envious eyebrows in the APAC region but didn’t make a ripple in terms of policy. Most APAC countries were thoroughly mired in lockdowns; governments were not only maintaining draconian restrictions but reassuring their populations that borders would be open only over their dead political bodies.

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Types of Retail Store Layouts

Creative Displays Now

Choosing the right store floor plan can have a profound effect on the way customers navigate the store, interact with your merchandise and whether they decide to purchase any products. Both drawing up a retail store design from scratch and revamping an existing store layout require a basic understanding of the retail store layout options available to you.

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Subtype to open new store in ‘under-serviced’ market of Brisbane

Inside Retail

Consumers’ willingness to drop hundreds of dollars on the latest releases from Nike, Adidas, Yeezy and other hyped-up brands is fuelling the growth of premium sneaker and streetwear retailer Subtype, which is set to open its fifth bricks-and-mortar store on November 20. Located on Edward Street in Brisbane, amongst luxury retailers, such as Cartier, Hermès and Louis Vuitton, the new store will extend Subtype’s reach into Queensland for the first time.

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Sustainability for Soft Goods: A Video Discussion with SGS & Retail Minded

RetailMinded

The world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, SGS, recently sat down with Retail Minded’s Nicole Leinbach Reyhle to discuss the importance of sustainable efforts within the soft goods category. Including apparel and textiles alike, there are many actions retailers and manufacturers can proactively take to better support sustainable goals.

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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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ShipBob launches in Europe with UK first point of call

E Delevry

ShipBob, a US firm that helps SME brands compete with Amazon by giving them cheaper and faster deliveries, has announced a major European expansion with the UK as a launchpad. The company is set to open an initial 20 European fulfilment centres sites with the UK as the base. The expansion will mean 300 UK jobs and 200 European jobs by 2023. ShipBob, which raised a $200m Series E round in June 2021 and includes the likes of Bain Capital Ventures and SoftBank among its investors, helps small and m

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Nisa’s use of Jisp app proves a big success

Talking Retail

Nisa has doubled the number of its stores using the Jisp Scan & Save app to 25 after an eight-week trial proved a success. The app reads barcodes and makes exclusive offers which customers can save and redeem with their mobile phones. During the two month pilot scheme nearly 400 customers made more 12,700 scans, This story continues at Nisa’s use of Jisp app proves a big success.

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Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. Display Wins 2021 OmniShopper Award

Frank Mayer

The point of purchase company manufactured award-winning LED+ retail display program for GE Lighting, a Savant company. GRAFTON, WI, NOVEMBER 2, 2021 – Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. is the recipient of a 2021 OmniShopper Award from the Path to Purchase Institute for its LED+ display for GE Lighting, a Savant company. The winning retail display program was designed, engineered, and manufactured for Lowe’s stores across the United States.

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Nisa in Cumbria is latest to sign up to food waste reduction app

Talking Retail

A Nisa Local store in Cumbria has become the latest to adopt a food app designed to help it cut the amount of food being wasted. The store in Oxford Street, Barrow-in-Furness, has partnered with Gander, an app which helps customers that sign up to see real-time price cuts on food that is reduced to. This story continues at Nisa in Cumbria is latest to sign up to food waste reduction app.

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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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Walmart to Use Driverless Delivery Trucks

VMS

Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) announced it has successfully begun to incorporate driverless trucks for its virtual grocery business, according to WWD. The mass merchant partnered with start-up Gatik (Palo Alto, Calif.) for the project, and since August, they have successfully and continuously operated two autonomous trucks on a short route, daily, for up to 12 hours at a time, in Bentonville, Ark., according to the companies.

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Best-One enjoys a rise in shopping trips in the third quarter of 2021

Talking Retail

Best-One has claimed the crown as the fastest growing tracked convenience brand, based on the latest figures from Lumina Intelligence. Bestway said that its symbol brand increased its share of the total number of shopping trips, or shopping occasions, by 1.2 percentage points in the 12 weeks to 17 October. This compared well with Tesco. This story continues at Best-One enjoys a rise in shopping trips in the third quarter of 2021.

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Kroger Partners with Bed Bath & Beyond

VMS

Kroger (Cincinnati) has partnered with Bed Bath & Beyond (Union, N.J.) to introduce an extensive selection of home and baby products in Kroger stores, according to Forbes. These products will be offered on Kroger’s website and in select stores beginning in 2022. The omnichannel partnership will include items from Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy Baby, as well as Kroger’s own branded items and items from some other national brands.

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Dolce and Gabbana, London

Retail Store Windows

We have been slighly spoiled by this brand this year as they have, despite all of the on-going problems in the world still presented us with their very creative window schemes. Right now however there isnt a great deal to see although this might (just might) be as they are preparing for the installation of their Christmas scheme. In the meantime we present you with some very glossy and sparkly windows but without Visual Merchandising (unless you include the mannequins).

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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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Build-A-Bear Unveils 3-D Workshop, Appoints ‘Digital’ Execs

VMS

Build-A-Bear (St. Louis) has appointed Char Nicanor-Kimball for the new position of VP of E-commerce, according to a company press release. Nicanor-Kimball previously held roles at Nordstrom and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Former Director of E-commerce Development, Art Huggard, has been internally promoted to VP of Digital Technology. This new position coincides with the announcement of the retailer’s new project “Bear Builder 3-D Workshop,” where customers will have the opportunity to create customi

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80% of consumers report abandoning retailers after three bad experiences, Salesforce reports

Retail Times

New research from Salesforce reveals how changes in consumer behaviour is redefining the retail landscape. Short-term pandemic solutions — like curb side pickup and virtual styling — has changed what shoppers expect: there's no room for bad experiences and the line continues to blur between physical and digital touchpoints.

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NELSON Worldwide Appoints Bevan Bloemendaal as Retail Practice Leader

VMS

Minneapolis, MN — November 9, 2021 — NELSON Worldwide, award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm, announces the appointment of Bevan Bloemendaal as its new Retail Practice Leader. An expert in brand vision and storytelling through design, he will lead the continued growth of NELSON’s retail practice while championing innovative concepts that help drive the industry into the future.

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Shopware bolsters c-suite with chief product officer and chief financial officer

Retail Times

Shopware AG, a leading provider of e-commerce solutions, today announces that it has promoted Josua Seiler to chief product officer and Ralf Marpert to chief financial officer.

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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.