Inside Retail

JULY 16, 2021

The Australian city of Sydney on Saturday ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential retail and threatened fines for employers who make staff come into the office as new COVID-19 cases kept rising three weeks into a citywide lockdown. Authorities in New South Wales state, of which Sydney is the capital, also banned hundreds of thousands of people in the city’s western suburbs – the worst affected area – from leaving their immediate neighbourhoods for work, as th

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Retail Focus

JULY 16, 2021

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Fanatics, today announced the opening of the first NBA Store in the UK, located at 14-16 Foubert’s Place in London’s well-known pedestrian shopping area Carnaby, Soho. Opening today, the new store features an extensive range of official NBA and WNBA merchandise and memorabilia, including exclusive NBA products, apparel, jerseys, headwear, sporting goods, toys and collectables from major brands such as Mitchell & Ness, New Era, Nike and Wilson.

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Talking Retail

JULY 16, 2021

Nestlé Cereals is set to launch an on-pack competition as part of its partnership with the British Paralympics team. The competition will kick-off on 23 July and run until 15 September across packs of Shreddies, Cheerios, Nesquik, Shredded Wheat and Go Free, as well as the Nestlé Cereals website. There will be 550 prizes in. This story continues at Nestlé Cereals launches Paralympics on-pack competition.

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JULY 16, 2021

Hideki Nakajima’s graphic design career began when he stumbled across an album sleeve designed by Peter Saville in his local record shop. Before that, he says he hadn’t even realised it was a job – let alone one he could do. “That album changed my life,” Nakajima adds. What followed the chance encounter at the record shop has been a decades-long career in graphic design.

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Design Wanted

JULY 16, 2021

This wireless fan has a compact and foldable design that makes it easy to carry around and even easier to store. Before James Dyson whipped out the big guns with his bladeless design in 2009, the fan as an object of desire was lacking a bit. Clunky, chunky, and difficult to dust, this household appliance-cum-electrical device wasn’t aesthetically pleasing and it certainly didn’t appeal to a generation of comfort-seeking millennials who look for a balance between technology and beauty.

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Talking Retail

JULY 16, 2021

KP Snacks is once again partnering with cricket competition The Hundred (21 July – 21 August) in a move designed to “champion healthier lifestyles and inspire people to get more active through cricket, while driving sales of its core range”. The partnership will see KP Snacks’ Popchips, Butterkist, Pom-Bear, Tyrrells, KP Nuts, Hula Hoops, McCoy’s. This story continues at KP Snacks promotes active lifestyles with cricket partnership.

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Design Wanted

JULY 16, 2021

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games might not win gold for sustainability on the whole but these projects still deserve a medal. With over 3 billion people from all over the world tuning in, the Olympic Games is a unique opportunity for the hosting country to flex its muscles. With this in mind, in the run up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japan has been on a mission to show off its technological prowess and stun the millions of people watching with its vision of a sustainable future.

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JULY 16, 2021

Athleisure brand Fabletics (El Segundo, Calif.) is reportedly working with Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America to raise $500 million in an initial public offering, reports WWD. The offering would value the brand at more than $5 billion. Founded in 2013 by Kate Hudson, Adam Goldenberg and Don Ressler, Fabletics managed to weather the pandemic by leveraging broader interest by consumers in exercising more regularly.

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

Roadchef, one of the country’s leading motorway service area providers, has chosen EDGEPoS from Henderson Technology for nine of its Spar store sites.

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JULY 16, 2021

Italian design journalist Claudio Moltani on this year’s Super Salone & Fuori Salone and why, despite recent challenges, design as an Italian institution is resilient and a little bit too resolute. To come together and create something new? It would be impossible. There is a structural deficiency in a place such as Italy, which is based on localism and patriotism.

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Talking Retail

JULY 16, 2021

Frustration and confusion among retailers over what to do when staff are told to self-isolate has led to new guidelines from the Association of Convenience Retailers (ACS). The advice, issued today, includes the suggestion that stores observe a clear distinction between staff advised to isolate by the NHS app and those told to self-isolate by. This story continues at Test negative and you can stay at work even if you have been pinged, said ACS.

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Design Week

JULY 16, 2021

Christian Pugsley is a 27-year-old MA/MSc Global Innovation Design graduate from the RCA and Imperial College London. His final project is called Ego. Design Week: Can you explain briefly what your final project was about? Christian Pugsley: Ego is a platform that gives people direct control of the ads they see online. In its simplest form, Ego displays individual ad interest groups as they are added to a user’s account in real-time, giving them the choice to accept, remove, or set their o

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Talking Retail

JULY 16, 2021

A government proposal to allow shop staff under 18 to sell lottery tickets even though you have to be 18 to buy them has been welcomed by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS). The problem with under-age staff selling the tickets arose because new regulations have put up the age at which you can buy. This story continues at Proposal to allow under 18s to sell lottery tickets welcomed by business leaders.

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Retail Store Windows

JULY 16, 2021

We have seen some great windows from the brand although only on occasions. One of their schemes in fact will feature in our new book due out in November this year. Additionally, these are not our best shots anyway, although to be honest there isn't a lot to select from right now so we cant be choosey. A lot of brands have gone in to Sale recently so we are even more limited but hopefully this will pick up again soon.

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Talking Retail

JULY 16, 2021

Convenience stores will play a key role in supporting the government’s National Food Strategy, said the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) Following the launch of the strategy this week, ACS chief executive James Lowman said: “We are committed to playing our part in meeting the challenges outlined in the National Food Strategy. “Convenience retailers are.

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

Weetabix Melts is hitting TV screens for the first time this summer as part of a £2.5million brand investment to boost awareness of the tasty portfolio from Weetabix.

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CAAD

JULY 16, 2021

The (almost) unstoppable rise of Instagram has also reached retail. As the consumers around the world plan, organize and seek shopping experiences related to Instagram, having a “fashionable” or Instagrammable store has become a winning bet. Millions of people choose a store, hotel or restaurant thinking on the likes that a photograph or story could generate there.

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JULY 16, 2021

CAMP small footprint experiential store in NYC. The specialty toy store void has loomed large since Toys R Us went bankrupt. No retailer has stepped in to fill the big-box toy retailer's role as the place to go for a full service toy shopping experience. In this Deep Dive article from July, one of the pieces that Retail Dive points out as missing from the Toys R Us model was a more experiential option – where families could both shop and play inside.

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

Eceaux (www.eceauxdrinks.com) is a pioneering, non-alcoholic drinks brand, that produces ‘Loqueurs’: the boldest and most intense tasting non-alcoholic spirits on the market today, that use the power of botanical nervines and adaptogens to deliver the relaxing and stimulating power of alcohol, without the side effects.

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VMS

JULY 16, 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) COLUMBIA, MD — To continue to grow and support its expanding user base, global design and BIM software provider, Vectorworks, Inc., announces the establishment of a new corporate office in Australia. Through the acquisition of OzCAD, the Australian distributor of Vectorworks software for over 20 years, Vectorworks further extends its offerings and services to customers across the globe with an Asia-Pacific-based hub.

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

According to data from Ankorstore, the curated marketplace connecting independent brands with local retailers, the economic disruption caused by the pandemic has inspired a wave of entrepreneurial independent retail businesses. Over the last six months, more than 10,000 independent retailers were trading in the UK.

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CAAD

JULY 16, 2021

The (almost) unstoppable rise of Instagram has also reached retail. As the consumers around the world plan, organize and seek shopping experiences related to Instagram, having a “fashionable” or Instagrammable store has become a winning bet. Millions of people choose a store, hotel or restaurant thinking on the likes that a photograph or story could generate there.

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

Future plc, the global platform for specialist media, has today released findings on predicted consumer shopping trends and expenditure for Black Friday and Christmas 2021, which follows its post-lockdown purchasing analysis in March 2021. The research reveals 82% of Brits will be the same or more engaged in Black Friday this year and 55% will make Christmas the biggest celebration yet, representing a significant opportunity for brands and advertisers.

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JULY 16, 2021

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

IMG today announced its licensing representation agreement with PepsiCo for Pepsi®, 7UP®, Cheetos®, Doritos®, Lay’s® and Mountain Dew® has renewed and expanded to include British snack food brand Walkers®.

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Design Week

JULY 16, 2021

London-based architect and design studio Projects Office has designed the interiors for a new hospital unit for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Edinburgh. The unit at the recently-opened Royal Hospital for Children and Young People has outpatient facilities for those aged 5 to 18 and an inpatient unit for 12- to 18-year-olds. The interiors took into account a series of workshops the studio carried out in partnership with artist James Leadbitter, explains Projects Office co

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

Retail warehouses have emerged as the most attractive retail sector asset for investors in H1 2021, overtaking supermarket investment volumes, notes Colliers in its 2021 Midsummer Retail Report.

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Design Wanted

JULY 16, 2021

This mini device combines water with oxygen to create an all-purpose and chemical-free sanitizing water. A nifty little gadget that turns tap water into disinfectant? It sounds impossible but Taiwanese design studio Friendly Life has created a device that does exactly that. Friendly Life describes it as a portable aqueous ozone generator and an all-in-one cleaning product , that can be used to sanitise hands and pets, clean fruits and meat, remove stains and mop the floor too.

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Retail Times

JULY 16, 2021

The 2021 State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report, published today, explores how supply chain sustainability (SCS) practices are being implemented globally and what that means for professionals, enterprises, industries, and the planet. This year’s report indicates that pressure to support SCS came from multiple sources, both internal and external to companies, but increased the most among investors and industry associations.

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JULY 16, 2021

The CPSC has recently focused its enforcement efforts on children’s products. Fisher-Price recalled two of its infant sleep products—Rock ‘n Glide Soothers and Soothe ‘n Play Gliders—after four infant deaths were reported involving the first product. All four infants were placed in the products unrestrained on their backs and were later found on their stomachs deceased.

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