Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Merry Hill has announced that Footasylum, the leading streetwear retailer, has launched its upsized store at the centre, tripling its footprint. Combining its existing unit with the adjacent space, Footasylum has expanded its presence at Merry Hill from 3,000 to 10,000 sq ft. The upsized store introduces innovative features, including a mobile payment system that speeds up checkout, new digital screens, and a refreshed fit-out.

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Design Boom

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

designed for work, retail, and hospitality, iguzzini's light shed combines acoustic absorption and sustainable materials into an all-in-one solution. The post iguzzini’s all-in-one ‘light shed’ solution unites smart lighting, sound control & ecodesign appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Milan brings the magic of Christmas to life with MilanoDesignXmas, a TOWANT initiative celebrating Christmas 2024 through the creative vision […] The post Architectural studios craft unique Christmas trees for design showrooms in Milan appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Launching into JD Sports’ best-performing store at Westfield Stratford, as well as JD Sports Bluewater, following its prototype in Paris.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! British farmers that make up the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative, Arla, have joined forces with some of the biggest retailers in the country to tackle methane emissions. In a first of its kind joint initiative, the project will see a collective effort across the food industry to trial the use of Bovaer®, a feed additive […] If you want more informat

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Furnish & Shade, located in Kirti Nagar, New Delhi, is a 6,500 sq. ft.

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

EDIT Napoli, launched six years ago by Domitilla Dardi and Emilia Petruccelli, defies traditional categorization. It’s neither a conventional fair […] The post Future visions for non-conventional design show EDIT Napoli appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! This December, Aldi is spreading festive cheer with the launch of its Big Advent Giveaway. Every day from Sunday 1st December, shoppers will have the chance to win back the cost of their Christmas shopping. To participate, customers simply need to submit a copy of their receipt and, each day until Christmas Eve, one lucky shopper […] If you want mo

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

What lies beneath our feet isn’t just soil, it is a repository of stories, our current situation, and it partly […] The post Unearthing the stories of land, history and identity – “Soils” Exhibition 2024 appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! itsu, the Asian-inspired, health-focused food brand, is expanding with bold new partnerships to connect with customers in new ways, building partnerships beyond traditional highstreet locations. Starting November 25, itsu will begin a new collaboration with Delaware North to deliver sustainable, nutritious sushi produce to the hospitality boxes at Emirat

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Emma Barratt is global executive creative director at Wolff Olins, whose clients include Lloyds, Decathlon, LG Electronics and TikTok. Design 1. What would your monograph be called? Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Ahead of the final weekend of John Lewis’ Black Friday sales, the retailer has shared an insight into shopping trends and best-sellers so far across Home, Tech, Fashion and Beauty. Pretty in pink Beauty bestsellers have been dominated by Charlotte Tilbury’s Pillow Talk collection, Rituals’ The Ritual of Sakura collection, and Chanel’s C

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A key to enjoying summertime is proper dressing, and stylish t-shirts will always be the best choice during this season. Whether you need to change your style or are setting out to design your t-shirts for a fashion line, the task can prove to be a joyous one. Today, with the help of simple services available on the internet, anyone can print a t shirt with their own graphics.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Sainsbury’s has announced the return of its cracking Baileys deal just in time for the Christmas period. Customers can once again get their hands on a 1L bottle of Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur for £10 – a saving of over 50% with Nectar Prices.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! GrowUp Farms, a leading UK vertical farming business, has announced the appointment of Mike Hedges as its new CEO in a move that will support the business as it drives ambitious growth over the coming years.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Danish furniture and sleeping retailer JYSK, today reveals a record-breaking turnover of €120m up 13.6% on the previous year for IRE and UK for 2023 / 2024. Customer growth has increased more than 20% YoY, which is an increase of 400,000 customers taking the total to almost 2.5 million shoppers in the last year.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Unilever’s largest UK food factory in Burton has undergone a significant five-year transformation, bringing production of the full Unilever UK condiments business into one specialist hub in Burton. With 99% of products made at Unilever’s Burton site distributed to UK retailers, the investment will support the continued growth of Unilever’s foods business

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Looking for easy, elegant gifts that you can grab on the weekly shop? Last minute libations on the way to a dinner party? Glamorous gifts for under the tree? Then Della Vite has you covered. This week we’ve launched an exclusive gift set with Sainsbury’s, perfect for those on the go who want to bring […] If you want more information Retail Times ge

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Terry’s has launched two new retail products and announced two major partnerships, designed to drive sales and cement its status as a go-to festive choice. Terry’s Chocolate Minis Mint Crisp offers a fresh take on festive indulgence.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Tapping into ‘new-stalgia’ (an eagerly anticipated hot food trend in 2025), Gnaw has been working tirelessly to rethink Great British puddings by creating a number of ‘Hug in a Mug’ classics (Crème Brulee, Bakewell Tart, Sticky Toffee Pud…) in conjunction with an impressive ‘pudfolio’ of dessert-flavoured bars: New York Cheesecake, Christmas Pudding, Ban

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Pret A Manger is sharing joy across the UK with a celebration of the people and moments that defined 2024. Pret’s first ever Christmas window displays will bring stories of national joy to life at Carnaby Street (London), New Street (Birmingham) and Oxford Street (Manchester).

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! By Rolf Whiteman, sales director at Harrison The Home Secretary has labelled shoplifting an ‘epidemic, reflected in recent ONS statistics, which revealed the highest figure of shoplifting in two decades at almost 440,000 between March 2023 and 2024 in England and Wales.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Weetabix, the nation’s favourite cereal, has announced James Bruce as its new Commercial Director and a member of its Executive Leadership team this November. Previously working with Tropicana Brands Group as UKI Commercial Director and Commercial Strategy Director for Europe, James played a key role in piloting its creation as a new business following i

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! ‘Treat yourself’ mentality has taken off this year going from a common saying to a full-fledged trend in its own right with ‘Little Treat Culture’ and ‘Small Treat Culture’ racking up 11.8 million and 9.8 million posts respectively on TikTok.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Community groups are celebrating vital funding support from Co-op’s Local Community Fund. to make a difference locally. Around 2,500 local causes are celebrate this week, with Co-op members locally driving the amount received by the community group by simply selecting the cause they would like to support via Co-op’s Membership App.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Over 60 businesses have joined Polytag, a technology business specialising in sustainability initiatives, to call upon environment minister Mary Creagh to review Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) legislation. The open letter calls for the removal of “return-to-retail” prescriptions, framing plans in an open way and offering modern, digital solutions that

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Amazon has opened a new Amazon Fresh store in West Hampstead, just in time for the holiday season. Amazon Fresh Stores offer hundreds of delicious items including fresh meat, poultry, fish, dairy, fruit, veg, bakery items, household brands, as well as Amazon’s own label food brand ‘byAmazon,’ and premium grocery range, ‘Our Selection’.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Brits have been busy shopping, so much so that they’ve bought enough kettles to brew nearly 70,000 cups of tea – that’s according to research conducted by online electricals retailer, AO. To wrap up the end of a busy Black Friday, AO has conducted a deep dive looking at the latest shopper trends over the year […] If you want more information Retail

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! High stakes will meet Steak Bakes this Christmas as Greggs has announced a partnership with Top Trumps which sees the launch of a limited-edition Greggs version of the nostalgic card game. For the first time, fans will be able to play a new version of the classic game featuring tasty items from bakes to doughnuts, […] If you want more information R

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! From banking to e-commerce, most traditional markets have embraced digital technology and have pivoted to offer extensive online services. One industry that has transformed since digitisation is the casino world.

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