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Christina Stephens: Meet adaptive fashion’s disruptive duo

Inside Retail

In just two years, the adaptive fashion brand Christina Stephens has grown retail revenue fourfold by tapping an underserved market for stylish clothes that meet the unique needs of people with disabilities. Jessie Sadler founded Christina Stephens in 2020 after her mother complained that she couldn’t find good fashionable clothing after experiencing a fall.

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Foster + Partners designs Apple Brompton Road as "calm oasis" in London

Dezeen

UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled an Apple Store in west London that incorporates stone columns, Ficus trees and terrazzo flooring. Located between the Harrods and Harvey Nichols department stores in Knightsbridge, Apple Brompton Road is the latest store designed by Foster + Partners for the technology brand. Foster + Partners designed Apple Brompton Road.

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Uniqlo debuts in South Australia

Inside Retail

Japanese apparel retailer Uniqlo is set to open its first South Australia store, in Adelaide’s Myer Centre. The new store spans 1000sqm and occupies a brand new addition to the Myer Centre. It will sell a range of LifeWear apparel for men, women and kids, alongside seasonal collaborations with designers. Kensuke Suwa, COO of Uniqlo Australia, said: “Our South Australian customers have shown tremendous support since we arrived in Australia.

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Blond designs edge-taming comb for black hair care brand Ruka

Design Week

Blond has collaborated with hair care brand Ruka to create a styling comb with a replaceable head for baby hair and edges. Ruka is a black women-owned business which aims to tailor its products to black women with curly, coily and wavy hair. Edges – also known as baby hairs – are shorter pieces of hair found in textured hair types around the hairline area.

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Get MACH Ready: Preparing Your Business for Digital Transformation

Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.

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What you can do to tackle rising merchant fraud

Inside Retail

In its latest figures, the Australian Cyber Security Centre says that self-reported losses from cybercrime in Australia totalled $33 billion in the 2020-21 financial year. Fraud and online shopping scams were called out as the most common incidents, putting retail businesses on the front line. The numbers also show a significant increase in the volume and severity of cyber-attacks, which is an alarming trend.

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Masquespacio designs "metaverse world" for Mango Teen store

Dezeen

Spanish design agency Masquespacio has created the interior of the first Mango Teen shop in Barcelona , which was informed by the metaverse and aims to provide an interactive and dream-like shopping experience. Designed for customers aged 11 to 13, Masquespacio used graphic shapes to outline clothing displays and a colour palette of oranges and greens for the fashion shop interior.

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This symbolic object brings out a contemporary desire for unity

Design Wanted

Standing out as an ode to circular design and creativity – Singapore born maker and thinker based in the Netherlands, Zavier Wong presents ‘The Common Table’ […]. The post This symbolic object brings out a contemporary desire for unity appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Swanndri is beloved by Kiwis, but can it become a global brand?

Inside Retail

New Zealand outdoor clothing retailer Swanndri is looking to key overseas markets for growth, as it evolves beyond its workwear roots to attract a growing number of people in suburbs and cities. The brand recently launched into David Jones’ flagship store in Sydney as part of an initiative with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), and soon it will start offering local shipping for online orders placed in Australia, instead of distributing them out of New Zealand.

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Check out these upcoming events!

Bish

We are proud to sponsor the 2022 PAVE student design challenge this year! This year’s client is Frito-Lay! Students are to design a local iconic thematic display for select Frito-Lay products. We are excited to see how these creative students perform! Check it out here! Path 2 Purchase Live is back! Join us October 18th … The post Check out these upcoming events!

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Why retailers are looking to healthcare for growth

Inside Retail

Just last month Amazon purchased US-based One Medical for $3.9 billion, a massive expansion of its nascent step into healthcare, as it seeks to dominate another industry. China’s JD.com operates it’s own health vertical, JD Health, which serves as the ‘largest online healthcare platform in China’, according to the business, and launched an online pharmacy consulting service in June which is tied into its JD Health App. .

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & 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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How to Make Your Pet Store Easy to Navigate

Compliantia

Ever since the pandemic, there has been a notable increase in the number of households with pets. Most pet owners consider their pets to be a part of their family and care deeply about their needs. It’s hardly surprising, therefore, that the pet care market size in the US is expected to reach $22.5 billion by 2025. So, what does this mean for pet store owners?

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Henkel moves retail operation to state-of-the-art DHL facility

E Delevry

Henkel, the business behind leading brands including Schwarzkopf, has extended its partnership with DHL Supply Chain, which has seen the company move its retail operation to the new state of the art facility in Manton Wood, North Nottinghamshire. Henkel said it made the transition with DHL as part of its purposeful growth strategy, to create competitive advantage through innovation, sustainability and digitalisation.

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Outsourcing Your Digital Marketing vs Hiring an In-House Marketing Team?

Retail Bound

Making the decision to outsource your digital marketing or hire in-house can be a difficult one. Hiring in-house can be more cost effective in the long run, but hiring a digital marketing agency offers a lot of advantages. If you’re on the fence about engaging with an agency, we’ll go on a deep dive into why hiring a digital marketing agency may be the superior choice.

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NFTs: For Many Retailers, the “N” Stands for Nostalgia

Hunton Andrews Kurth

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are creating new economic opportunities in old, familiar spaces. To capitalize on the current popularity of NFTs, some retailers are turning to the timeless art of nostalgia: reworking old media or products into an NFT collection to advertise a brand in an online space or bring new attention (and customers) to a vintage product.

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Forrester Report: Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions

Understanding the intricate world of Point-of-Sale (POS) technology is a common challenge for tech buyers. When it comes to defining the functions of Point-of-Sale systems, the communications have yet to be standardized–—until now. Forrester’s new report, Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions, breaks through the noise and provides business leaders with the information and tools they need to evaluate the features of POS systems.

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Marketplaces and search are top for UK brands reaching US shoppers, study finds

E Delevry

Global shipping and mailing company Pitney Bowes has revealed that search and online marketplaces remain the top channels for US online shoppers looking to discover UK brands. New data from its BOXpoll survey demonstrated the sustained effectiveness of search (e.g. Google, Bing) and online marketplaces. Almost one in three (30%) US online shoppers surveyed say they are most likely to find UK brands through these two channels, while one in four (24%) discovering British brands through advertising

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A one-of-a-kind garden where balance and paradox reign

Design Wanted

XL Extralight, the ultra-light material by definition thanks to a revolutionary patented Finproject technology, displays ‘Paradox Garden’ at Milan Design Week 2022 – a site-specific installation […]. The post A one-of-a-kind garden where balance and paradox reign appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Co-op and Deliveroo agree partnership extension reaching 1,400 stores

E Delevry

Co-op and Deliveroo have extended their partnership for a further three years, with plans for the service to be available from up to 1,400 of the convenience retailer’s stores by the end of the year. Co-op and Deliveroo first joined forces in 2017, with quick commerce since becoming a channel in its own right. Co-op is one of Deliveroo’s largest grocery partnerships.

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Standon House Office Building by WHITEPAPER

Retail Design Blog

WHITEPAPER designed a neutral space with ample natural light for the Standon House Office Building in London, England. Standon House.

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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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Collect+ reports surge in parcel traffic on Amazon Prime Day

E Delevry

Data from Collect+, the in-store parcel service from PayPoint, has revealed a surge in Amazon parcel collections at convenience stores as shoppers took advantage of Amazon Prime Day sales on 12-13 July. For the week containing the annual deal event, the number of parcels collected by consumers across 10,000 Collect+ stores nationwide was 49,956, a 20% increase on the seven days prior of 41,783.

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ROOST hotel by Morris Adjmi Architects

Retail Design Blog

There’s no denying, ROOST is on a roll, opening yet another property in Water Street, a prestigious 56-acre waterfront development.

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Opinion: What if Coles had acquired Dan Murphy’s instead of Woolies?

Inside Retail

In 1998, an executive of the then-Coles Myer food and liquor business discussed the acquisition of the Dan Murphy’s chain of five Victorian stores. Founded in 1952 by winemaker and journalist Daniel Murphy, the chain may only have had five stores at the time but the brand was dominant in the fragmented retail liquor industry. The Dan Murphy’s Prahran and Alphington outlets boasted the highest liquor sales in the state.

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Shinrin-Yoku BY UP_RIGHT by Sonia Flores Design

Retail Design Blog

Shinrin-Yoku BY UP_RIGHT is a cosmetic line based on the Japanese “forest bath” therapy. It focuses on balancing stress levels.

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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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ÄNG Restaurant by NORM Architects

Retail Design Blog

Sitting as a solitary diamond in the undulating fields of A?stad Vinga?rd – one of Sweden’s largest vineyards – Restaurang.

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AKRIS Boutique Saint Gallen by David Chipperfield Architects Milan

Retail Design Blog

Following a collaboration that began in 2018 between DCA Milan and the Kriemler brothers for the development of a new.