Wed.Oct 12, 2022

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Why growth is slowing at e-commerce giant Shopee

Inside Retail

Shopee, the e-commerce unit of Singapore-based Sea Ltd, is the market leader in Southeast Asia by revenue. But there are some big questions to be answered about where the business is headed. The company’s data shows it is now not only the e-commerce kingpin in its own neighbourhood but also the global leader in some metrics, such as time shoppers spend on the app.

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Carnaby announces Christmas installation in collaboration with Choose Love

Retail Focus

Carnaby is world famous for its iconic Christmas installations and this year Carnaby welcomes the world with an immersive display which will be illuminated from Thursday 3rd November. Since 1997 Carnaby has brought joy to Christmas shoppers with inventive and magical lights. The streets have seen a variety of themes including an underwater seascape , colourful r ainbows , oversized fairy lights , giant snowmen , 60s in?

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Lyre’s lures cocktail customers online with augmented reality bar

Inside Retail

Non-alcoholic spirits have been gaining momentum over the last few years, as consumers increasingly focus on their physical and mental health and turn away from habits they deem to be unhealthy. While consumption of alcohol spiked during the pandemic, perhaps due to the popularity of at-home cocktail making, Covid lockdowns also appear to have given a boost to zero per cent alternatives.

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Akeneo Announces Category-Changing Offering, Akeneo Product Cloud, Designed to Deliver World Class Product Experiences

Retail Focus

Akeneo, the global leader in product information management (PIM) and product experience management (PXM), introduced Akeneo Product Cloud at the first ever Unlock Boston conference. Already a market leader with its modern PIM offering, Akeneo Product Cloud will become the blueprint for c-suite leaders to consolidate, better orchestrate and optimise all of the components that go into creating a bold, compelling product story across any customer moment.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Marketing lessons from Oatly, Heaps Normal, Zero Co and Pilot

Inside Retail

Earlier this month, Inside FMCG launched the second annual Making it in Marketing report, in collaboration with Adobe, where we detailed a few of our favourite marketing campaigns from the past year and spoke to the people that made them happen. From puppet shows to tongue-in-cheek billboards, we’ve collected four of our favourite campaigns from the report, and some of the lessons the brands learned along the way.

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Point-of-Purchase (POP) Design Tips for the Festive Period

Retail Focus

While people often talk about the demise of the high street, there remains immense promise and opportunities for retail brands that operate from one of the 7,000 or so such locations in the UK. For example, some 10.3 million people (or 16% of the UK population) live within just 200 metres of their local high street. What’s more, high streets on these shores have experienced higher population growth in recent times, with this averaging out at 6% between 2012 and 2017.

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Your guide to the 10 best design museums in Milan and around

Design Wanted

DesignWanted collaborated with MuseoCity to create a guide featuring the 10 best design museums in Milan and around that showcase design all year like you’ve never […]. The post Your guide to the 10 best design museums in Milan and around appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Top 10 Largest Building and Construction Trade Shows in 2023 

Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

The construction industry is booming in the United States. According to Statista , the U.S. construction sector is valued at about 1.6 trillion US dollars. With so much growth in the industry, it’s no wonder there are so many massive building and construction trade shows. What’s even more fascinating is the overall value of the industry rose by 8% between 2020 and 2021.

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PDD collaborates with Trojan Energy to create hidden EV charging points

Design Week

PDD has collaborated with start-up clean tech company Trojan Energy to develop “innovative, first of a kind”, on-street electric vehicle (EV) chargers that are hidden from view when not in use. Trojan Energy had an existing patent on what it calls “flat-and-flush” EV on-street charging technology and needed a partner to “design the charger’s infrastructure”, according to PDD engineering design.

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How to Create a Selfie Wall for Dessert Shops and Cafes

Mindful Design

The picture-hungry Instagram crowd is a group that you should never underestimate. By using their appetite for picture sharing, you can make them work for you and your business. Creating a selfie wall for dessert shops, ice-cream parlors or cafes is an easy and often cheap way to offer them something to share, and keep […]. The post How to Create a Selfie Wall for Dessert Shops and Cafes appeared first on Mindful Design Consulting.

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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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Armani Exchange, London

Retail Store Windows

We had a bit of a deja vu moment with this scheme as we were sure we've seen this installation before (or at least the props). We did initially think that this was something Hugo Boss had done (using nuts and bolts) although it transpires that we had actually seen this scheme in Milan earlier this year. In this climate there is no shame of course in reusing schemes and many brands are doing it although many do make changes to their props before they reuse them.

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How A Hybrid Retail Event Experience Serves As Your Competitive Edge

RetailMinded

Hybrid events are the best of both the physical and virtual worlds. Today, your company can host a meeting, workshop, campaign, or conference with an in-person or virtual audience. It is a perfect choice, and you can accommodate all your customers, more so if there’s a limited number of tickets to your physical venue. . Also, a hybrid event places you ahead of your competition.

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Business and Human Rights: further calls from investors for mandatory UK human rights and environmental due diligence legislation

Eye on ESG

Investors across the globe are increasingly putting pressure on legislators to mandate human rights and environmental due diligence (“ HREDD “). The UK Government has not been immune from such pressure. As highlighted in our earlier blog post , in early September 2022, a group of 47 companies, investors, business associations and initiatives operating in the UK published a joint statement calling on the UK Government to mandate UK-operating companies and investors to conduct HREDD.

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Sparks co-working space by Cobra Studios

Retail Design Blog

For co-working brand Sparks’s new Brussels location, Cobra Studios taps into its location in an architectural landmark to create a.

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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 Ikea’s electric-vehicle pledge is raising the bar for retail

Inside Retail

Ikea is set to make all of its home deliveries by electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025, as part of the world’s number one furniture retailer’s aim to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) over the next eight years, the company’s CEO Jesper Brodin, said recently. He made the comments in an interview at the Reuters Impact conference, and went on to say that some cities are already ready for fully electric home deliveries, and many are working hard to build the infrastructure needed.

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University of Melbourne Southbank End of Trip by Searle x Waldron Architecture

Retail Design Blog

The University of Melbourne – End of Trip facilities are part of the recent transformation of the Southbank Campus, home.

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Singapore Enhances ESG Ecosystem with Launch of the ESG Impact Hub and ESGenome

Eye on ESG

Singapore recently launched two ESG initiatives to accelerate the growth of a “vibrant and robust” ESG ecosystem in the city state. The ESG Impact Hub ( Hub ) and ESGenome were launched on 5 October 2022 and 12 September 2022, respectively. ESG Impact Hub. Located in Singapore’s central business district , the Hub seeks to encourage co-location and collaboration between ESG FinTech start-ups and other stakeholders including solution providers and financial institutions.

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Fintwin Offices by APES

Retail Design Blog

APES designed a dynamic and bright space for the Fintwin offices in Hanoi, Vietnam. Minimalist, timeless and close to nature.

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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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The Electric Hummer Is a Mix Between an Ambulance and a Race Car

Robinson Meyer

The GMC Hummer EV was always going to be divisive. Even its name, which ported one of the most famous gas-guzzling brands of all time to the world of zero-emissions vehicles, was a kind of taunt. But this month, a viral video gave a sense of what a flash point the $110,000 car may be. Edmond Barseghian, a Los Angeles–based influencer and entrepreneur who drives exotic cars, has one hand on the wheel of the new Hummer pickup.

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A-COLD-WALL* store

Retail Design Blog

Last Summer, A-COLD-WALL* launched its first overseas store in Beijing, and now, with high hopes for the Chinese market, a.