Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Buy now pay later (BNPL) services have quickly become commonplace for consumers. Company reports for ASX-listed BNPL providers outline that the value of BNPL transactions grew by 55 per cent in 2019-20 , and in the last two financial years, BNPL transactions have tripled. Offering people the ability to spread out their payments for goods and services across regular intervals enables consumers to better manage their own cash flow.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Designer Es Devlin has brought 197 trees with her to Glasgow’s COP26 conference. The small forest will be the setting for the New York Times Climate Hub, which is set to host a series of keynote talks from the likes of Greta Thunberg, Malala Yousafzai and Ban Ki-moon while heads of state debate climate action elsewhere in the city. The 197 living trees each represent a country.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Australia-based Vietnamese food restaurant chain, Roll’d, is set to accelerate its expansion plan with an international debut in the US next year, to be followed by more overseas markets. The restaurant chain will open its first US store in Salt Lake City next May, paving the way for more international restaurants to come, including Canada, the UK, France, Japan and New Zealand.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Calbee UK has expanded its Loaded range of savoury snacks, following the launch of Loaded Fries in October 2020. Loaded Bites are available from Bestway Direct in two flavours – BBQ Beef and Sour Cream & Onion – in a 6x16g multi-packs, 55g £1 price-marked packs and 90g sharing bags. Jon Wood, commercial director at. This story continues at Calbee expands Loaded range.

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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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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Strandbags is gearing up for a big few weeks of online shopping as consumers snap up steeply discounted products during its Click Frenzy and Black Friday sales. The luggage chain plans to offer multiple “doorbuster” deals on its e-commerce sites in Australia and New Zealand, where it will slash prices on certain products for a limited number of hours.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has welcomed the publication of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) report into the card-acquiring market. Published this week, the report recognises the need to encourage retailers to search and switch or negotiate a better deal with existing providers and to reduce the obstacles to retailers getting a better.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Kroger (Cincinnati) and Bed Bath and Beyond (BBB, Union, N.J.) have entered into a strategic collaboration to offer Kroger customers a selection of BBB home and baby products through Kroger.com and in a small-scale physical store pilot at select Kroger stores in 2022, according to a press release. “This strategic online collaboration and in-store pilot will provide Kroger shoppers easy access to essential home and baby products alongside their favorite grocery staples – continuing to fulfill our

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Phil Leahy steps down as CEO of Retail Global to focus on new venture. Seventeen years after launching Retail Global, Phil Leahy (top row, second from right) is stepping down from his role as CEO of the retail events business to focus on MedCart, an online marketplace for medical supplies that he started during Covid-19. . “To be back in e-commerce, especially in the role of leading a new marketplace, is so much fun!

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Captain Morgan is adding an apple flavour to its line-up this autumn. Captain Morgan Sliced Apple is rolling out into selected convenience stores this month, with a wider roll-out across the trade in spring 2022. The 200ml bottle is priced at £16.50 and is supported by more than £1m of marketing investment in its first. This story continues at Captain Morgan rolls out apple variant.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Australian-based supplements company Blackmores is primed to take advantage of a post-Covid wellness boom in India, following its recent entry into the market. By 2025, the business is aiming to connect a billion consumers globally to the power of natural health and its expansion into the Indian market will play an important role in reaching that goal.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Online luxury resale retailerThe RealReal has signed a lease for a 2200-square-foot space in Santa Monica, Calif., reports Globe St.com. The retailer already operates stores in Orange County and West Hollywood. The new store, located at 26th St. and San Vicente, is in an area populated by retailers including Nordstrom Local, Goop, Theory, Christian Louboutin and James Perse.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We chat with Coco Republic creative director and co-owner Anthony Spon-Smith about his design business heroes, the most overrated furniture trends and his dream to one day design a hotel. The perfect work day is … there is no same day. Monotony is the death of an inspiring job in my opinion. Generally, my brain works best in the morning so for all creative jobs, whether they be sketching, thinking about structures or financials I try to take the time in the mornings.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Amid a “Great Resignation” that saw 3 percent of the country’s labor force leave their jobs in August, Dick’s Sporting Goods (Pittsburgh) has found ways to retain its employees, in no small part to the “zero-tolerance” policy it holds for disrespectful customers, Fortune writes. Paloma DeNardis, head of inclusion and diversity at Dick’s, says that policy has empowered store managers to escort customers from the premises when de-escalation efforts don’t succeed.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

More than three quarters of customers (77%) have either increased or plan to increase their fruit and vegetable consumption, according to the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD). The latest research from the group also found that 16% now list the environment “as their main motivator for healthy and sustainable eating”. The research, based on 1,368.

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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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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

New York-based private equity group Blackstone is selling Streets of Woodfield just six years after purchasing it, reports Patch.com. The 693,000-square-foot shopping center in Schaumburg, Ill., was reportedly purchased by Blackstone for $168.15 million in 2015, but its current value is estimated at $110 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Outside Directory, which lists around 1,000 designers based outside of London, has launched in an attempt to showcase talent beyond the capital city. The project has been led by Craig Oldham and Alice Fraser from Office of Craig, based in Manchester. The site was developed by digital designer Mike Ash, also based in Manchester. It uses F37 Bolton as its typeface, created by Face37’s Rick Banks, another Manchester-based designer.

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Soldout is a recently-established limited=edition sneakers platform brand by Musinsa, which is the largest multi-brand online fashion store in South.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Iceland is to become plastic neutral next year, by recycling the equivalent of its total plastic consumption. At the same time, the supermarket will continue its effort to be plastic-free in its own-label products. In order to make sure it becomes plastic neutral Iceland has linked up with the organization Seven Clean Seas, a plastic. This story continues at Iceland pledges to go plastic neutral next year.

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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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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The current approach to managing an organization’s workplace is often at great odds with the notion of flexibility and rapid change. A different approach to the execution and delivery of effective workspace is needed for organizations to truly become agile and flexible. PDR’s Larry Lander offers an in-depth guide to creating a flexible workplace that will serve organizations far into the future.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Midcounties Co-op has launched a click & collect service in 25 of its stores. The retailer says that the service will run across stores that cover Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. One of the ideas of the new service is to showcase the Co-op’s Best of Our Counties range, previously only available in. This story continues at Midcounties Co-op highlights local produce in new click & collect service.

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Retail Store Windows

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We've seen some really great schemes at this brand although this was some time ago when we seem to remember that they had a store along Bond street? Weren't they in the current Victoria's Secret site years ago? Anyway, while they've been on Mount street we havent really felt inclined to capture their windows as nothing very exciting happens here although great to see an artist collaboration for now.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Sainsbury’s has reported solid first half profits this year, despite like-for-like sales slowing in the second quarter. The supermarket’s grocery sales grew by 0.8% in the 28 weeks to 18 September compared with the same period last year and 9.1% up from two years ago. General merchandise sales were down 5.8% on last year but. This story continues at Sainsbury’s profits solid as it plans modest convenience store expansion this year.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

NFT’-s (non-fungible tokens) are scarce and rare collectibles for the digital age. Each item is minted to the blockchain, a digital ledger, certifying the provenance and ownership history. A first for the brand, the NFT campaign will allow skateboarding enthusiasts and Olympic fans to own a unique piece of Sky Brown art in the form of a Sky Brown x Yoplait avatar, which will incorporate moments from Sky’s medal winning moments at Tokyo 2020.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Newsquest’s decision to cut retailers’ margins at the same time as it increases the cover prices of many of its weekly newspaper titles has been branded a disgrace by the NFRN. The newsagents’ organisation said that the combination of the price rise in many titles of up to 7p contrasted with Newsquest’s decision to reduce. This story continues at Newsquest upsets newsagents by cutting their margin on newspaper sales.

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

C. Matthey is a family-owned German bookbinder manufacture with a strong passion for their craft. By launching three DIY bookbinding.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

There was a noticeable improvement in footfall during October, to -13.4% lower than in 2019 compared with -17.4% in September, according to the latest retail data from Springboard.

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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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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As an increasingly important hibernation spot for sun-worshipping Europeans, Dubai amps it up each autumn to keep abreast with this.

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All Work

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The current approach to managing an organization’s workplace is often at great odds with the notion of flexibility and rapid change. A different approach to the execution and delivery of effective workspace is needed for organizations to truly become agile and flexible. PDR’s Larry Lander offers an in-depth guide to creating a flexible workplace that will serve organizations far into the future.

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Thrifts and Tangles

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Now is the perfect time to get a head start on holiday gift shopping. Especially since most of the shopping will probably take place online this year. I’ve compiled a list of gifts that are perfect for the jewelry lover, skincare lover, comfort lover, and foodie lover on your list. I also included some items […]. The post 15 Ethical Gift Ideas for All Price Points appeared first on Thrifts and Tangles.

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Paul Coenen uses the flexibility of sheet metal to form rigid structures in his ‘Tension’ series. When piecing together sheets of stainless steel Netherlands-based designer Paul Coenen doesn’t use screws, glue or any other fasteners. He doesn’t weld the pieces together either. Instead, he uses the tension created by the material to form shelves, bowls and other decorative objects that are structurally sound.

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