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ARKET opens flagship store in Seoul – second destination in Korea

Retail Focus

Nordic lifestyle brand ARKET opens a new flagship store in Seoul on 9 April. Located in a six-floor building at Garosugil 30, in the vibrant shopping and cultural district of Gangnam, the new 0 0 4 0 2 3 – 9 4 0 store is ARKET’s second physical destination in Korea. Based in Stockholm, ARKET is a lifestyle destination with carefully made fashion and interior essentials for women, men, children, as well as a New Nordic vegetarian café.

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Product design’s gender crisis: “If businesses don’t adapt they’ll become obsolete”

Design Week

“I realised at some point nothing was changing in product design,” Kinneir Dufort (KD) CEO Merle Hall recalls. “I’m still hearing the same stories and having the same conversations.” Those stories are of widespread gender imbalance and its implications for the industry. One example Hall mentions is a trigger spray designed for the Chinese market that had to be pulled as the handle was too big.

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Design awards in Asia – Call for entries now open for 2021 Golden Pin Design Award

Design Wanted

For the first time, Tom Dixon and Taku Satoh will be on the jury of the Taiwanese Golden Pin Design Award: designers from around the world are now welcome to apply. The 2021 Golden Pin Design Award (GPDA), one of the iconic annual design awards in Asia, is now calling for entries, opening up a great opportunity for design talents from across the world to showcase their products and projects that cater to Asian societies globally.

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Interiors inspiration: Design Week favourite recent projects

Design Week

EGO Hair Salon, by IS Architecture and Design. IS Architecture and Design was briefed to turn a disused gym into a space age hair salon. One of the most striking things about this project is the use of green floor-to-ceiling throughout, which as the studio points out creates an “abstract space” This feeling is complimented by looming archways that create “a space shuttle-like hub” and an oversized ceiling lamp which acts as an “artificial acrylic sun” Juxtapos

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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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Gridded steel facade evokes bamboo forest at Hermès store in Tokyo

Dezeen

Parisian studio RDAI has designed a store on Tokyo 's prestigious Omotesando street for fashion house Hermès , which was designed to evoke aspects of Japanese nature and culture. The 488-square-metre store is the first freestanding Hermès outlet in Tokyo since the brand opened its Ginza emporium in 2001, which was also designed by RDAI. Above: a Hermès store on Tokyo's Omotesando Avenue.

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In the process of design with Sukwoo Lee, founder of SWNA

Design Wanted

Korean studio SWNA was established by Sukwoo Lee to metaphorically solve the class conflict between 2D and 3D thinking. Embracing the third dimension all along the design process became the key for SWNA to deliver meaningful objects, environments and strategies. How many times as designers do we hear about ‘human-centered design’? Defined by IDEO as a creative approach to problem solving which starts from people and arrives at innovative solutions, it also does leave space for person

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Meet the Calatea Green chair by Cristina Celestino for Pianca

Design Wanted

Made using recycled and recyclable materials. Calatea Green is a sustainable re-edition of the Calatea chair by Italian designer Cristina Celestino for Italian furniture brand Pianca. Italian designer Cristina Celestino has redesigned her 2017 Calatea chair for Pianca, using eco-friendly materials in support of a circular economy model. The chair, which is made from 90% recycled materials , was unveiled earlier this year in Turin during the inauguration of Green Pea, Italy’s first Green Retail P

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The Importance Of Packaging And Shipping During COVID-19

RetailMinded

Why is packaging so important? It’s easy to overlook the vital role that packaging provides in our everyday lives and the added convenience it offers every day. From keeping each grain of rice together and in one place, to holding our cooking oil, packaging pervades almost every corner of everyday life. Packaging and shipping allow the modern world to function at ever-increasing levels of complexity.

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Spring into Savings!

Dimensional Impact

New promotions for the first half of April! Choose from these two options: - 10% OFF ALL PRODUCTS on all orders over $1000 in product cost OR -FREE SHIPPING when you buy 20+ 3D Slatwall or Decorative Panels (8ft) You’ll save hundreds or even THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS on any order you place! This is a limited time promotion, so order now! If you’d like to buy direct, you can find these same savings on our storefront page, SuperiorShiplapandSlatwall.com.

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Hermes extends location partnership with PostTag

E Delevry

Delivery specialist Hermes has extended its partnership with PostTag which allows automatic location checking, reducing the risk of failed deliveries because of poor addressing. It follows an initial six-month partnership. Now every part of the business, and all Hermes customers, will benefit from the PostTag technology which checks, verifies and locates precise addresses as an order is placed meaning an increase in first time delivery rates even for hard-to-find locations.

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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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One Year Later: Retail Leaders Reflect on Lessons & Learnings From COVID-19

RepslyBlog

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges and obstacles throughout the 2020 calendar year, forcing many companies to re-examine how they work and operate from the top-down. For many CPG brands and their field teams this, unfortunately, meant reducing headcount, following strict protocols and guidelines, and embracing uncertainty in a time of tumultuous change.

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Wincanton gets cosy with Snug

E Delevry

Wincanton is to provide online furniture retailer Snug with efulfilment, stock management and final-mile home delivery services following the signing of a new three-and-a-half-year contract. The company will offer an end-to-end supply chain for Snug, which launched its sofa in a box concept in 2019. Wincanton’s services will include the management of inbound container stock; inventory management and stockholding; pick and despatch of customer orders and the handling and processing of retur

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Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance: What are the Risks, Really?

Hunton Andrews Kurth

Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) – like climate change and environmental justice – has been a hot topic of discussion in the early days of the Biden administration. Illustrating the interconnectedness of the trending issues, climate change and environmental justice are pillars of ESG. The ESG-related activity at the federal government is just getting started.

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Results focus: How Next’s investment in online warehousing paid off in 2020

E Delevry

Next, which released its year-end results today, says that a focus on its online warehouse capacity during 2020 helped it cope with the challenges that a growth in online sales, as well as the impact of social distancing rules in its sites, created during the pandemic. The company has invested around £100 million over the last two years on capital projects to improve storage capacity and throughput within its warehouse network.

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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