Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Simply Roasted announce the opening of London’s first ever Pick ‘n’ Mix bar dedicated solely to one of the nation’s favourite go to savoury snacks, crisps. Positioned on the corner of one of Soho’s most instantly recognisable streets, where Air Street meets Brewer Street, the exclusive Pick ‘n’ Mix experience will give crisp lovers the opportunity to try Simply Roasted’s collection of award-winning triple cooked crisps, all completely free of charge, for one weekend only on Friday 25th to Sunday

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Burberry’s new chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd will on Thursday set out his plan to finish the job started by his predecessor: boosting growth at the British luxury brand to the levels of its European rivals. Akeroyd, who took over in April, will present his strategy alongside first-half results that will show the lingering impact of lockdown restrictions in China, Burberry’s biggest market.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Bang & Olufsen announces a new home for sound, design, and sensory experiences on London’s iconic New Bond Street in the heart of Mayfair. . Part of a 15-year redevelopment that restores a much-loved part of London to its former glory, Bang & Olufsen of Mayfair is located nearby the newly revitalised Hanover Square and the elegant Medici courtyard.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Uniqlo has expanded its Australian footprint, opening a new brick-and-mortar store in Adelaide’s Myer Centre. The new store, with 900sqm of floor space, will open on November 24 and provide a full line of Uniqlo life wear clothes for men, women, children, and newborns. It has 11 fitting rooms for customers and five self-checkout stations to improve the shopping experience.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Asda Pudsey customers will be able to pick up their favourite from a rotating range of freshly poured tipples after Craft on Draft, the fresh craft beer, cider and cocktail concept opened at the Asda Pudsey store in Leeds. Shoppers in Pudsey, Leeds, can now sample from a menu of 12 regularly changing beers, ciders and cocktails whilst seeking expert advice to find something that perfectly suits their tastes.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Westfield Parramatta has revealed details of its refurbished food precinct which will open on November 30 with eight new retailers as part of a $33 million project. The newly refurbished area will be anchored by major supermarket chains – a full-line Coles and a new Aldi – along with a big-format Asian grocer Tong Li. The precinct will also house fishmonger Zag Seafood, poultry shop JC Chicken with both fresh and cooked quality products, a Breadtop bakery, Two Deers Cafe, oOh!

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Australian-listed online luxury fashion retailer Cettire says it is experiencing a “strong profitable growth trajectory”. Cettire sales grew 82 per cent in October to $34.8 million compared to the same period last year while adjusted EBITDA was at least $3 million for the month. The boost in sales is driven by repeat customers and active users which grew 88 per cent to 297,358 members.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Global streetwear brand Ksubi have opened their first UK standalone store, located in the heart of Soho on 10 Carnaby Street. The opening will also coincide with the launch of a limited-edition collaboration with London-based artist Slawn. “London’s been calling us for some time with its buzzing music and arts communities. At Ksubi, we celebrate the triumph of the creative outsider – the rebels doing things their own way and to their own beat.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Tamalin Morton has been named the new CEO of Adore Beauty, commencing January 9, taking over from Tennealle O’Shannessy, who is leaving the business on December 30 to take up a new role. Morton has more than two decades of experience at leading retailers including Australian Pharmaceutical Industries’ Priceline, Kathmandu and Spotlight Retail Group.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sloane Stanley has announced that Chinti & Parker , the luxury womenswear brand, has opened its debut pop-up on the King’s Road, joining returning fashion favourites, Prochaine and Seraphina , as well as Dacre Art x Air Contemporary at 340 King’s Road. . Chinti & Parker has launched a 1,298 sq ft unit at 336 King’s Road, which will be in situ until February next year.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The quadrennial football tournament known as the Fifa World Cup is the most-watched sporting event globally, but this year’s competition, set to commence in Qatar on 21 November, is drawing attention for all the wrong reasons. Qatar has been plagued by allegations of corruption, bribery and human rights abuses ever since it was selected to host this year’s World Cup, back in 2010.

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The list of the most iconic figures in design wouldn’t be imaginable without Philippe Starck. The French genius has filled the world with beauty for nearly […]. The post Forward-thinking genius: 10 best Philippe Starck designs appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Business people around the world worry about working with foreign companies and people – because they don’t trust them. Americans are reluctant to work with folks from the Middle East, Australians describe Indonesia as a hard market and Brits worry about dealing with the French. Not many people are willing to extend trust, and it’s a problem. Trust is confidence in people, their integrity and abilities.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The James Dyson Award 2022 global winners have been announced, with a smart sensor designed to measure the pH level of wounds and a machine that recycles plastic bottles into affordable 3D printer filaments winning £30,000 each in development backing. The annual competition opens every year to students, recent graduates, young designers and inventors who must fulfil the brief of designing.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Two Adelaide entrepreneurs have rolled out a new on-the-go office concept called TaskPods to facilitate hybrid working across busy shopping centres, airports and transport hubs in the country. The modular office pods are the brainchild of Adam Morgan and Tyson Gundersen who also founded the Australian modular office solutions company, Bureau Booths.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Seven-time World Champion Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has joined forces with Monster Energy again to launch an all new Zero Sugar energy drink, which is available now, with a four-pack multipack variant joining the range in January 2023. Hamilton’s name is emblazoned across the top of the can, which features an eye-catching new design. This story continues at Monster Energy teams with Lewis Hamilton for new Zero Sugar variant.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sweetgreen (Los Angeles), a health food restaurant brand, will opened its first store with a drive-through pickup window, dubbed the “sweetlane,” in Schaumburg, Ill. The new configuration is the latest iteration of the company’s evolving restaurant experience, which involves testing new formats to meet customers where they are, the company says in a news release.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Bebeto is looking to mark its place in the Christmas confectionery aisle this year with the launch of its 1kg Bebeto Sweet Shop. The challenger brand owned by Kervan Gida UK is capitalising on the shopper trend for bigger sharing packs at Christmas time, with consumers drawn to fun, limited edition or seasonal-inspired packaging, in. This story continues at Bebeto ‘Sweet Shop’ launched in time for Christmas.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Academy Sports + Outdoors (Katy, Texas) says it plans to open 80-100 new stores in the coming five years. The company disclosed that blueprint for growth in a news release about the opening of its two newest stores – a 60,000-square-foot locale in Barboursville, W. Va., and a 50,000-square-foot one in Pinellas Park, Fla. Those openings, which both take place this weekend, bring the chain’s total new stores this year to nine.

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Mindful Design

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Fusion restaurant design: Mindful Design Consulting All photos: Mindful Design Consulting Curry Fusion is a restaurant in Texas that brings together elements and dishes from different cultures into flavorful culinary creations. The flavor and warmth of these dishes inspired us to create a restaurant interior that is a visual expression of these two attributes.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Qalara’s Wooden Faceted Cube Lamp. Created using the artisanal process of wood turning and hand cutting. Showcasing a distinctive wavy grain pattern, this eye-catching Wooden Faceted Cube Lamp was created using the artisanal process of wood turning and hand cutting. The Acacia wood it’s made from is reportedly naturally mold- and insect-resistant, as well as antibacterial.

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Retail Design Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

M&M’s, Berlin. Design: Landor & Fitch, New York City. Photography: Simon Lewis, New York CityThe Landor & Fitch team was on board to help M&Ms make its debut in continental Europe on Kurfürstendamm, Berlin’s most popular shopping street. For the 29,000-sq.-ft. store, the team created unique design elements dedicated to Berlin’s cultural and artistic roots from a graffiti wall inspired by the Berlin Wall, that provides the perfect photo op, and “Karaoke Garden,” a photo mome

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

eBay (San Jose, Calif.) has opened a temporary store in New York’s Diamond District that lets shoppers exchange jewelry, handbags and watches from brands like Gucci, Rolex and Van Cleef & Arpels. Located at 22 W. 47th Street, the eBay Luxury Exchange is open to the public Nov. 16-17. Operating during the district’s Jewelry Week, the eBay Luxury Exchange is designed to capitalize on the skyrocketing value of authenticated luxury items, the online auction house says.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Nisa’s Making a Difference Locally charity has helped retailers to support local projects and good causes with £150,000 in donations in October with its latest round of Heart of the Community Awards. The initiative enabled Nisa retailers to nominate a local community group to receive up to £3,000 of funding from Making a Difference Locally, This story continues at Nisa’s MADL charity donates £150,000 to support local communities.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Hera Lighting’s Panel-LED. Featuring an ultra-slim design and easy to install. Made to order, Panel-LED comes in any size up to 5-ft.-by-10-ft. Featuring an ultra-slim design and easy to install, it can be ordered with a snap frame so you can change the graphic as needed. Hera Lighting. POST CATEGORIES. MANUFACTURER: Hera Lighting. PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting.

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Bay Cities

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When it comes to POP displays, a cardboard box is definitely not just a cardboard box.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Newly released university research further explores how grocers and other retailers can take advantage of in-store cameras with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to read facial expressions — raising an eyebrow, opening eyes, smiling — to enhance store layouts, RetailWire reports. “Emotion-recognition algorithms work by employing computer vision techniques to locate the face, and identify key landmarks on the face, such as corners of the eyebrows, tip of the nose and corners of t

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Nisa is all set for kick off with the launch of a new ‘Big Deal’ to help retailers make the most of the upcoming World Cup football opportunity. The ever-popular pizza and beer offer has landed in stores today (Wednesday 16 November), in time for the start of the tournament ensuring shoppers can pick up. This story continues at Ready for kick off with a new Nisa ‘Big Deal’.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Newly-released university research further explores how grocers and other retailers can take advantage of in-store cameras with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to read facial expressions — raising an eyebrow, opening eyes, smiling — to enhance store layouts, RetailWire reports. “Emotion-recognition algorithms work by employing computer vision techniques to locate the face, and identify key landmarks on the face, such as corners of the eyebrows, tip of the nose and corners of t

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Proposing a circular vision of traditional market-hall design, SuperHub in Groningen, the Netherlands, is conceived as an interactive social space.

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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

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