Thu.Aug 04, 2022

article thumbnail

Lids unveils first NBA physical stores in Australia

Inside Retail

American sports retailer Lids – which operates the US NBA’s flagship stores – has opened Australia’s first, in Melbourne, Victoria with a second planned for Sydney later this year. Both stores will sell a range of official NBA and WNBA team and league-branded merchandise and memorabilia, including exclusive hyperlocal NBA products, apparel, headwear, jerseys, sporting goods and collectibles from brands such as Nike, New Era, Mitchell & Ness and Wilson.

article thumbnail

Kylie Cosmetics turns Covent Garden pink with an interactive ‘Kylie Jenner Glam Park’ celebrating its latest cosmetic and skincare launches

Retail Focus

Kylie Cosmetics and Coty has partnered with London’s iconic Covent Garden to engage fans with its ‘Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner Glam Park’ – a fully immersive and unique beauty experience to celebrate the latest cosmetic and skincare launches and summer glam looks. Perfectly positioned on the Covent Garden Piazza from 11th – 14th August 2022, the Kylie Cosmetics Glam Park will be on everyone’s lips as they will be able to enjoy bespoke make-up and skin consultations, a virtual reality world t

Location 246
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Alibaba revenue growth flatlines for first time as China’s lockdowns bite

Inside Retail

Alibaba Group has reported flat quarterly revenue growth for the first time in its history, showing how China’s Covid lockdowns have hit its business. The slowdown adds to challenges facing China’s e-commerce giant, which has enjoyed double-digit revenue growth almost every quarter since it went public in 2014, as it navigates Beijing’s crackdown on tech companies as well as its scrutiny of founder Jack Ma.

Promotion 246
article thumbnail

what’s next for retail?

Retail Focus

The past 2 years have resulted in some major changes to the retail industry, such as a significant increase in online shopping, the rise of localisation and other changes in consumer behaviours. The question we need to be asking is what is next for the retail sector? Pre-pandemic, engagement with global environmental issues was mired in a false sense of security and widespread apathy.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Shift left: How Domino’s culture of prototyping led to digital dominance

Inside Retail

Data and technology have long been a part of Domino’s Pizza’s success. From the early roll out of its Pizza Checker technology in 2019, ensuring its products are always up to standard, to the fact that digital sales made up 78.2 per cent of the business’ total sales in FY21. During the pandemic, as more people shopped from home and needed food delivered in isolation, Domino’s was quick to launch a contact-free home delivery service.

Concept 130
article thumbnail

Icon outlet at the O2 signs Murmur for debut London site

Retail Focus

Icon Outlet at The O2, developed by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, has announced the signing of luxury homeware brand Murmur, marking the brand’s first ever London outlet store. The 1,637sq ft store is set to open in early August and will be located on Icon Outlet’s upper ground level, featuring a comprehensive range of bed linen, towels, throws and cushions, accessories, home fragrance and gifting options.

Gifts 147

More Trending

article thumbnail

Prochaine selects King’s Road for its debut store

Retail Focus

Sloane Stanley has announced the arrival and debut bricks and mortar store for Prochaine, on the King’s Road this summer. The sustainability-conscious womenswear multi-brand pop-up store features a selection of environmentally responsible labels in one curated space. Prochaine, the carbon neutral, sustainability-conscious womenswear brand, has launched on 340 King’s Road, showcasing a selection of brands until the end of August.

Curate 147
article thumbnail

Coles Group opens Tasmania’s first Liquorland

Inside Retail

Coles has launched the first Liquorland store in Tasmania, in tandem with opening its first new supermarket in the state in 12 years. The new store, at Glebe Hill Village, features a selection of Tasmanian beverages, as well as Liquorland’s Tasmanian brands such as Beyond the Wilderness Wines and Pure Origin Vodka and Gin. Local sourcing is a major focus for the brand, according to Darren Blackhurst, CEO of Coles Liquor, and Liquorland will collaborate with more than 60 local suppliers and produ

Boutique 130
article thumbnail

Superdry selects Icon Outlet at the O2

Retail Focus

Icon Outlet at The O2, developed by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, has announced the signing of the premium apparel brand, Superdry, adding to the destination’s line up of over 60 premium retail brands. Located on Icon Outlet’s Upper Level, Superdry’s 3,541sq ft store, will open in late August, stocking the brand’s authentic apparel collection, including T-shirts, tops, hoodies, sweatshirts, knitwear, jeans, loungewear and a full range of accessories.

Apparel 147
article thumbnail

Opinion: Why exclusivity is the future of retail

Inside Retail

Once upon a time, starting a retail business began with securing a physical retail space. You had to find a location with the right amount of passing foot traffic, design your window displays to lure customers in, and use the mix of products and customer service to ensure people would keep coming back. But in a post-pandemic world, retail begins online.

Consumer 130
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Are Contactless Payments The “New Normal” For The Retail Industry?

Retail Focus

At the beginning of the pandemic, massive shifts and changes were needed for a multitude of industries and the way they operate. One of the industries that saw extensive change was the retail industry, especially when it came to finding solutions for safe and reliable methods of payment. . The ability to be able to pay for goods and services without having to make physical contact was a high priority for retailers looking to keep staff and customers safe while conducting business.

Form 130
article thumbnail

“It’s put us on the map”: why design studios are becoming B Corps

Design Week

“Becoming a certified B Corporation is by no means an easy process,” says Nice and Serious co-founder Tom Tapper. “You’ll need to invest a significant amount of time, so don’t expect it to happen overnight.” A few years after the London-based studio’s first application, it was certified in 2020 – joining 700 other UK-based B Corps.

Design 112
article thumbnail

Europe’s biggest purpose-built giant swing, standing at 46-metres tall, will open at Bluewater this month

Retail Focus

Landsec has announced the opening of two ‘UK first’ attractions at Bluewater, Kent as the destination expands its partnership with Hangloose Adventures. Europe’s biggest purpose-built giant swing, standing at 46-metres tall, will open at Bluewater this month. Skydive, a free-fall experience not found anywhere else in Europe, and the UK’s only outdoor sky dive machine, will follow later this summer.

Outdoor 130
article thumbnail

The St. Louis World’s Fair: When Presidents Attended Expos 

Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

Crazy facts about the St. Louis World’s Fair. If you’re interested in how trade shows, conferences and summits became an essential part of American business, you’ll want to brush up on the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. All the classic elements that make up a trade show are present from almost a hundred and twenty years ago, including exhibit design , networking, and discovering new products. .

Outdoor 98
article thumbnail

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

article thumbnail

Axel Arigato opens "upside-down" pop-up sneaker shop in Selfridges

Dezeen

Trainers injected with magnets climb the walls and polystyrene ceiling tiles line the floor of Axel Arigato 's "upside-down" office-themed sneaker pop-up in London's Selfridges department store. Installed in Selfridge's first-floor menswear department for 12 months, the topsy-turvy pop-up store is a departure from the stone displays and pared-back colour palette ordinarily associated with the Swedish streetwear label 's retail environments.

article thumbnail

The Power of Nostalgic Spaces

Form Room

An all important question for brands is how to create an emotional connection with their customers, and even more importantly for us as an agency, how to create spaces that reinforce this connection.

Space 52
article thumbnail

UK exporters report ongoing post-Brexit challenges but continue to prioritise overseas growth

E Delevry

Research from DHL Express has revealed mixed perspectives among small and medium sized British exporters for the remainder of the year, with one third feeling the outlook for their business is more positive for 2022, with the remaining disagreeing (30%) or undecided (37%). Reflecting on the time since the UK’s exit from the EU, businesses surveyed reported ongoing challenges and concerns since the departure, including volume of paperwork (45%) and complexity of regulations (50%).

article thumbnail

The Power of Nostalgic Spaces

Form Room

An all important question for brands is how to create an emotional connection with their customers, and even more importantly for us as an agency, how to create spaces that reinforce this connection.

Space 52
article thumbnail

Planning the Architecture of Your Modular DXP

Are you considering moving away from a monolith platform and over to composable architecture? Join experts from Google Cloud, GroupBy, and Orium as they discuss the benefits of moving to a modular digital experience platform. In this masterclass, uncover key indicators that show your brand is ready for a modular DXP, and learn how to lay the foundation for composable commerce.

article thumbnail

Empowering small villages with an enriching culture and history

Design Wanted

Evoking emotions, Amalia Puga presents ‘Entre Redes’ – an extraordinary collection rooted in the community of A Guarda, shedding light on their significant traditions of the […]. The post Empowering small villages with an enriching culture and history appeared first on DesignWanted.

Light 52
article thumbnail

Officine Universelle Buly store by Art Recherche Industrie

Retail Design Blog

Although already well-represented in Tokyo‘s urban sprawl with seven standalone boutiques and shop-in-shops, Officine Universelle Buly sees room for further.

Art 52
article thumbnail

Copenhagen Contemporary Café: 25 designers reimagine wood offcuts for seating

Design Wanted

Located in a repurposed welding workshop occupying an area of 7,000-square-meters with the perfect blend of an industrial and immersive space – Copenhagen Contemporary is one […]. The post Copenhagen Contemporary Café: 25 designers reimagine wood offcuts for seating appeared first on DesignWanted.

article thumbnail

Norfolk Southern Corporation Headquarters by HOK

Retail Design Blog

HOK honored the values of innovation and strength when designing Norfolk Southern‘s Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Norfolk Southern’s new Atlanta.

Design 52
article thumbnail

How Personalized Customer Experiences Drive Retail Growth and Revenue

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

article thumbnail

Does Anyone Care About the Metaverse?

Chutegerdeman

The post Does Anyone Care About the Metaverse? appeared first on Chute Gerdeman.

Design 52
article thumbnail

Jins store by Yuko Nagayama and Associates

Retail Design Blog

Optical retailer Jins is revitalizing its bricks-and-mortar offer with the integration of a café-bakery and a play space at its.

Space 52
article thumbnail

Why brands are developing an appetite for cutting food waste

Inside Retail

The scale of the global food waste problem is sobering. United Nations data has shown that if food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally (8-10 per cent of global emissions). Worldwide, 811 million people are under-nourished, accounting for 45 per cent of deaths of children under 5 years old, the UN states.

Consumer 130
article thumbnail

Únic by Dobble Brand

Retail Design Blog

Únic: Ugly, misshapen fruit, but just as good. In general, what is different is not liked or mistrusted, that is.

52
article thumbnail

Retails Next Frontier: Exploring and Proving the Value of AI

AI is everywhere. It’s in customer service interactions, product recommendations, marketing outreach, and yes, even commerce experiences. But not every use of AI provides the same value to your brand. In this masterclass, experts from Constructor, commercetools, Contentstack, and Orium discuss how AI can complement your composable tech stack and help bring in immediate ROI.

article thumbnail

Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Modibodi founder exits company. After almost a decade at the helm of leakproof apparel retailer Modibodi, founder Kristy Chong (pictured) is stepping down as CEO. . Chong made the decision after selling the business to Swedish health company Essity for $140 million in July, a premium of more than 24 times EBITDA, according to Business News Australia.

Fashion 130
article thumbnail

Pink Gorilla Coffee by Plainoddity

Retail Design Blog

As if a gorilla looks ferocious and wild, it is actually a vegetarian animal. The space concept was designed to.

Concept 52
article thumbnail

How Indigenous brands are using the ‘power of fashion’ to create change

Inside Retail

Clothing The Gaps co-founder Laura Thompson was one of six First Nations fashion and textile designers and artists to be recognised at the National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA) in Darwin on Wednesday. . Taking home the Business Achievement Award, Thompson said it was humbling to be singled out among so many impressive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.

Fashion 130