Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Target Australia has unveiled a new slogan that aims to convey the brand’s renewed focus on families and affordable quality as part of its latest turnaround : ‘that’s Target’. The phrase features in a series of television and digital ads that launched last week ahead of Christmas. The ads speak to the pressures of being a parent and how Target makes life easier, whether it’s by offering convenient online shopping options, or inspirational products at great prices.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland (GBI) has announced the opening of OMEGA’s largest franchise boutique in the UK on Liverpool ONE’s upper South John Street. Created in partnership with David M Robinson, the new 2,000 sq ft store showcases OMEGA’s Speedmaster, Constellation, Seamaster and De Ville collections for men and women, and is an authorised repair centre.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Activewear brand Exie has launched its first three bricks-and-mortar stores, bringing its bold athleisure and loungewear to Westfield Fountain Gate and Eastland in Victoria last week, and Sunshine Plaza in Queensland earlier this month. The brand, which was picked up by Accent Group in 2020, has used an industrial aesthetic throughout the Victorian sites, which were originally slated to launch in August.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Boursin has launched a plant-based alternative for its Garlic & Herbs cheese. Boursin Plant-Based Garlic & Herbs will be available from February 2022 in a 130g resealable format, retailing at £3. The launch will be supported by in-store and online activity. The brand said 86% of plant-based meals are being eaten by non-vegans and dairy-free.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As restrictions lift around the country spending levels are rising to pre-lockdown levels, with spending across the country up 20 per cent during the week to October 29 compared to the same period of 2019. Commonwealth Bank chief economist Stephen Halmarick said in-store purchases and spending on services both ticked higher for the week, though there has not been a corresponding drop in demand for online purchases or goods.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Spar Scotland has this week launched a project to donate £26,000 to environmental schemes chosen by their customers during the COP26 Glasgow climate change conference. The effort will run until 12 November and involve the Scottish retail group contributing £1000 each to 26 different green groups. Colin McLean, Spar Scotland’s chief executive, said: “We are.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Royal Mail has revealed its 2021 Christmas stamp collection, featuring Nativity scenes by post-cubist artist Jorge Cocco. The stamps have been designed by Bath-based studio Supple. As well as six separate stamp designs, Supple has also created presentation packs, first day covers, and two postmarks. (Click gallery images above for full view). According to studio founder Jamie Ellul, Royal Mail’s brief sought to incorporate an artist with an unusual style or use of materials, following the

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Online bookstore Booktopia has launched a subscription ebook service in Australia, giving its customers access to more than 500,000 titles for $13.99 a month. The subscription, which comes by way of the business’ partnership with Rakuten Kobo, is called Kobo Plus and allows readers to access the titles through the Booktopia App and Kobo Readers, which are sold by Booktopia.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Smirnoff has expanded its flavoured range with a Mango & Passionfruit Twist vodka. The 700ml variant will be available exclusively from Tesco and Booker wholesalers from 3 November (tomorrow), before rolling out to other markets from March 2022. It will retail at £16.50 and £15.99 for a price-marked variant. The launch follows the roll-out of. This story continues at Smirnoff bolsters flavours range with tropical vodka.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The pandemic has significantly changed shopper behaviour – from what they buy, to how they buy, and even how much they spend. Not only that, but the pandemic has also changed consumers’ expectations of retailers, with customers increasingly seeking convenience, speed, and transparency from the brands they shop with. In order to help navigate these trends and connect with the post-pandemic shopper, ShipStation, in conjunction with Inside Retail, have released a new research report, Making The Dif

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Food-to-go brand Rollover is adding meat-free burgers to its portfolio, in a move designed to “support its customers’ needs for more meat-free options”. Rollover Meat-Free Burgers are made with pea protein and come pre-cooked and frozen in packs of 60, alongside a 30-pack of buns. The brand is supplying retailers with POS, digital screen content, This story continues at Rollover taps into meat-free trend with latest launch.

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Celebrating its 20th-anniversary last month (16 – 24 October 2021), Dutch Design Week returned to Eindhoven with a city-wide programme of events, exhibitions and initiatives. With this year’s theme of ‘The Greater Number’, Dutch Design Week (DDW) called for a critical look at our way of producing and consuming. Designers were invited to think about the current state of the world, considering major influences including the pandemic as well as the climate crisis, inclusivity and health and wellbei

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

One Stop has launched a programme to provide financial backing and other support for students starting university in 2022. Applications are now open for the scheme, which will provide a bursary of £15,000 each to four students to take some of the pressure off higher education costs. The scheme is for those undertaking a degree. This story continues at One Stop launches scheme to fund students through university.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Virtual conference: Around. Hosted by the founders of digital design platform Gravity Sketch , Around will explore what organisers are calling “the new age of industrial design” The focus will be on how things like virtual reality (VR) and 3D ideation are changing for designers. Speakers will include representative from the likes of Adidas, Ford and Occulus, as well as other designers working the fields of CAD, product, VR and industrial design.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nisa is offering its retailers a range of offers to boost business around Guy Fawkes night. Offers include Ye Olde Oak Jumbo Hot Dogs 560g and Baker Street Classic Hot Dog Rolls 4-Pack for £1 each, Co-op Baking Potatoes 4-pack also at just £1, Stagg Chili 400g at £1.50 and Ben’s Original Long Grain Rice. This story continues at Guy Fawkes offers for Nisa retailers.

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RetailMinded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Consumer sentiment impacts purchase decisions in a variety of ways, and among them includes why they buy one garment versus another. For many customers, cost will be a deciding factor on what they purchase. For others, how they feel in what they choose to buy will persuade their purchase decision. And yet for others, they aim to purchase garments that deliver value in durability.

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Talking Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

JTI is adding a 50g format to its Sterling Essential Rolling Tobacco range, in a move designed to “tap into the demand for value roll-your-own products”. Following the budget announcement earlier this week, JTI is supporting retailers and wholesalers by keeping the price low on Sterling Essential Rolling Tobacco 30g, as well as introducing a brand new 50g format to.

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Retailing Insight

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

R emember April of 2020 when we were all wondering what the new normal would be post- pandemic? Today, we are inching toward 2022 with the understanding that the pandemic is still a part of our world and the new normal is here. This coming year will set the new shopping trends in stone for the next decade and create a new standard for retailers to pay attention to and master.

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

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

New data has shown that the UK started preparing for Christmas significantly earlier than usual this year. People began researching their Christmas purchases online as early as mid-July, a good five to six weeks ahead of the traditional uptick in seasonal interest identified in previous years.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ralph Lauren flagship stores may offer shoppers the option to use textile coloring technology to custom color their polo shirts in store, according to CNBC. The apparel retailer has been working with textile dye scientists at Dow on a new process for cotton dyeing it calls ECOFAST Pure that reduces chemicals, water and energy use. “Ralph Lauren will be able to do something like put Color on Demand in one of their flagship stores in New York next year so that you can go in and get your Ralph Laur

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This is a long-term project, it has been started before the pandemic and is now ready to open. This is.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Jenna Owens, Chief Operating Officer, at GameStop (Grapevine, Texas) will leave the company just seven months after joining, according to CNBC. GameStop did not specify why Owens was leaving; a regulatory filing states that both parties had entered into a separation agreement that went into effect Oct. 25. The retailer recently grabbed headlines when amateur investors on Reddit fueled a “short squeeze,” forcing investors that were shorting the stock in hopes its price would drop to repurchase th

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The project is located in Harbin. Harbin, as the Moscow of the East, has a special historical process and geographical.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ulta Beauty (Bolingbrook, Ill.) has partnered with DoorDash to offer same-day delivery to its customers looking for “instant beauty gratification,” according to USA Today. The move follows an announcement of same-day delivery by Sephora weeks earlier. “We see consumers looking for faster and more convenient ways to get their favorite brands delivered same-day,” Shanna Prevé, DoorDash VP, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A dramatic shift in UK consumer spending over the pandemic will leave high street apparel stores with a £14.5bn (€17bn) hole in sales by 2025 if changes are not made, according to research by Retail Economics commissioned by Eversheds Sutherland.

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Retail Store Windows

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

We're trying so hard not to be mean about this brand (none of us need it right now, do we?) although a little part of us does tend to die when we look at their schemes. There is a certain style to what they do which can never really work out but they do produce a lot of schemes for which we are grateful at least. We're guessing the idea is that this a pop-up book, maybe?

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

“SUN MUAY THAI KICKBOXING & FITNESS”, launch a second gym in the business area in Osaka. It has Muay Thay.

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Retailing Insight

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A s I review my first 74 years, it’s become increasingly clear I’ve been a spiritual seeker all my life, even before I had the vocabulary to articulate it. To paraphrase Reba McEntire, who was “Country before Country was cool,” I was “New Age” before New Age was cool. I came of age in the mid-60s, perfectly placed at one of the centers of higher consciousness of that era, at the Universe-City of Buffalo.

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Retail Design Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Following the “pleasure rituals” concept, we have designed a space that creates a sense of comfort, intimacy and softness –.

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Retail Times

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Does your child have a giant imagination? Can they be found dreaming up new games and make-believe amusements? If so, PoundToy needs their creative mind to design their next toy.

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