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wooden tones + sweeping curves captivate shoppers inside bottega veneta’s st tropez store

Design Boom

the brand creates a continuous flow of rounded shelves while introducing ample daylight through generous window displays. The post wooden tones + sweeping curves captivate shoppers inside bottega veneta’s st tropez store appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Australian bubble tea chain Chaffic launches in Singapore

Inside Retail

Australian bubble tea business Chaffic will launch its first physical presence in Singapore on Friday (June 9), accelerating its expansion strategy in Southeast Asia. Located at the lifestyle shopping mall Westgate in Singapore’s upcoming ‘second CBD’, Chaffic aims to expand the diversity of local bubble tea at a reasonable price point.

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Delivery management platform, Scurri, announces strategic UK hires to accelerate expansion

Retail Focus

Next generation delivery management platform, Scurri , whose retail and brand partners include Vision Direct, Biscuiteers and Natural Baby Shower, today announced two new strategic appointments as it continues to scale growth in the United Kingdom. Following its launch in 2010, Scurri has grown to a business that processed over €10bn worth of global shipments in 2022, with €15.3million investment raised to date from private angel investors, institutional VC investors and the Irish Government dev

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EB Games parent GameStop ousts CEO as sales fall again

Inside Retail

Ryan Cohen, the billionaire investor whose bet on GameStop Corp made him popular with meme stock traders, took over as executive chairman on Wednesday after the video game retailer ousted its CEO and reported a wider-than expected quarterly loss. Investors pushed the stock price down more than 20 per cent in after-hours trading, continuing a roller-coaster ride that started in early 2021 when retail investors piled in to prove hedge fund betting on GameStop’s demise wrong.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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B2B SaaS LTV: How to Accurately Calculate and Grow It

Retail Focus

For B2B SaaS business owners, knowing that customers are valuable isn’t enough. You also need to determine the value customers generate during the time they are subscribed to your product or service. This will help you determine the amount of resources to dedicate to acquiring new customers, retaining existing ones, and also expanding your customer base.

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Jenny Craig centres to close, all staff made redundant

Inside Retail

The Jenny Craig Australia and New Zealand business is to cease operations with all staff made redundant after its administrators failed to secure a buyer for the physical stores and employees. Voluntary administrators appointed on May 9 – Vaughan Strawbridge, Kate Warwick and Joseph Hansell of FTI Consulting – recommended the company be placed into liquidation.

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Naked Wolfe settles knock-off suit with Asos, copycat brands

Inside Retail

Footwear company Naked Wolfe has reached a settlement in the legal proceedings in the UK against Public Desire Limited and Fashmode – also known as Ego Shoe – for the unauthorised copying of its designs. The legal disputes arose when the company found “significant similarities” between certain shoe designs offered by Ego Shoes and Public Desires, sold through different channels – including Asos.

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Louis Vuitton pop-up restaurant

Retail Design Blog

Key features Louis Vuitton’s partnership with London Michelin-starred Korean restaurant Ikoyi and chef Jeremy Chan for its Seoul Maison marks.

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Eighteen months post-merger, Lotus’s growth is stagnating. Here’s why

Inside Retail

Siam Makro, a US$14.2 billion enterprise owned by Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group (CPG), has a cash-and-carry arm (Makro) and a retail arm under the Lotus’s brand. Lotus’s has been part of Siam Makro since late 2021 when CPG transferred to it all of Lotus’s shares, making it, corporately speaking, the final resting place of the former Southeast Asia business of Britain’s Tesco PLC.

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Hainan Wuzhi Mountain by Gu Ge

Retail Design Blog

Hainan Wuzhi Mountain × Gu Ge | Constructing the Regional Identity Representative of National Tea with National Elements Each region.

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Get MACH Ready: Preparing Your Business for Digital Transformation

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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The cost of circularity: Brands pay four cents per item to fund Seamless

Inside Retail

The Australian fashion industry has been put on notice. After years of flirting with the idea of sustainability, while also manufacturing or importing over 1.4 billion items of clothing each year, the federal minister for environment and water Tanya Plibersek noted that the industry has one year to show that it can regulate itself before the government steps in to do it for them.

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Valentino store

Retail Design Blog

Any discerning luxury brand has a high-profile presence in Paris, including Valentino. The iconic Roman fashion house has had a.

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How iconic piano brand Steinway is reaching next-gen music lovers

Inside Retail

Founded in 1853, Steinway pianos have long been known for their craftsmanship, fine finish and sound quality, making them the choice of artists from 19th century Russian composer Rachmaninov, to modern-day American songwriter Billy Joel. But while some things haven’t changed in the company’s 170-year history – every Steinway piano is still individually built by a master craftsperson and undergoes extensive testing, with each key being played up to 3200 times to ensure stability – in other ways,

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TF Massif brings printed graphics to life with Drytac SpotOn

Drytac

TF Massif used Drytac SpotOn media to protect the flexible electrical circuit on the back of an innovative application that brought graphics to life by integrating various components such as flexible smart LEDs, ePaper and sensors. British Columbia-based extra large-format flexible circuit production specialist T F Massif has revealed how it used Drytac SpotOn media, purchased from ND Graphics , to support the production of an innovative project that saw printed graphics brought to life through

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & 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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What the Dollar General scandal reveals about workplace safety in retail

Inside Retail

US discount retailerstore chain Dollar General is facing nearly US$300,000 in penalties after the Occupational Health and Safety Administration in the US found that it had repeatedly violated workplace safety standards, including blocking exit routes and walkways blocked, stacking merchandise unsafely and creating other fire safety hazards. While Dollar General appears to be an egregious offender, it raises the question as to whether businesses that ruthlessly seek growth and operate on a high v

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The Benefits of Hiring a Crowdfunding Campaign Manager for Your Upcoming Product Launch

Retail Bound

Are you thinking about launching your new product on Kickstarter or Indiegogo? Crowdfunding campaigns are a very popular method of raising capital and generating interest in new products. However, managing a successful crowdfunding campaign can be a complex endeavor. That’s why many entrepreneurs and start-up founders are teaming up with experienced crowdfunding campaign managers and consultants to guide them through the process of successfully planning, building, and launching a winning product

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Donut King hands out 44,000 free donuts, invites influencers to celebrate

Inside Retail

Retail Food Group’s Donut King celebrated National Donut Day by giving away more than 44,000 donuts on 2 June. Participating stores across the country offered one free hot cinnamon donut per customer. The brand ramped up its marketing for the day, hosting a celebratory event with Australian singer Thelma Plum and a number of influencers in attendance.

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Sainsbury’s rolls out Nectar Prices into new categories

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following the launch of Nectar Prices in April, Sainsbury’s is now expanding its initiative by introducing offers on dairy and bakery products for the first time. The change means Nectar customers can continue to make big savings, but now on a wider range of items, when checking out in Sainsbury’s supermarkets or online.

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Forrester Report: Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions

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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Can Automating Return Fulfillment Give Retailers a Competitive Advantage?

Parcel Pending

According to a recent Shopify report, returns account for an average of 20-30% of online orders, highlighting the upward trend of returns stemming from online sales. 1 This shift is leaving retailers seeking ways to meet the volume in a way that doesn’t exacerbate processing costs. The costs associated with managing returns, from processing to restocking to discounting and transportation, add up quickly making it hard for retailers to keep up with the fast, frictionless, “no questions asked” ret

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HSBC UK provides growth capital for Pret a Manger franchise partner

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Hertfordshire-based hospitality business, The Chesterford Group is set to open four new Pret a Manger shops as a franchisee thanks to a £1.2M funding package from HSBC UK. The Chesterford Group currently operates 39 fish and chip takeaways and restaurants throughout the South of England.

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Quadient’s Returns Processing Drop Box Locker Now Available to Carriers and Retailers in North America and Europe

Parcel Pending

Paris, June 7, 2023 Quadient (Euronext Paris: QDT), a leader in helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels and a major global parcel locker operator, announced today the availability of Parcel Pending by Quadient Drop Box lockers has expanded to North America and Europe. Parcel Pending’s Drop Box is a fully integrated parcel locker for retailers and carriers that automates returns and pickups of packages, with an optional built-in ability to p

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Snappy Group announces record-breaking growth last year

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Snappy Group, the operators behind the fast-growing home delivery app serving convenience stores and the high street, Snappy Shopper, has disclosed its yearly figures, showing yet another record year for the company.

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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

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A.P Coffee & Bakery by omo-studio

Retail Design Blog

When I first encountered the scene, The interior, which was completely demolished, was a space made of concrete on all.

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Empowerment Through Healthcare Data

Chutegerdeman

Learn how healthcare data is shifting the health balance of power to individuals and the brands who serve them.

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Inditex’s strong reactivity to fashion trends drives its outperformance, says GlobalData

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Following today’s release of Inditex’ figures for the three months ending 30 Avril 2023; Pippa Stephens, senior apparel analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Inditex’s ability to remain top of mind among consumers seeking the latest fashion trends allowed it to continue to outperform in Q1 FY2023/24, with reported

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Using Display Cabinets for Interior Design

Retail Focus

Displaying things that you are proud of can be a major part of building a room’s atmosphere and can allow you to show off things that you would normally never get a chance to present to visitors properly. Of course, to do this well, you usually want to rely on a display cabinet. While display cabinets are easy to buy and set up in your home, there can be a lot of nuances that go into using them correctly.

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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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Our Malawi Partnership from Central Co-op grows range ahead of Co-op Fortnight

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! With Co-op Fortnight fast approaching on the 19th June to 2nd July, Central Co-op reacts to this year’s theme ‘an altogether different way to do business’ by sharing the ways in which the Society stands out from the crowd in support of its communities and fellow Co-ops.

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Can Automating Return Fulfillment Solve the Reverse Logistics Equation?

Parcel Pending

According to a recent Shopify report, returns account for an average of 20-30% of online orders, highlighting the upward trend of returns stemming from online sales. 1 This rapid growth in merchandise returns is leaving carriers seeking ways to alleviate the mounting pressure to scale to added first-mile activity and the rising costs associated with it.

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Adyen finds unified commerce gave UK retailers a 16% boost to growth in 2022

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, is publishing economic research that finds that retailers could potentially add £169 billion in revenue to the sector in the UK if they switched to a unified commerce approach and stopped operating in silos.

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