Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

A group of 80 employers around Australia including Coles Group, Woolworths Group, Wesfarmers and Scentre Group, have signed an open letter calling on state and federal leaders to follow Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s lead, and stick with the four phase National Plan to reopen the country. “CEOs are not asking for anything more than for state and federal leaders to stick to the national reopening plan so business can begin to plan and give the country confidence that we are doing to move forward

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has launched a new guide to help retailers support wellbeing for their staff and themselves. The Wellbeing Guide has been put together in collaboration with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing (WWCW), to give retailers practical steps to take. It aims to help keep staff happy and healthy, with. This story continues at Help your staff and yourself, says new ACS wellbeing guide for retailers.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Global brands and retailers have signed an agreement with trade unions and factory owners to extend protections for garment workers in Bangladesh. Taking effect today, the two-year deal ensures signatory brands and retailers remain legally liable for unsafe working conditions in the factories they source from, a key provision in the landmark Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, which was implemented after a building collapse killed more than 1100 garment workers in Dhaka in 2013.

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

Snacking company Pladis has unveiled the latest seasonal additions to its McVitie’s and Flipz brands. The McVitie’s Digestives portfolio now includes a Mince Pie flavour, available in a 243g pack retailing at £1.59. The flavour joins existing Christmas Pudding and Gingerbread flavours. The brand is also rolling out a new design for its McVitie’s Seasonal.

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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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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

The famous Aiwa brand – synonymous with audio products for 70 years – is up for auction as part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of parent Aiwa Corporation. Hilco Streambank, a specialist in monetising intellectual property assets and distressed brands, said it had been retained to manage the sale, subject to bankruptcy court approval. Bids are being taken until October 4.

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

Smirnoff is launching a nationwide promotion to win one of 21 diamonds worth £4,000 each. The “Smirnoff 21 Diamonds” promotion is kicking off in September across limited edition temperature activated bottles and neck collars. Shoppers will have to freeze the bottles or neck collars which reveal an eight-digit code can be entered via the Smirnoff. This story continues at Win a diamond with Smirnoff’s latest on-pack competition.

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

Cheese brand Cathedral City has launched a new pack design for its Nibbles snacking range. The packs feature a smiling face in vibrant colours, in a move designed to “broaden appeal and recruit new family buyers”. The inside of each bag also features a new pattern designed to “invite younger consumers to play and to. This story continues at Cathedral City unveils new design for snacking range.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

The knock-on effect of a Transport Workers Union (TWU) strike last Friday involving thousands of Toll truck drivers could continue to disrupt deliveries this week, according to a supply chain consultant familiar with the issue. “The impacts to Toll customers and customers of Toll customers may continue to be felt this week, as backlogs from freight not carted and delivered on Friday are cleared and idle resources rebalanced across the network,” Glenn McCully, senior consultant at supply chain co

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

The government is coming under increasing pressure to relax immigration rules in order to allow the recruitment of more EU drivers to help solve the delivery crisis for retailers. Haulage and business associations have responded sharply to last week’s advice from business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng that any driver shortage should be solved by training more.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

As Australia undergoes its intermittent lockdown within different states, the bridge between shoppers and businesses still stands: online shopping. But as some brands load their operations onto key offsite channels such as Google Shopping, Facebook and more, they often neglect selling on marketplaces. 41 per cent of all online global spending occurs through marketplaces, which means a missed opportunity of strong incremental sales growth for the long-term. .

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Retail Times

AUGUST 31, 2021

ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) has launched new guidance for the convenience sector to provide retailers with practical advice on how to support wellbeing for themselves and their colleagues.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

Mosaic Brands has returned to earnings growth despite faltering sales, clocking in a net profit figure of $2.7 million – 101 per cent up on last year – despite revenue falling 3.8 per cent during the year to 27 June. Online sales also hit a new high of $111 million, up 19 per cent on the same period of last year. Group chief executive Scott Evans said the business was incredibly pleased with the result, which came about after Mosaic Brands took actions to “reset the entire group for the future”.

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Design Wanted

AUGUST 31, 2021

The project marks a new start in the name of sustainability and innovation. Expectations are growing for the supersalone, the special September event of Salone del Mobile in Milan: an important moment for relaunching the entire sector of reference and an opportunity for its many fans to breathe an air of normality again , walking through exhibition pavilions and visiting the Fuorisalone.

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

Renovation: Department Store. Submitted by: TPG Architecture, New York. Scope of work : Continue the location’s evolution from traditional department store to a targeted destination for luxury goods and services. That process began in 2018, when the ground floor was renovated to anchor the brand’s “wellness” store design concept, and a new fourth floor was created to serve as the center for gourmet food, home goods and a Terraza dining area.

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

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

Nisa is launching its annual end-of-year sales campaign, with a string of weekly deals running through to the first week of 2022. Previously known to shoppers as ‘The Big Countdown’ campaign, the string of weekly deals will focus on value and will provide Nisa partners with 15 one-week-only deals. Each of the deals included in. This story continues at Nisa unveils end-of-year deals for retailers.

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

The path to expansion in global markets is littered with potholes and land mines. The potholes are easy to see and can usually be avoided or at least mitigated with proper planning. The land mines are more evasive and can blow a hole in your project without warning. Logistics, manufacturing, quality control, installation and project management are all elements of a project that even with the best of planning can still go awry.

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Retail Times

AUGUST 31, 2021

Rock Rose Gin is officially a ‘cool brand'. The super-premium British gin has been selected by the influential CoolBrands® in the 2021/22 roster of the coolest brands around.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Winn-Dixie (Jacksonville, FL) will open its first standalone liquor store on Wednesday, The Florida-Times Union reports. Called WDs, the Southeast grocery chain’s new concept will feature more than 1,700 wines, a “massive Beer Cave” with more than 500 varieties, 1,400-plus spirits, and a range of meats and cheeses. In a release, Winn-Dixie’s parent company, Southeast Grocers, added: “WDs is designed to offer customers a unique interactive shopping experience that in

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Talking Retail

AUGUST 31, 2021

One of the Britain’s biggest trade unions has said that retailers should take responsibility for the delivery crisis in supply chains. Unite, which has members in both the food and drink business and in road transport, says that proposals to recruit EU drivers which would mean “raiding other countries of their workers” would just be. This story continues at Retailers played their role in delivery crisis, says union.

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

Conversion: Specialty Store, Sales Area Under 10,000 Square Feet. Submitted by: IA Interior Architecture. Scope of Work : Design and deliver a new store concept across multiple formats. The Plano Experience Store, in a former restaurant site, is the first effort and acts as a customer-first, occasion-based shopping platform. BEFORE CONVERSION. Project Goals : IA Architecture and T-Mobile’s in-house team created a store in which consumers can engage with the brand on their terms.

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Retail Store Windows

AUGUST 31, 2021

We've been following this brand for some time now as they consistently produce interesting schemes. It is one however which we know very little about and have never actually been inside any of their stores; We guess that we're not the target customer. While we have seen this type of scheme previously, i.e. stranded curtains as a backdrop although in this case, in a repetition of a curved form, the colours are beautifully produced although we are not huge fans of the hanging bust forms which do t

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

Renovation: Department Store. Submitted by: Woolworths, Cape Town, South Africa. Scope of work : Renovating two existing floors and converting a basement-level garage into selling space. “That allowed us to trade on a larger scale and extend our homeware, food and beauty offer,” said Errol Solomon, Executive Store Design and Visual Merchandising, Woolworths.

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

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

MOC DESIGN presents HEYTEA in an open form with a panoramic layout and a bright hue of white, in contrast.

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

Hoka One One (Goleta, Calif.) has opened two pop-up stores that will be in operation through December in New York and Los Angeles, Footwear News reports. The New York location is set at 2000 square feet in the Flatiron District, and the Los Angeles locale spans 1000 square feet in West Hollywood. Both locations feature smart lockers, Hoka apparel and 3-D foot scanning devices.

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

STREAMER COFFEE COMPANY, operating in central areas of Tokyo like Shibuya, has opened a new cafe and bar in Akasaka,

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

F ROM AN EMPORIUM selling tea, one of the oldest consumables around, to another selling state-of-the-art consumer electronics – and several retail formats in between – this year’s winners show how to keep bricks-and-mortar a vibrant selling channel. Check out all the winners from VMSD ‘s Winners of the 2021 Retail Renovation Competition, featured in our September 2021 issue. 2021 Retail Renovation of the Year.

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Retail Times

AUGUST 31, 2021

Tastily ([link] the fresh, pre-made meal subscription service, has teamed up with school children in London to create three new dishes for its menu as part of its ongoing partnership with Chefs In Schools ([link] a charity that works with schools to educate children on healthy eating.

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2021 Honorable Mentions. XYZ STORAGE – LAIRD RENOVATION. Renovation: Specialty Stores, Sales Area Under 10,000 Square Feet. Ampersand Studio, Toronto. Photography: Philip Castleton Photography Inc., Toronto. HOLT RENFREW OGILVY. Renovation: Department Store. Jeffrey Hutchison & Associates, New York. Photography: Frederic Bouchard, Montreal. CARHARTT.

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Global Shop

AUGUST 31, 2021

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

Brian Solis 2.0. He’s a digital anthropologist and Salesforce.com’s Global Innovation Evangelist, evaluating how the ongoing digital revolution has changed everything about the way companies and consumers do business — especially in a pandemic world. How did you become an innovation evangelist? In the 1990s, Silicon Valley was literally that, silicon hardware enterprise companies.

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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

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

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