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Coles recognises First Nations talent through new program

Inside Retail

Coles has partnered with the Mushroom Group and its creative agency to help young and aspiring Indigenous musicians gain experience and mentorship. The program will feature participants from around the country across six genres including pop, rap and electro. Participants include Jay Gonsalves (Vic), Angus (Aya J) (Qld), Bumpy (Vic), Dameeeela (NSW), Hartcole (WA), Tyler (The Terrifying Lows) (Vic), Hylander (NSW) and Glves (Qld).

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New Look is to open a new 5,244 sq ft store in Barnsley

Retail Focus

Fit out work has already started and New Look says the new, brighter and modern store allows the best shopper experience possible for the people of Barnsley. The announcement comes hot on the heels of a string of leasing announcements, which brings major brands including Fridays, Flannels, River Island, Cineworld, Nandos and The Botanist, to the town. .

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3 types of AI-powered recommendations that drive e-commerce sales

Inside Retail

Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting more style-savvy every day and is transforming digital merchandising by offering retailers and their customers strategic, style-driven product recommendations. But how do AI-powered product recommendations work? On an e-commerce site, a product recommendations engine automatically and intelligently generates product suggestions that have relevance to the hero product and/or the customers’ interests.

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H&M opens doors to new Braehead store, Glasgow

Retail Focus

Braehead owned by property company SGS and asset managed by Global Mutual Properties, has announced that H&M has opened the doors to its new new Braehead store in Glasgow. H&M has re-located from its former unit to a new ground floor space, spanning 17,000 sq ft, on a 10-year lease. Visitors to the store will enjoy a new, bespoke interior, with an emphasis on creating a warmer and more relaxed environment.

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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.

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Analysis: Make omnichannel nearly omnipotent

Inside Retail

The post pandemic lesson is that omnichannel is not a fad, it’s here to stay. Consumer engagement by specific channels will ebb and flow, but retail will always be omnichannel. Each channel serves a specific purpose and customers participate based on what they need, making omnichannel a persistent requirement for all retailers. This forces retailers to determine how they engage with consumers in three ways: Rethink the purpose of the store Decide how they connect and engage with consumers based

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JYSK continues UK expansion with new store to open in Telford

Retail Focus

As part of JYSK’s plans to expand in the UK, the largest Danish retailer, operating globally, will be opening its first Telford store on 2nd June 2022 at Unit NQ1, Northern Quarter, Telford Shopping Centre. The new store will be managed by Stephen Ambrose and boasts 1200 sq mtrs of floor space in the latest JYSK store concept layout. JYSK will b ring affordable Scandi-chic homeware to Telford, in addition to 10 jobs being created by the Danish brand.

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Surefire strategies for SEO success for retail brands

Retail Times

A lot has changed across the retail landscape in the last few years. The popularity of e-commerce soared in the last decade, and big brands and retailers embraced it as early adopters. But the pandemic came as a catalyst and made online retail a norm for businesses, regardless of their size, scale, and reach. Selling your products requires more than a great-looking website.

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Blundy-backed footwear brand Bared to open new store in Brisbane

Inside Retail

Melbourne-based footwear brand Bared is set to open its first store in Brisbane later this year, giving it a total of five physical locations in Australia. The brand has three stores in Melbourne and opened its first store in Sydney last year. Founded in 2008 by Anna Baird, a clinical podiatrist, Bared is known for making fashionable yet comfortable and supportive shoes that are beloved by its customers.

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Penhaligon's, London

Retail Store Windows

Wow, how beautiful are these windows? We happened to pass by a concession for this brand at Selfridges department store last week and they really do put a huge effort into their schemes as even their concession space looked amazing. The store itself, here along Regent street is not huge but we bet these windows are a nightmare to work with. The team however really do deliver as this scheme looks stunning.

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Stepping inside the seamless world of Bebò Objects at Stockholm Creative Edition 2022

Design Wanted

Breathing timelessness and quality into products, newly launched lifestyle Swedish brand by Mattias Karlsson and Adam Jismark – Bebò Objects sustainably connects the worlds of indoor-outdoor […]. The post Stepping inside the seamless world of Bebò Objects at Stockholm Creative Edition 2022 appeared first on DesignWanted.

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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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Supply chain issues and costs unlikely to return to pre-crisis norm

E Delevry

The global supply chain crisis is a long-term issue that won’t see costs return to pre-crisis levels, according to a new survey of the UK’s top 100 retailers. The study, by UK law firm TLT, suggests that 87% of retailers do not believe things will go back to how they were before. How they are reacting to such change varies in intensity. However, rising costs are retailers’ greatest concern when it comes to global supply chains (82%).

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Cruise around in this skateboard that offers a sustainable recycled alternative to existing models

Design Wanted

A brilliant output of designer Enes Berk Türker’s graduation project from the Istanbul Bilgi University Industrial Design Department – ‘Teneke Board’ is an alluring cruiser board […]. The post Cruise around in this skateboard that offers a sustainable recycled alternative to existing models appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Fashion marketplace Secret Sales launches fulfilment service for brands wanting UK DC

E Delevry

Fashion marketplace Secret Sales has launched a fulfilment service to support brands requiring a UK distribution centre. Fulfilment by Secret Sales (FBSS) will enable brands without a local warehouse in the UK, or the ability to ship from continental Europe in a commercially viable and timely way, to trade. They will operate alongside over 1,600 brands that use the platform’s core business model of digitally connecting non full price inventory and shipping via their own distribution centres.

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Spotlight on courier insurance: what’s covered?

Retail Times

Getting a package from one place to another can be a difficult thing – and there’s always the possibility that something will go wrong. The courier delivery has boomed over lockdown, thanks to an explosion in e-commerce. As the number of parcels has increased, so too has the number of parcels that don’t quite make it to the destination intact.

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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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Screwfix Sprint 60 minute delivery now available to 40% of UK population

E Delevry

Kingfisher has revealed that its Screwfix Sprint 60-minute home delivery service is now available to 40% of the UK population and offers an average delivery time of 45 minutes. The service officially launched last August following a trial across Bristol. It has proved particularly popular with tradespeople since it enables them to get products they needed delivered directly to where they are doing the job, without having to leave to collect orders themselves.

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Sensei powers Europe’s first autonomous petrol station convenience store

Retail Times

Sensei, the leading European provider of autonomous stores, has become the first in Europe to provide an autonomous experience for petrol station customers as it teams up with Galp, one of the largest petrol station networks in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Moves & changes – design industry news

Design Week

Copywriting agency Reed Words has appointed Julianna Roppo as the creative director of its recently-opened New York office. Roppo was previously verbal design director at digital product company R/GA and has worked with clients including The Academy Awards Museum and fashion house LVMH. Branding studio Vault49 (which has offices in New York and London) has announced Susan Levy as its new head of.

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Soho Street Cocktails available in ASK Italian across the UK

Retail Times

ASK Italian, a British casual dining restaurant chain serving Italian cuisine, have added Soho Street Cocktails’ Espresso Martini and Passionfruit Martini as part of their drinks menu across the country in 65 sites.

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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.

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The Pros and Cons of Sustainable Packaging

Bay Cities

While we’re all doing our part to protect the planet, this doesn’t mean that making more environmentally conscious choices is easy.

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Estrela Beauty

Retail Design Blog

The project’s challenge was to mix the playful world with the experiences offered to the target audience and the exhibitors.

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The History of Digital Printing on Corrugate Pt. 3

Bay Cities

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Taste Jiangnan Restaurant

Retail Design Blog

Taste Jiangnan is located on the 50th floor of Nanjing Golden Eagle Hotel, so that guests can overlook Nanjing at.

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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

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How the new government will support retail’s push into sustainability

Inside Retail

As the dust settles on what has turned into a historic election on climate action and a general frustration with party politics, businesses around Australia are looking at a very different political landscape than the one they operated within last week. Promising greater action on climate change, as well as a better environment for both Indigenous and female Australians, the incoming Labor Government – majority or not – looks set to drive a much more progressive agenda than its Coali

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