Design Boom
JANUARY 10, 2022
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Retail Focus
JANUARY 18, 2022
Aldi has opened its first checkout-free store, where shoppers will be able to pick up products and leave without queuing to pay. The discount supermarket’s new site in Greenwich, south-east London, will also allow customers to buy alcohol, using facial age estimation technology to check whether they appear to be over the age of 25. Aldi has opened its first checkout-free store in Greenwich, south-east London (Aldi/PA).
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Inside Retail
JANUARY 30, 2022
For the first time ever, a runway show for people with disabilities will feature at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW) in May. . The consumer show will put the Adaptive Clothing Collective in the spotlight, a new group of three adaptive fashion labels which aim to “bring strength and unity of message and voice to mainstream media, retail and fashion industries”.
Design Week
JANUARY 27, 2022
The best record cover design of the last year has been announced as artist and designer Paul Phillips’ artwork for Villagers’ fifth studio album Fever Dreams. Phillips’ artwork becomes the 17 th winner of the Best Art Vinyl Award, and the first to have designed a record cover with interchangeable artwork. Fever Dreams was chosen by public vote from a shortlist of 50, which itself was chosen.
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.
All Work
JANUARY 25, 2022
A growing number of developers, architects and interior designers are embracing sustainable alternatives in an effort to curb climate change. Reducing waste in the workspace design sector is a trending topic right now. The built environment industry needs to look beyond operational efficiency and focus on decarbonising the materials used in its build and fit out processes.
Dezeen
JANUARY 25, 2022
Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has transformed the second floor of a business park in Hangzhou, China, into a store that resembles a 1970s office for cosmetics brand Harmay. The studio reimagined the space as a retro-looking office complete with desk chairs, phoney bookshelves for makeup items and boardroom tables for other cosmetic products. AIM Architecture wanted the Hangzhou cosmetics store to look like an office.
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Retail Focus
JANUARY 24, 2022
Following the oppression of isolation brought on by the pandemic, shopping-for-leisure in physical stores begins to replenish our essential need for real-time experiences and face-to-face interaction. The joy of shopping in bricks-and-mortar stores retains its pre-covid social value, but the key to on-going success is the industry understanding that customer needs have changed irrevocably, and they need to continue to adapt to meet them. female buyer pays with bank card in tea shop.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 10, 2022
Retail spending rose 5.8 per cent in November compared to the same period of 2020, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Tuesday, while online spend, driven by Black Friday and Cyber Monday, rose 22.8 per cent. Clothing, footwear and personal accessories led the way in sales during the month as Australians increasingly want to return to living life outside of their homes. “Further easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the South-Eastern states and territories has seen the retail indu
Design Week
JANUARY 27, 2022
The best record cover design of the last year has been announced as artist and designer Paul Phillips’ artwork for Villagers’ fifth studio album Fever Dreams. Phillips’ artwork becomes the 17 th winner of the Best Art Vinyl Award, and the first to have designed a record cover with interchangeable artwork. Fever Dreams was chosen by public vote from a shortlist of 50, which itself was chosen.
Talking Retail
JANUARY 17, 2022
Nisa is to offer all its retailers Jisp’s augmented reality (AR) vouchering system, Scan & Save, after a successful pilot scheme. The trial for the cutting edge system involved 82,116 scans, 40,001 taps and 32,895 redemptions on Scan & Save branded AR vouchers from September to December. Participating retailers accumulated a combined discount redemption value.
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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.
Dezeen
JANUARY 22, 2022
A colour scheme informed by soil and moss features inside this showroom in Antwerp , Belgium, which Yakusha Design has developed for its own furniture line Faina. The retail space, named Faina Gallery, is set inside a 500-year-old building. As a result, the studio steered away from making major structural alterations to avoid disturbing its historic framework.
Retail Times
JANUARY 19, 2022
Long promised in the land of science fiction, augmented reality technologies are now finally entering the mainstream. Though their primary uses are often touted in gaming and medicine, almost any business could see significant advantages through the integration of this new tech. Taking a look at what this tech is and what it could do could give you a glimpse into the coming generation, to help you get ahead of the curve.
Retail Focus
JANUARY 31, 2022
Surface Design Show 2022 presents an exciting combination of education, engagement and entertainment at one of the first industry events to fully return to a face-to-face format this year. Held from 8-10 February, the event will take place once again at London’s Business Design Centre in Islington. . The Main Stage will host a total of 18 different talks staged across the 2 1/2 days, featuring some 50 speakers, inspiring and educating a professional audience of over 1,000 architects and designe
Inside Retail
JANUARY 31, 2022
Retail turnover fell 4.4 per cent in December last year according to the Retail Trade figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today. Despite the fall, spending on retail goods remains heightened compared to December 2020 for all retail industries except for department stores which is down by 9.0 per cent. Likewise, food retailing such as supermarkets, liquor stores rose 2.2 per cent this month.
Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive
Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an
Design Week
JANUARY 19, 2022
When Brompton founder Andrew Ritchie was designing the prototype for his folding bike, he only had to look opposite his flat for naming inspiration: South Kensington’s Brompton Oratory. Since those days in the 1970s, the bike brand has notched milestones far and wide: full-time production at its first factory in West London, a Brompton World Championship held in Barcelona in 2006.
Talking Retail
JANUARY 12, 2022
Lucozade is adding its Lucozade Original flavour to its Alert range, following £1m generated in less than two months within the convenience sector. Lucozade Alert Original will be available from February in 500ml plain and price-marked cans. The?launch will be supported by digital and social media advertising. Zoe Trimble, head of Lucozade at Suntory Beverage.
All Work
JANUARY 14, 2022
Once decadent and designed to impress, today’s office lobbies are being transformed to attract a new generation of workers. With many office buildings experiencing COVID-related vacancies, the opportunities for urban renewal projects of this kind will only grow. Rather than demolishing and starting from scratch, designers can embrace sustainability by problem-solving and working around existing limitations.
Hunton Andrews Kurth
JANUARY 20, 2022
One of the biggest recent trends in retail may be slowing down. “Buy now, pay later” (“BNPL”) companies have exploded in popularity over the past year, largely through integration into retailers’ online checkout platforms. Often presented during checkout next to traditional payment methods like credit and debit cards, BNPL companies invite consumers to make purchases over a few payments with zero interest.
Speaker: Ashlee Aldridge - Reach Partners LLC | Bill Mirabito - Chameleon Collective | Ronak Shah - PSA Retail & CPG, Amazon Web Services | Wayne Teigen - Pivotree
What trends can online merchants expect after more than two years of exponential growth? Companies must expand on the trends that exploded during the pandemic if they want to see continued growth in their businesses while facing a recessionary economy. From social commerce to BOPIS, the name of the game is to meet and sell to customers wherever they are, through multiple channels.
Retail Focus
JANUARY 12, 2022
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and especially the rapid spread of the Omikron variant also have an impact on EuroCIS 2022 , which will now be postponed to May 31 to June 02, 2022. Messe Düsseldorf has decided on this new date in close consultation with the exhibiting companies and participating partners due to the dynamic infection situation and the continued uncertainty regarding travel and quarantine requirements in the individual European countries.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 11, 2022
Former McDonald’s Australia CEO Catriona Noble has been named as the head of Australia Post’s retail business. Noble, who most recently headed the retail division of ANZ Bank, takes up the Australia Post role of executive GM, retail, reporting to group CEO and MD Paul Graham. She will oversee the company’s network of 4320 post offices. Catriona Noble.
Design Week
JANUARY 4, 2022
What do you think 2022 will hold for graphic design? The challenge of finding the balance between reflecting the moment we’re in and sharing daring imaginations of a different world to be. Graphic design is about communication, and a great deal of optimism, fluidity, inclusivity and wistfulness has been communicated by the brightly coloured, whimsically typefaced aesthetics of campaigns over the.
Talking Retail
JANUARY 17, 2022
Wine brand Hardys is set to launch a TV campaign in partnership with ITV. The “Certainty” campaign will return to TV in March, supported by in-store activity, digital advertising and social media content. As well as a new advert, Hardys has a new partnership with online learning platform Learning With Experts, which will invite shoppers. This story continues at Hardy’s kicks off the new year with £3m TV campaign.
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Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.
Retail Store Windows
JANUARY 20, 2022
Wow, wow and wow. Just look at this incredible scheme at LV right now. While the rest of London looks comparitively shabby within the context of retail store windows at least, this one is shinning so brightly that its blinding. Fantastic dynamics, very little product and wonderful narrative, its got it all. There may be a greater story behind this however from what we can deduce, the current scheme is based on the game of chess and just look at the wonderful perspectives and distortions to the c
Retail Times
JANUARY 14, 2022
Nearly 100 more convenience stores across the south of England will be selling selected products past their ‘best before' date as it relates to quality, not the safety of the product.
Retail Focus
JANUARY 27, 2022
Hermès has reopened the doors of the newly renovated store in Pacific Place mall, Hong Kong. A cherished location for the house since it opened in 1991. Spanning 325m2, the new, contemporary vision for this store portrays the unique dynamic between Hong Kong’s urban landscape and its verdant natural surroundings. Awash with light and recast in a warm, welcoming colour palette, the new store boasts a spacious layout where one can discover the sixteen métiers of the house and the spirit of savoir-
Inside Retail
JANUARY 10, 2022
Three quarters of retailers are currently impacted by worker isolations, according to a survey by the Australian Retailers’ Association, and half rank ‘staff shortages’ as the biggest issue they are facing currently ahead of supply chain issues. “We’ve entered an unprecedented staffing challenge as more people are infected with Covid than at any stage before in the pandemic,” said ARA boss Paul Zahra. “This builds on an existing skills crisis within the
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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.
Design Week
JANUARY 19, 2022
The Australian Open has become the first-ever major sporting competition to adopt sound design innovation Action Audio to help blind and low-sight fans experience more of the tournament. Innovation design studio AKQA is behind the audio solution, which aims to create a more accessible broadcast experience for the 285 million people globally living with blindness and low-vision impairments.
Talking Retail
JANUARY 17, 2022
Walkers is launching a campaign to “celebrate the nation’s love and appreciation for the famous range of crisps”. The “Britain’s Most Loved Crisps” campaign includes a multi-million pound TV advert and digital advertising. Fernando Kahane, senior marketing director for Walkers Snacks at brand owner PepsiCo, said: “We realise how much the nation has missed their.
VMS
JANUARY 6, 2022
After formal introductions to the contract furniture industry and the successful April opening of the Chicago showroom in the famous Merchandise Mart, Division Twelve is excited to announce the official opening of its New York showroom at the New York Design Center, 200 Lexington Avenue. Located adjacent to the Keilhauer showroom in the New York Design Center, the Division Twelve showroom space is designed by best-in-class design firm Figure3 and mirrors the brand’s goals to spark joy and creati
Retail Times
JANUARY 10, 2022
Perfect Corp., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty and fashion tech solutions provider today announced the release of the new AR Watch Virtual Try-On powered by the latest proprietary AgileHandTM technology. Perfect Corp.’s AR Watch Virtual Try-On solution provides an ultra-smooth 3D try-on experience, complete with high-resolution textures and reflections that deliver true-to-life virtual effects for timepieces.
Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali
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