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How dark patterns help brands like Temu and Shein to drive sales

Inside Retail

However, lurking in the shadows are what are known as ‘dark patterns’, intricately designed digital experiences that exploit human psychology – often at the expense of users’ best interests. In essence, a dark pattern is a devised user interface or interaction design that guides users into taking actions they might not have intended.

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Consumers place more value on product information delivered on retailers’ owned channels, compared to 3rd party marketplaces and social media

Retail Focus

When making online buying decisions, UK shoppers now place more value on product information delivered on retailers’ owned channels, compared to third-party channels, such as marketplaces or social media, the latest research from Intellias , the software engineering and digital consultancy company, reveals.

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Linehouse creates greenhouse-informed food market in Shanghai

Dezeen

Architecture studio Linehouse has wrapped a food market in a Shanghai laneway neighbourhood around a central atrium informed by Victorian greenhouses. The same recycled red bricks sourced from demolished houses in China can also be found on the interior walls, stacked to create three dimensional patterns.

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Profit from Drytac’s pattern coating science

Drytac

Taking this a step further, Drytac, which offers products across all the main adhesive technologies, has developed a pattern coating process to apply adhesive in dots, lines or various differing shapes to offer maximum performance to customers. Another advantage of pattern coating is the reduced consumption of adhesive products.

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How two decades in retail informed Jo Mercer’s new venture, Matilda Life

Inside Retail

We had to organise fit tests and pattern adjustments with our designer on Zoom. The post How two decades in retail informed Jo Mercer’s new venture, Matilda Life appeared first on Inside Retail. I started investing in the business during the first Victorian lockdown, thinking it would last only six weeks.

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Stephanie Thatenhorst bedecks kid-friendly optician in graphic patterns

Dezeen

Triangular patterned tiles and an eyewear-dispensing machine feature in Stephanie Thatenhorst's playful interior for this children's optician in Munich. Read: Pierre Brocas and Nada Oudghiri design gallery-like eyewear store informed by Memphis movement. Everything is round, there are no corners to bump into," said Thatenhorst.

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Victorian balusters pattern surfaces at Aesop Yorkville store by Odami

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The history of Toronto 's Yorkville neighbourhood informed this store for skincare brand Aesop , which local studio Odami has given ruby-toned walls and smooth beige counters. The profile of balusters found across nearby buildings and porches is translated as a closely repeated pattern that forms maple wainscoting around the interior.

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