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Showfields and the bankruptcy of the ‘most interesting store in the world’

Inside Retail

US-based retailer Showfields, the self-described “most interesting store in the world”, filed for bankruptcy this month and will be restructuring through a form of Chapter 11 bankruptcy created during Covid to help small businesses continue operations, reorganise, and maintain control of finances without creditors taking over.

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First Nations fashion design can be a powerful method of healing

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Often, garments were forms of payment and punishment. For the Yarrabah community and many First Nations people, truth-telling is a form of healing and reminder of resilience. Healing through truth-telling was also seen weaved within a commissioned wedding dress made for the 2020 Queensland Museum exhibition I Do!

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How Australian activewear brand CSB is building community offline

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billion, according to 2020 data that was released in 2022 by GlobalData. For the founder, the fit is everything and her approach to design prioritises form and function. Now the e-commerce athleisure brand is taking strides to bring its community offline and into curated shopping spaces. billion by 2025.

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Buy now pay later: What’s retailers’ responsibility?

Inside Retail

The BNPL industry — exempt from some of the regulation applied to other forms of credit such as the National Credit Code — hasn’t escaped scrutiny about how vulnerable consumers could be rapidly accumulating debt and end up worse off financially. Compared to January 2020, spending on BNPL has increased by 106 per cent.

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A closer look at Lowe’s industry-first pilot with Apple Vision Pro in the US

Inside Retail

Customers will be able to use an Apple Vision Pro headset and Lowe’s Style Studio app to explore preset styles curated by the retailer’s professional design team or choose from nearly 80 billion design combinations to create a kitchen design. In 2020, 83.1 million people in the US used AR every month, a marked jump from 68.7

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Are members-only supermarkets the future of grocery?

Inside Retail

Disposable income per capita in China grew by around 700 per cent from 2000 to 2020, according to Statista. In 2019, an altogether different concept hit the market in the US, in the form of Move. This members-only digital supermarket focuses on quality over quantity, with a curated range of <500 products from artisan suppliers.

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Laings to upsize at St David’s marking welsh debut for Patek Philippe

Retail Focus

The transformation of the family-run jewellers’ existing boutique at St David’s forms an integral part of Laings’ UK-wide expansion plan, with a £3 million investment into its presence in Cardiff. This follows the celebration of the brand’s 180 th year of trading in 2020.

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