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Curating community: Retail’s answer to the loneliness crisis

Inside Retail

The curated highlight reels on such platforms lead to feelings of inadequacy, which can drive people to distance themselves from their community. Global giant Apple’s Today at Apple events transform retail environments into artistic and instructional venues. This is both a public and personal health-related issue.

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How Australia’s largest online art retailer is bringing NFTs to the masses

Inside Retail

Bluethumb, Australia’s largest online art retailer, is launching a new standalone website for digital art, where customers will be able to purchase still images, videos, and animations from some of the country’s leading digital artists as NFTs (non-fungible tokens). Supporting artists. billion, according to TechCrunch.

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King Charles III, Peppa Pig and Wallace & Gromit help drive strong Christmas trading at Battersea Power Station as festive sales grow 13.4%

Retail Focus

Bespoke cultural collaborations with Claire Luxton and POoR Collective brought artistic flair, while more than 19 new retail and leisure openings such as El Pastor, M&Ss first stand- alone clothing store, Sticks n Sushi, and Blank Street Coffees cafe and pop-up truck, further enhanced Battersea Power Stations all-encompassing offering.

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Muji Australia MD talks Highpoint opening and future expansion plans down under

Inside Retail

Takuya Saito, managing director of Muji Australia, spoke to Inside Retail about the company’s plans to grow its bricks-and-mortar presence in Australia and the strategy behind it. We now have four stores across Sydney and Melbourne, and by the end of the year we plan to have six. IR: What is the timeline for this?

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Casetify’s CEO Wesley Ng on the brand’s luggage venture and global creative hub

Inside Retail

With new collaboration possibilities with brands and artists, we’re looking at a holistic customer approach at various touchpoints in their lives, we’re looking to drive further awareness of our brand,” he added. The CEO said Casetify is also planning to open creative hubs in other major cities.

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John Lewis opens Christmas Emporiums across 10 stores

Retail Focus

Customers can create a box of personalised crackers for the Christmas table choosing from a selection of Gin &Tonic pairings expertly curated by the tonic experts. Local Gifts from Curated Makers.

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“It was our destiny”: Japan’s ‘most beautiful bookstore’ lands in Malaysia

Inside Retail

The 31,000 square feet Tsutaya Books in Pavilion Bukit Jalil features floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and over 240,000 specially curated books, stationery and decorative goods. According to Hideyuki Uemoto, CEO of Tsutaya Books Malaysia, this is just the first stop of the business’ regional-driven expansion plan.