Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Most recently, on September 10, Finnish lifestyle brand Marimekko opened ‘ Marimekko Concept Store’ on the mall’s ground floor. Is Marimekko Concept Store really a concept store? It has been open for more than two years and is a clearly distinct retail concept leveraging the Marimekko brand.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Spanning eight floors and 71,500 sqft, Johnnie Walker Princes Street is located inside a building, which was formally a traditional department store for almost 100 years. The rooftop bar and dining experience.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Brands can take advantage of this trend by developing their own games or integrating gamification elements into their retail store concepts. Gamification offers numerous opportunities to increase the experience in store concepts and to address younger target groups in particular. Credits: Louis Vuitton. Credits: Burberry.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Retail environments were already evolving to become more engaging spaces when Covid-19 hit, but the pandemic has underlined just how important the social experience is to us. But for retail stores and shopping centres re-imagining the spaces they provide, just as important is the need to get construction projects right the first time.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Retailers who incorporate interactive elements can encourage passersby to engage with the scene, which enhances the overall experience and makes it memorable. Retailers are no longer using static displays; now they use cutting-edge technology like augmented reality and interactive elements to engage passersby.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2025

Inside Retail : How did you come up with the concept for your brand? Listening to her, giving her my undivided attention and genuinely engaging with her. It has also been such a privilege to engage with Nobel Prize winners about our formulations and innovations, who have been genuinely impressed with our scientific rigour and ethics.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Amid an evolving retail landscape, Bullring & Grand Central has continued to attract household names as well as young, cool digitally native brands, while repurposing legacy space with innovative new concepts including entertainment.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2022

My business partner, Peter Winkle, and I were just trying to work out if there was actually a market for our concept. All of a sudden you could get chinos for $80 as opposed to $150, the staff were engaged, and it was really extraordinary. The first 18 months were a bit of a blur, and it was all very exciting at that point.

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Inside Retail

JULY 2, 2024

As high-end retailers seek to capture and hold onto the 1 per cent shopper’s attention, Saks Fifth Avenue is ramping up its personalised shopping concept, Fifth Avenue Club. In the same release, the high-end department store announced plans to end the year with 20 new standalone shops across Texas, Florida, and California.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Between that novel concept and the turbocharge that Covid-19 gave to e-commerce, the start-up has swiftly become a mid-sized force. We envisioned a label in which shoppers could ‘see’ what they were buying properly, rather than touring packets of folded linen in department stores.

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

Renovation: Department Store. Scope of work : Continue the location’s evolution from traditional department store to a targeted destination for luxury goods and services. What sets this project apart : In terms of store planning, the new design of the Santa Fe department store seeks to engage with shoppers at every turn.

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Retail Focus

JULY 24, 2024

Pop-up retail has emerged as a dynamic and innovative approach to marketing and brand engagement in recent years. This unique concept involves the creation of temporary, highly experiential marketing environments that serve a multitude of objectives for brands. Expert Manager at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Just this week, American department store chain Nordstrom announced a unique collaboration with the British fashion brand Paul Smith. The founder of the eponymous brand highlighted another similarity between his business and the department store chain. “I The brand can also gain experience with retail operations.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

New luxury shoppers – young Millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who will represent more than three quarters of luxury sales by the end of the decade – engage in conscious consumerism. They expect the brands they engage with to express their values of environmental sustainability and social responsibility.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The storytelling aspect of the shoots is important to us – the concept has a larger focus than just the clothes – it is an adventure and look into an aspirational world we want to immerse our audiences in,” said Coote.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2023

Selfridges, the iconic British department store, is ushering in a new era of sustainable retail with its ambitious plan to ensure 45% of transactions come from circular products and services by 2030. The pop-up in Selfridges’ Concept Store showcases the brand’s vision for the future of fashion and commitment to circularity.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Spearheading this move are two flagship stores nestled in prime locations: one at the prestigious Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taipei’s vibrant Xinyi Xintiandi district, and the other at the iconic Dubai Mall. Its location in Taipei was designed after careful consideration of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi A8 shoppers.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Customer expectations of engagement and experience in retail are changing equally quickly. Not that long ago, walking into a carefully organised grocery market, hearing a pianist perform in the centre of a high-end department store, or having a retail associate help guide you represented a good retail customer experience.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

On the other hand, Blow Bar Co also celebrates the magical moments with our clients, such as weddings, engagements and birthdays. IR: Tell me about what makes the Blow Bar concept so unique and why it suits today’s consumer. What has that experience been like for the business?

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Evolution of Retail Formats The history of retail formats can be traced back to the late 1800s when single-product stores dominated the townscape. However, the emergence of department stores revolutionized the retail landscape by offering diverse products and brands under one roof.

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Barber Design

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Within the space, an interior designer specialising in travel retail design will design layouts, map customer touchpoints, assess finishes and always create focal points to make sure each duty free store has unique features. The iconic Lamp Bear sculpture, situated amid luxury boutiques, offers a striking focal point that engages travellers.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The essence of personalisation Picture a scenario, you’re in a department store. A father and daughter venture into the teen’s section, greeted by a sales associate whose approach is as personalised as it gets, engaging them in their common slang and steering them towards attire fitting the daughter’s age.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 14, 2024

There are many successful female retail entrepreneurs with innovative concepts but the chains and major retailers have been slow to recognise the value and importance of promoting women to leadership positions. Wirth joined the Myer board in October last year after 15 years at Qantas, including six years as CEO of Qantas Loyalty.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This technology has the potential to revolutionise online shopping, making it feel as engaging as visiting a physical store. Imagine putting on a VR headset and walking through a department store, interacting with products and making purchases all from the comfort of your home.

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2024

Unspun’s on-demand concept also allows for customisation and puts the manufacturing process much closer to home through localised production. “We “Retail will be part of entertainment, or experience, where people look for reasons to come and engage,” he explained.

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Inside Retail

MAY 28, 2024

We want to reaffirm our engagement as a brand, build the lifestyle potential of the brand with new business lines, and grow new businesses that we truly believe in, including second-hand lines,” he noted. After strong development in Asia, we decided to open our first new concept store in 2024 in Hong Kong.

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VMS

APRIL 7, 2021

K EEPING THE organizational pipeline flowing with creative, high-potential talent is a challenge every company faces, yet countless studies have shown that identifying and engaging young professionals early in their careers is critical to future success. How do you see the role of physical stores changing in the future?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2023

Upbeat prospects “Simpli Namdhari’s is not just a premium retail store but an experience we have carefully curated based on customers’ expectations. They have resonated with our concept of grocery and in-house café to provide an overall seed-to-plate experience,” Roopra stated.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The team took the time to engage our local clients on a deeper level and truly cater to their unique needs,” Chan noted. Dior has also revitalised its duplexes to introduce unique concepts to shoppers. But as far as she is concerned, physical stores remain vital to the luxury industry for personalised high-touch service experiences.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

This approach, built upon over 15 years of research, merges traditional and digital shopping experiences to continually attract and engage visitors. The management team ensures tenant compatibility with each mall’s identity through rigorous curation, blending both global and local brands to cater to their clientele’s varied needs.

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RetailMinded

JULY 28, 2020

The pandemic has severely limited consumer mobility, forcing big-name clothing retailers and department store chains to file for bankruptcy. Having dependable partners allows retailers to focus on engaging customers. On the one hand, it has been brutal for some segments. Efficiency Can Mean Survival.

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VMS

AUGUST 18, 2021

M ARKET BY MACY’S, a concept created by Macy’s (New York), is a more curated and exploratory version of the storied company’s typical effort. The store also features a concierge service and café.). Dynamic environmental graphics engage shoppers and complement the local neighborhood,” says Novak.

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Barber Design

MARCH 18, 2019

The poll revealed that when it comes to customer experience, physical stores were always preferred over their online competitors – apart from Amazon, who scored 28%. Near the bottom of the table for in-store experience were department stores with an average score of just 7% and fashion retailers with an average score of just 3%.

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Greater Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In recent years, retail designers have been met with a new challenge: to create shopping experiences that cater to digital-first generations while continuously engaging shoppers who primarily shop in-store. Let’s look at some of the most inspiring store designs. In-store hospitality offerings: mtl Coffee Shop.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Green’, is not the nice, catch-all, idealistic concept it once appeared to be for brands. Experience-seekers, in-store and online Despite the cash crunch, it’s critical for retailers to remember that value during the cost-of-living crisis isn’t weighed up in dollars alone. Sustainability, it seems, has a prioritisation problem.

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Barber Design

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Urban high streets, once dominated by department stores and large chains, now face widespread closures and vacant spaces. However, small towns are experiencing a retail renaissance driven by localism, community engagement, and innovative retail formats.

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Barber Design

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Urban high streets, once dominated by department stores and large chains, now face widespread closures and vacant spaces. However, small towns are experiencing a retail renaissance driven by localism, community engagement, and innovative retail formats.

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