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

JUNE 27, 2024

The mall concept as we know it began in 1956 with the opening of the Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota. The multi-store shopping centre steadily grew in popularity in the US, hitting peak popularity in the 1980s. In the past, the big department stores were the main attractions. That is less so today.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2024

Central’s acquisition move is not unusual,” Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, International Association of Department Stores managing director, told Inside Retail. Central Group made the headlines again in 2022 after snapping up Selfridges Group, making it the largest luxury department store operator in Europe.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Macy’s has been stepping up to the plate with a series of new moves, from the expansion of its smaller-footprint stores, to a new digital fashion platform targeting younger shoppers. But while these initiatives sound promising, the question remains: can the department store chain truly adapt to the needs of the modern-day consumer?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And while Central Group’s publicly listed subsidiary, Central Retail, has denied any involvement in the transaction, multiple reports suggest that another division of the conglomerate is involved in the talks. Central’s superregional malls and department stores are ubiquitous in Thailand. billion (AU$3.72

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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

MAY 19, 2024

This is just one example of the brand’s recent efforts to amplify its longstanding commitment to natural skincare, from the launch of a new formulation charter in 2022 to its B Corp certification in February to a new store concept centred on storytelling. “We We do all the right things, but we forgot to talk about it in the past.

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