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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The brand has recently doubled down on its Melbourne presence with the opening of its concept store in Hawksburn Village. After taking home the National Designer Award last year at PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Best had his sights set on an expansion in Sydney. But what area can we grow a customer base?

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Fashion retailer Harrolds will launch a concept store in Melbourne’s fashion district, Chadstone, on October 11. The expansion is the brand’s first new space in eight years and the second Harrolds location in Victoria after it relocated to 101 Collins Street in 2005.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

At over 1000sqm, the store is Lululemon’s largest in Australia and New Zealand and houses new concepts, more menswear and products for all. IR: More dedicated retail space for menswear is a notable feature of Lululemon’s new flagship. Is this a pilot for the concept to be rolled out to other locations and online?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Estee Lauder’s beauty brand Tom Ford will open its first concept Australian Beauty Store at Chadstone – The Fashion Capital. The post Tom Ford opens its first Australian Beauty concept store appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

Luxury fashion company Oroton has opened a concept store in Paddington, Sydney, this month. We wanted the space to feel more like a home,” said Holt. “I’ve The post Oroton unveils new concept store in Sydney appeared first on Inside Retail. It’s all about creating the whole aesthetic.”. Image source: Supplied.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Nagnata is a premium Australian fashion and lifestyle brand designed for modern movement, including pilates, yoga and dance and studio-to-street style. Inside Retail : How did you come up with the concept for Nagnata? IR : How does Nagnata fill in a white space in the apparel market? How have you overcome these challenges?

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AUGUST 24, 2024

The historic retailer’s store is centred around its fresh design concept of New Heritage, which celebrates its dual identity as both historic in legacy and contemporary in design. The store houses the brand’s most fashion-forward ranges, including Heritage +, Heritage Select, and Re-Engineered.

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APRIL 20, 2022

Harvey Nichols has introduced the world’s first blue-chip non-fungible tokens (NFT) retail concept space located inside a luxury department store dubbed ‘HN NFT Vault’ at the retailer’s Pacific Place store in Hong Kong. The post Harvey Nichols Hong Kong launches world-first NFT retail space appeared first on Inside Retail.

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JULY 10, 2024

The new Fujifilm House of Photography site provides an extended range of products and services, including a hireable studio space, a print room, and a community hub where creators can attend events and workshops with Fujifilm X-photographers and influencers.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Offering a real-world example of this approach in action in the retail industry, Allen points to British fashion brand RIXO. Materials like low-VOC (volatile organic compounds) and phthalate-free options are not only better for the environment but also create healthier spaces for staff and customers by improving indoor air quality.

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JULY 3, 2022

Australian cycling apparel label MAAP has opened its first flagship concept store in Collingwood, Melbourne. Jarrad Smith, a co-founder of MAAP, said the store aims to be a welcoming space for everyone interested in cycling, no matter what stage they are at on their cycling journey. Image source: Supplied.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Wittner worked with The General Store to develop the new store concept, drawing on the retail agency’s design expertise as well as its own insights from market research and staff surveys conducted last year to better understand what customers want and expect when they walk into a Wittner store. Image: Supplied. Telling the brand story.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This neo-surrealist concept, as surprising as it is inspiring, perfectly embodies the fair’s mission: to push the boundaries of commerce, encourage the discovery of unexpected products, and delight visitors at every moment. The Flow of Fashion exhibition by Daniela Leonini seamlessly merged the world of retail with experience.

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JANUARY 15, 2023

Fast fashion brand H&M recently launched Loooptopia, a Roblox game focused on creating, trading and recycling digital fashion items. Then complement fashion items with accessories, dance moves, music tracks and special effects to create different performances on the Loooptopia catwalk. Fashion for the future.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Spanish fashion retailer Desigual recently opened a new store in Singapore and unveiled an aspirational expansion strategy in Asia that will see it open 60 bricks-and-mortar stores in China and tap into key opinion leaders in the region to reach new customers. The art gallery concept. The APAC marketplace.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The retail industry might just owe a debt of gratitude to Australia Post’s new Community Hub concept – and not just because it has installed change rooms. The team behind this concept — led by Landini Associates — was given the opportunity to throw out the rules of retail and take a clean-sheet look at how to use floorspace.

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AUGUST 28, 2022

Hailing from Bangkok, Khong Ngamthin is the founder and designer of fashion label Heart Made, which offers products that combine old-fashioned techniques and contemporary design. I had always been drawn to the art of fashion – the colours, textures, patterns, shapes and boundless space to push boundaries.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

Singaporean label Charles & Keith is ramping up its global expansion, opening three flagship stores in Tokyo, Singapore, and China, following its concept debut in Seoul last year. For the latter two, securing impressive multi-storey street-facing units in these prime areas made them a natural choice for a more ambitious boutique concept.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

A family affair Founded on the Gold Coast in 2001, Dissh is an Australian fashion brand that is owned, run, and led by women. Raised in a family of fashion retailers, who co-own the retail empire City Beach, Henry-Hicks has always been keen to work in the family business from the age of 10.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

French luxury fashion house Balmain has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) based membership program, The Balmain Thread, in partnership with MintNFT. Launched during Paris Fashion Week, it’s a reimagined loyalty and rewards program powered by Web3 technology and designed to be a seamless experience across physical and digital environments.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

After starting as a sales associate at J Crew’s Liquor Store concept shop while studying menswear design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Echevarria was recruited by retail legend Millard ‘Mickey’ Drexler to start a brand collaboration program. Be a safe and well-curated space to learn.

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JUNE 18, 2021

A collaboration between the Australian Fashion Council (AFC), Afterpay, and Vicinity Centres will see local fashion leaders given physical retail space in Chatswood Chase for an eight-week period on a rotating basis. According to the AFC, the retail space will be a “one of a kind retail concept store”.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Fast fashion has normalised using garments for short periods of time, and throwing them away when trends change, driving an unsustainable pattern of overproduction and overconsumption. It envisions that fast fashion will be out of fashion, and that economically profitable re-use and repair services will be widely available.

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APRIL 9, 2021

Designed as an inspirational place to meet, explore and shop; Frasers boasts a range of beauty, fashion, premium and contemporary accessories and designer childrenswear. The store’s impressive ready-to-wear collections will include a comprehensive mix of hundreds of brands, all edited through the unique Frasers fashion lens.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Australian knitwear brand Mia Fratino is on a mission to disrupt the fashion industry and change for the better the way stores – and consumers – buy clothes. After three years, we took a space in Balaclava [in Melbourne]. IR : Earlier this year, you called on the fashion industry to realign the sales calendar with the seasons.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

From pop-ups to permanent retail spaces The strategic decision to pivot from pop-up activations to permanent retail stores reflects Staxs commitment to deepening its connection with its community and the strategic maturation of the company. They are driven by a desire to build relationships as opposed to just selling clothes.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Gabriella Pereira is the director of Beare Park and the recipient of the Australian Fashion Laureates Emerging Designer of the Year award this year. Meet Beare Park Beare Park is a luxury fashion label made, designed and owned in Australia. The business of Australian fashion IR : The pop-up in Potts Point; why now?

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Additionally, Indian fashion brands Afew by Rahul Mishra and Akok by Anamika Khanna will expand their US presence with an exclusive launch at Saks Fifth Avenue’s New York flagship store. Current retail players are limited to malls, specialty stores, and concept stores built around branded spaces.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Having collaborated previously on two other store designs for the fashion retailer, Milton and Vaia worked closely with ME+EMs founder Claire Hornby to articulate the brands identity through its Marylebone premises. The goal was to craft a space that felt contemporary and rooted in tradition, fostering a sense of community and warmth.

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MARCH 12, 2023

From romantic and intricate handmade gowns from South Australian label Paolo Sebastian, to ’70s-inspired silk and velvet suits from emerging designer and former musician Anna Cordell, to fun and affordable styles from family-favourite retailer Kmart, this year’s PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival had it all. Nungala Creative.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

, has chosen Liverpool ONE to debut its new store design concept. The international footwear brand specialises in curating a unique and fashion-forward collection of products, introducing them to wider audiences through other JD retailers. Chris Cairns, Concept & Development Retail Manager, size? added: “size?’s

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MAY 3, 2022

Inside Retail : Cue is one of Australia’s longest-standing fashion brands and it has such a rich history. Upon arriving home and sensing a gap for youth-driven fashion in the market, he decided to capitalise on that and started printing The Beatles t-shirts for the group’s fan club in Australia.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Following Harrods successful return to Shanghai Fashion Week with ‘The Harrods Hive’, a concept that focused on building stronger connections across the luxury industry in China, Harrods is proud to announce the unveiling of an inaugural pop-up focused on young Chinese design.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

Technological materials, immersive design and biblical narrative transform the space into the brand’s new meeting point for its growing community. These vitrines, surrounded by natural vegetation evoking a contained paradise, elevate the space to an almost museum-like imaginary.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The ‘secret sauce’ for Sheet Society is bringing the look, feel and shopping experience of clothes fashion to manchester and bedding. Between that novel concept and the turbocharge that Covid-19 gave to e-commerce, the start-up has swiftly become a mid-sized force. What is Sheet Society doing in that space?

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Shaftesbury has announced that The Hook, a unique art gallery retail concept, has opened its flagship London store in Seven Dials in the heart of the West End. Featuring a range of both established and emerging artists, across a variety of subjects and styles, the 1,588 sq ft space is located at 37A Neal Street, adjacent to Ollie Quinn.

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JUNE 21, 2021

It also sells a curation of fashion, lifestyle and beauty products, as well as an exclusive collection from Prada and a bespoke Selfridges own label merchandise featuring puns such as Herb Your Enthusiasm and Horti-Couture, for gardening and fashion enthusiasts alike. Photographer: Jason Alden www.jasonalden.com.

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