Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Lladró has announced the opening of a new store in New York, the first in the US with the brand’s new concept. This new retail concept is dedicated to showcasing Lladró’s most innovative and groundbreaking creative designs and collaborations. Forms and colours are the differentiating elements of the design.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The Swedish performance electric car brand is opening its first ‘Space’ store in Australia, at Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre, this summer. The ‘Space’ retail concept enables customers to interact with the Polestar brand, meet product specialists and take a test drive in the all-electric Polestar 2. Onwards and upwards.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The brand has recently doubled down on its Melbourne presence with the opening of its concept store in Hawksburn Village. I sort of saw it as a wardrobe that you would be walking into, because it’s a smaller space… the Best Jumpers wardrobe,” Best told Inside Retail.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

EE has unveiled its new concept store designed to give customers a more immersive experience combined with expert knowledge. Located within BT’s new London headquarters, One Braham, the store showcases the best in converged technology with expert face-to-face advice and demonstrations. EE One Braham.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

Fujifilm Australia has relocated its first brand experience facility, Fujifilm House of Photography, to a larger location in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. First opened in 2022 , the facility is now located at 263 George Street and is the world’s third Fujifilm House of Photography, after Japan and London.

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Inside Retail

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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Retail Focus

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 has been designed to create a space to immerse customers in Barbour’s heritage and storytelling.

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Inside Retail

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.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Battersea Power Station announced today that global training brand, NOBULL , will open its first permanent concept store in Europe in the newly restored Grade II* listed Power Station , which opened its doors to the public on 14 th October 2022 alongside Electric Boulevard, a new pedestrianised high street for London.

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Inside Retail

MAY 9, 2022

Ikea is to launch its small-format planning studio concept in two locations in Australia this year. Unlike its traditional warehouse-like stores, the Planning Studio is sized between 300-500sqm and designed for customers to plan and order complex home furnishings and services such as dining, kitchens, and bed spaces.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2022

Australian cycling apparel label MAAP has opened its first flagship concept store in Collingwood, Melbourne. The store is located in the former industrial area of Collingwood, so the design makes the most of the former commercial building’s concrete and blockwork shell. It was designed by Clare Cousins Architects.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2024

With the increasing financial power of this generation of shoppers, opportunities for newer, trendier brands to tap into this space have exponentially opened up over the past decade. Kaye realised there werent many home goods in the online space and saw a white space that she knew she wanted to fill in.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 31, 2023

The multi award-winning retailer will open at 7 Commercial Way in a 1,558 sq ft space, showcasing its eclectic selection of lifestyle and homeware products from over 300 brands. The post Lark London Selects Woking’s Victoria Place for First Location Outside London appeared first on Retail Focus - Retail Design.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2022

Outdoor retailer Anaconda is to launch its largest retail concept yet, dubbed the Anaconda Adventure HQ, within the next month. Chris Lude, CEO of Anaconda, said the outdoor concept is unlike anything in the country, and all of the brand’s products will be available under one roof for the first time. “We

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2022

Outdoor retailer Anaconda is to launch its largest retail concept yet, dubbed the Anaconda Adventure HQ, within the next month. . Chris Lude, CEO of Anaconda, said the outdoor concept is unlike anything in the country, and all of the brand’s products will be available under one roof for the first time. . “We

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2023

Fashion brand Farage has launched a five-story concept store in Sydney, as it marks its 25th year in the industry. The concept store is about showcasing our tailoring, creating unique experiences for customers and encouraging collaborations with other creatives – it’s a mature version of who we are as a brand.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

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. Take, for example, the heavy-duty, interlocking products, which are ideal for retail spaces,” Johnson and Jacovou said.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Inside Retail : Why did you choose Fitzroy as your third store location for Melbourne? We’d just proven the bigger store concept worked beautifully in Armadale, moving from our cozy 60sqm South Yarra space to a more generous 140sqm format. Nothing compares to welcoming customers into our physical space our home.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Shaftesbury Capital has announced that luxury activewear brand , Alo Yoga, has opened its new UK location in Covent Gardens Seven Dials. Covering almost 100,000 sq ft, 55 brands invested in the destination last year, solidifying it as the location of choice for world-class concepts.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2023

The brand’s fifth store in Singapore, which is located in Ion Orchard, features an “enhanced shopping experience” that aims to introduce more consumers to Desigual through a new perspective on the brand. The art gallery concept. And for 2023, it will be preparing for a show at Paris Fashion Week. “We

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

Interstore | Schweitzer has created and implemented the new 2000 m² BRIDGE market Flexstore concept in Zurich for the largest Swiss retail company, Migros. The BRIDGE market concept skilful balances the offering into a varied combination of fresh-food areas, catering and dry goods.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This retail concept offers convenience to customers, whether they are corporates or commuters headed to events, in need of a gift or pick-me-up for themselves on their way home. “It’s Next stop Martin Place “I guess we’re pretty open-minded,” Barnes said about Ecoya’s approach to choosing store locations.“We

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

So, how do retailers choose the right selection of material and tools for your store’s visual merchandising concepts? Enthral your customers by mixing and matching materials with other styles and knowing which material best suits your visual merchandising concepts. Corrosion resistance .

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Located in the iconic Fountain House on Donegall Place, just over 100 yards from Primarks flagship Bank Buildings store, Primark Home will span 8,700 sq. Primark and Belfast have a storied history and were incredibly proud the city will be the first in the world to experience this exciting new retail concept.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Inside Retail spoke with Natalie Ellis, vice president and GM for Foot Locker Asia Pacific about why the global retailer selected Melbourne Central as the location for its first new-concept flagship store in Australia, and fourth globally. Inside Retail : Melbourne’s vibrant sneaker culture makes it an ideal location for this launch.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2023

Leading outdoor sportswear brand Helly Hansen has unveiled its new concept store at Chadstone Shopping Centre. Located centrally within the store, it draws the customers attention into the key products on display at that time,” he said. More stores across the country Helly Hansen is set to roll out more concept stores over 2023.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

A year after the French luxury department store originally announced it would be launching its first US location, Printemps is officially opening a brick-and-mortar store in the heart of New York Citys financial district on March 21. Unlike its other locations, the Printemps New York store will not have shop-in-shops.

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Inside Retail

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. Inside Retail: What criteria did you use to select the locations for these new flagship stores? How are the customers responding to the new image?

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Retail Focus

MARCH 7, 2023

Creative agency, Mynt , has designed a new retail concept for SPORT 2000, the international sports retail giant. The new concept, which was first launched at the Tribeca Mall in Mauritius, is being rolled out into various store shapes, sizes, and formats globally. Key categories include Running, Swim, Outdoor, Lifestyle, and Fitness.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2022

Shaftesbury has today announced the signing of art retail concept, The Hook, for its first central London showroom in Seven Dials. The experiential art gallery is the latest innovative brand to join Seven Dials’ creative community and is set to open a 1,588 sq ft space on 37A Neal Street this September.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The space exists as both a plastic sorting facility and a retail store. The unit is located at the lower end of Carnaby Street, at 56B. Samantha Bain-Mollison, Retail Director at Shaftesbury commented “We’re delighted to announce that Carnaby will be home to the first ever retail destination plastic recycling concept shop, Are You Mad.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 9, 2021

Located in the Mander Centre, in a unit once home to a Debenhams, Frasers Group have invested millions to transform the building into a premium shopping destination. The menswear space will also have areas dedicated to loungewear, denim and footwear all offering a cohesive edit of wardrobe solutions.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This sector, one of eight experience areas at EuroShop, is the largest and most diverse, with 328 exhibitors showcasing their latest products and ideas over 28,000 square metres of exhibition space in Halls 10, 11, 12 and 13. The offerings range from store architecture, design and planning to displays, sales counters and shopping carts.

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Retail Focus

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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Retail Focus

MAY 1, 2024

NYSE: FL), has unveiled its new retail concept that delivers an elevated shopping experience and unrivaled customer service. The global retailer introduced the reinvented retail format at its Willowbrook Mall location in Wayne, N.J., and will incorporate learnings from this concept into new stores. Foot Locker, Inc.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 24, 2024

JD, New Look and Ann Summers are set to open new concept stores at Derbion, the Midlands retail and leisure destination, following a combined investment of over £5 million. By actively managing the centre, Derbion has unlocked space to ensure brands benefit from the optimum footprint and location to drive footfall and sales.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Toys ‘R’ Us Asia is shifting away from traditional retail formats, introducing a series of innovative concept stores across Asia, as it seeks to tap into the lucrative ‘kidult’ segment. In Singapore and Malaysia, the company introduced the ‘Toy + Play’ concept. Kidults are adults who purchase toys and collectibles. “We

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