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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. Gen Z’s shopping patterns present a great opportunity for stores to become vibrant community hubs and interesting third spaces. This is both a public and personal health-related issue.

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How G-Star is recalibrating its local strategy for a post-Covid retail landscape

Inside Retail

Borges stated that consumer patterns have shifted and shoppers are more considered in their purchasing behaviour. While the fashion landscape has evolved in complexity, G-Star is committed to adapting, knowing full well that market dynamics have shifted in favour of a more curated approach to retail.

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What Emporium Melbourne looks for to ensure the right retail mix

Inside Retail

Despite the economic downturn, the centre’s success is rooted in its ‘carefully curated’ leasing strategy. Our strategic leasing decisions have ensured a highly curated mix of local and international brands, attracting a broad range of consumers,” Wotton said. This can be attributed to several key factors. “

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Ramadan shopping trends unpacked: What retailers need to know

Inside Retail

Growing demand has led some retailers to operate 24 hours a day to accommodate changing consumption patterns. Understanding these changing patterns has become crucial for businesses looking to capitalise on this significant retail opportunity. This year, Ramadan began on February 28 and ends on March 30.

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Landscape’s “optimistic” rebrand of COVID testing and vaccine start-up Curative

Design Week

The patterns support “a sense of energy and directionality without feeling decorative, superfluous, or unnecessarily premium”, he adds. San Francisco-based design studio Landscape has rebranded Curative with an ambition to position the U.S heathcare start-up as an on-the-go and “essential” service.

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Consumer protection laws need an overhaul for the digital age: CPRC

Inside Retail

The online consumer experience is often curated with dark patterns, including algorithms and bundled consent,” said CPRC chief executive Lauren Solomon. “94

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Primark launches vintage clothing concessions in Birmingham and Manchester

Retail Focus

WornWell by the Vintage Wholesale Company will stock 70s, 80s and 90s trends including denim jumpsuits and shirts, spaghetti tops, printed sweaters, puffa jackets and crazy pattern shirts. This concession will be the nostalgic bridge between generations, bringing curated retro fashion at great value. . “We