Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Introduction Significance of Store Windows in Retail Retail displays evolved from the simplicity of handwritten signs strategically positioned both inside and outside stores during the 1800s. In retail, where the importance of first impressions cannot be understated, store windows become the brand frontline ambassadors.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 3, 2023

The department store chain has launched a standalone business called David Jones Amplify which will give brands access to more than 475 in-store media, 102 digital formats and 70 print and digital editorial formats. We want to partner with brands to achieve their marketing objectives.” James Holloman, CMO at David Jones.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 29, 2024

If physical stores are meant to be the embodiment of a rag trader’s brand, any absence of identity and vision will be on display for customers alongside the racks of clothing. Retailers must be clearer than ever about the feeling they’re selling – not just the product,” he added.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Australian property group Mirvac is displaying Indigenous art in its shopping centres and office buildings across Australia this NAIDOC Week (July 4 to July 11) as part of a partnership with Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. The store has a weighted average lease expiry of 10.5 The department store saw sales fall 13.1

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

For smaller companies like Pop Up Grocer, which opened its first permanent bricks-and-mortar store in March in New York City’s West Village, that includes curating a well-rounded selection of independently owned food, beverage and lifestyle products for consumers to explore through in-store shopping and events and via a monthly subscription box.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Litmus Retail Group has partnered with Myer on a physical showroom concept that will enable the department store to display big and bulky products, such as treadmills, e-scooters and stand-up desks, and track how consumers are engaging with them to inform future buying decisions. That’s where Litmus comes in.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The brand has grown to have a presence in 80 countries through a distribution network encompassing 1200 points of sale across stand-alone stores, franchises, department stores, multi-brand leather goods stores, travel retail and e-commerce websites.

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Instore Design

APRIL 26, 2021

While visiting a local electronics retailer, you find a display dedicated to your cell phone brand. You even find a full display of your favorite designer clothing in the local department store. The store-within-a-store model is alive and well in retail. And it’s up-leveling brands in a crowded market.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

“The consumer-driven experience includes the original control rooms having been fully restored and transformed into an events space and an all-day bar concept, with its original dials and controls on display,” she added. It has 231,286sqm of gross lettable area (GLA) split across two levels, and hosts almost 21 million visitors annually.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2023

Whether it’s a small boutique or a major department store chain, all businesses can harness the potential of this powerful technology. For example, Bloomingdale’s has an interactive display in their windows, where customers can “try on” different pairs of sunglasses simply by standing in front of the screen.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2022

When business was booming, Revlon’s strategy was to expand sales through mass market department stores, as well as buying expensive advertising. Like other legacy brands, they invested in magazine editorials which drove shoppers into stores, where sales would be converted through personal selling and glossy displays.

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Design Week

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With this year’s window displays, the department store’s offering is designed to “spread joy and happiness” Bright colours are the star of the show this year – a stark contrast to last year’s monochrome affair. Modern stained glass panels form the background of several of the windows.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 14, 2022

TAG Heuer has worked with the world’s leading department store for over 20 years, sharing a commitment to offering watchmaking excellence in an environment known for unparalleled luxury. TAG Heuer unveils today its exhibition windows and pop-up at London’s iconic shopping destination, Harrods.

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Barker and Stonehouse have teamed up with Fenwick to open its first in-store concept spaces in the Fenwick’s Newcastle and Bentalls Kingston department stores. The Newcastle concept store will span 10,000 square feet while the Bentalls space will be slightly smaller. The spaces are set to launch ahead of Christmas.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

The brand entered the South Korean market with the opening of its first store at the high-end Shinsegae Department Store located in the bustling area of Gangnam. CDG by Comme des Garçons also opened its first standalone store in South Korea under a partnership with Samsung C&T Fashion earlier this year.

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Design Week

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Last year , the department store decked the halls in October. He can be found in the store’s biggest (and “most festive”) window on the corner of Oxford Street and Orchard Street. Designed in house by the team, the display also features a look at the Fenwick Christmas window archive. Harvey Nichols.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 28, 2021

But ensuring the space made an impact amidst a busy department store was important too. Elsewhere, lightboxes with campaign imagery add impact and double as handy shelving fixtures to display key merchandise. Lucky Fox wanted to keep the scheme super light and contemporary to echo the minimalist aesthetic of the brand.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 13, 2021

Housed in the world’s most famous department store, the space will provide an immersive customer experience, as retailers reopen their doors following months in lockdown.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The themes on display are often indicative of the global trends affecting consumers and retail. Hyundai Department Store (Korea) Hyundai incorporates new digital technologies such as AI to enhance operational efficiency and customer convenience, including the industrys first AI copywriting system called Lewis.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

The brand’s signature intricate floral displays and pink decor, which have captivated social media audiences worldwide, will feature prominently in the lavish Birmingham cafe. ” She expressed delight in bringing the EL&N experience to a new demographic of customers in Birmingham.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Premium department store David Jones is set to host a range of in-store festivities and experiences, as part of pride month. Between February 23 and March 5, the retailer’s Bondi and Elizabeth Street stores in Sydney will feature live performances from a diverse dance troupe called Briefs Factory.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 25, 2024

The brand entered the South Korean market with the opening of its first store at the high-end Shinsegae Department Store located in the bustling area of Gangnam. CDG by Comme des Garçons also opened its first standalone store in South Korea under a partnership with Samsung C&T Fashion earlier this year.

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Retail Times

MAY 20, 2024

Flower power will be extending well beyond the world’s greatest flower show this week – with Chelsea’s Peter Jones department store creating the most extravagant and challenging window display in the branch’s history.

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VMS

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As we know, a good standard of window display and visual merchandising is paramount for any retail business. There is the need to get customers excited about your store. The window is your least costly form of advertising; it is the face of your store, and one of its most important elements.

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VMS

JULY 23, 2021

Check out these window displays created for family owned Windsor Pharmacy (New York), designed by Polar Buranasatit of Studio Polarizer (New York). Aiming to change perceptions, this pharmacy window display showcases an elevated design by displaying minimal product, much like a department store window, explains Buranasatit.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Selfridges adopted the Christmas spirit early this year – earlier, in fact, than any other department store in the world, it claims. This year’s “A Christmas for Modern Times” displays have been on display since 17 October. Selfridges. Fortnum & Mason. Liberty London.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Art director Willo Perron has designed the first pop-up store for Kim Kardashian 's underwear brand SKIMS, which is in Paris and furnished with glossy, chunky display units and partitions. The SKIMS Paris pop-up store by Willo Perron is replete with chunky partitions and display units.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Parisian fashion brand Coperni has collaborated with Swiss furniture company USM Haller to create its first-ever boutique, a shop-in-shop at French department store Printemps Haussmann. A display table constructed from larger cubic modules was placed at the centre of the space, while a wall behind was branded with the Coperni logo.

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Retail Focus

JULY 27, 2022

The execution of the dramatic bar is a major milestone for umdasch The Store Makers in the 10-year grand renovation process of the world-famous department store. Surrounding the bar are five areas framed by library-esque bottle displays, gold-hued seating and bespoke tabletops designed to echo the effervescence of champagne.

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Dezeen

MARCH 23, 2024

London department store Selfridges has opened The Joke Shop, a "shoppable comedy store" that sells products including sneezing powder and has windows filled with whoopee cushions and slipping bananas. Eclectic attention to detail and intentional imperfection felt important."

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2022

The first store will open later this year at The Americana at Brand, a shopping centre in Los Angeles, and reportedly be around 30,000 square feet – much smaller than a typical department store, which is around 100,000 square feet. How Amazon Style works. Amazon Style claims to be a “new way” to shop and discover fashion.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 21, 2022

Dutch studio AMO has created a terracruda-clad shop-in-shop with curving tiered shelving for French-fashion brand Jacquemus at luxury department store Selfridges. The boutique was installed as a permanent retail space located on the ground floor of London department store Selfridges and is host to Jacquemus bags and accessories.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

The store interior features air travel elements, such as conveyor belts, a check-in counter, circular displays outlined with neon lights resembling jet engines, and porthole windows filled with sky images. The post Flying into the future: Step inside Pan Am’s flagship store in South Korea appeared first on Inside Retail.

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VMS

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Regular VMSD readers know that we recently launched our exclusive Brain Squad , which is made up of visual merchandising and store designers across the country (and beyond) who offer up industry insight that only they can provide. The huge toy displays at FAO Schwartz in New York City in the late 1960s. It was magical!

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2024

Its store design pays homage to the industrial history of Battersea and is inspired by mid-century sci-fi films. The wall display looks like mirror computer switchboards, the basin almost looks like a control desk and there’s a giant, orb-shaped light fixture above. A true luxury store should be as aspirational as possible.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As the holiday season approaches, Dior has created The Fabulous World of Dior , a spectacular presentation illuminating the hallowed halls of the world-famous Harrods department store. WINDOW DISPLAYS, A CELEBRATION OF DREAMS AND DIOR SAVOIR- FAIRE. PRECIOUS SETTINGS: TWO EXCLUSIVE MULTI-EXPERIENCE POP- UPS.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2023

He told Inside Retail that the popularity of David Jones’ designer and luxury brands seemed to be increasing, as fashion-conscious and high-income customers gravitated to the department stores’ designer brands. David Jones is updating the way it displays these products to reflect this change. “We

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