Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2023

The company attributes this partly to a shortage of high-quality supply to address a strong demand for high-quality space. The real engine of occupancy growth is likely to be the expansions of the latter. The post Vietnam’s Vincom shifts focus from expansion to upgrades appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 9, 2023

Australian fashion house Shona Joy is continuing its international expansion with the first physical retail location in the upmarket Bloomingdales department store in Dubai. Housed inside Dubai Mall, the store offers items from the brand’s ready-to-wear collections as well as its event wear label La Lune.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

Founded in London’s Piccadilly in 1707, Fortnum & Mason is venturing into the digital space with the recent launch of its official store on Tmall Global in China. The post Fortnum & Mason exec discusses APAC expansion and digital plans appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Mango, one of Europe’s leading fashion groups, is accelerating its expansion in the United Kingdom with the opening of three new stores this autumn to bring the total to almost 50 by 2022, combining its physical presence in shopping centres with standalone stores and corners in department stores.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2022

We’re not in that space yet, but that’s certainly something we’re looking at, as well as bringing the larger warehouse experience to online shoppers – delivering big, high-cube items directly to members would be a huge benefit. We’re navigating through that space, and there’s a lot out there.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said there were 210 department stores in Japan at the end of 2019 but attrition in the ensuing three years reduced that number to just 192 by the end of 2022. Both the Takashimaya and Tokyu stores were luxury-focused, and had been a fixture of their neighbourhoods for decades.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Westons are said to be seeking £4 billion for their European department store assets, including Selfridges’ four stores in the UK, Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Ireland, and De Bijenkorf in the Netherlands. Central’s superregional malls and department stores are ubiquitous in Thailand.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

Eye on the prize With a solid presence outside of Asia and a network of five physical stores in Hong Kong, Azoulay felt it was a logical step to continue the brand’s expansion into Mainland China. The biggest challenge has been finding local partners to help the brand achieve its goals of global expansion, he said.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Battersea Power Station Located in London, UK, Battersea Power Station has transformed a 170,000sqm development in the heart of central London into a community of homes, shops, bars, restaurants, cafes, offices and over 19 acres of public space. In addition, Chadstone offers over 10,000 complimentary car spaces and an optional valet service.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

EL&N Café, famously dubbed as “the most instagrammable café in the world”, has secured almost 8,000 sq ft of space on the bustling New Street, adjacent to Zara, and will offer an expansive 20m double-height frontage.

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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

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Following its 2020 marketing strategy rebrand, Parfums de Marly felt now was the right time to enter the Australian retail space with its French vision of excellence and luxury in opposition to standardisation, through in-store customer experience. By culture, we are a department store brand in the way we function.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This transformation can be dissected into several distinct stages, often referred to as disruptions, in which retailers competed on multiple fronts: for physical space, consumer attention, and innovative store layouts and designs. These department stores were typically found in major cities, catering to urban consumers’ needs.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2024

“Scaling the Supreme sunglasses collection is the obvious low-hanging fruit and could open up huge distribution opportunities in all the world’s department stores. A Ray-Ban collaboration would easily lay the foundation for a full eyewear launch and the brand would sit comfortably in the space,” he added.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

US-based apparel chain Old Navy is reportedly exploring a possible expansion to India. Featuring the brand’s NextGen store concept, the space was designed to redefine the Indian shopping experience. India is the world’s fifth-largest global destination in the retail space. billion direct-to-consumer shipments by 2030.

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Inside Retail

JULY 4, 2024

Unlike other beauty brands, Jung Saem Mool – founded in 2015 and with more than 250 point-of-sales in South Korea – takes a very different approach to connecting with its customers in this market, which can be seen at its flagship store on Scotts Road.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

From subtle living room updates to kitting out our new home office spaces, there has been an understandable and undeniable growth in consumer appetite to elevate our spaces while so many of us have been spending more time at home,” Burchell told Inside Retail. “As Tapping into Millennial market.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The company’s latest business update for the Stock Exchange of Thailand states that The Chalong mall has 17,000sqm of net leasable area, and is anchored by an 8,000sqm Robinson department store. On the ground floor is the large, single-level Robinson department store that caterpillars up one side of the mall.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Founded amidst the opulent settings of Marrakech’s Dar el Bacha palace in 1910, this Moroccan coffee brand has recently made waves with its ambitious expansion into new territories. Unique formats The Taipei location is unique in the sense that it offers a retail space, coffee bar and takeaway counter in the same area.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Featuring the first bricks-and-mortar store for cult beauty brand Drunk Elephant and an expansive 10-acre rooftop park designed for social engagement and sustainability, The Exchange TRX is on track to become a world-class retail destination. One of the anchor tenants will be Seibu, spanning four levels and occupying some 250,000sqft.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2022

Known as a trailblazer, Revlon was once the most radical company in its space. When business was booming, Revlon’s strategy was to expand sales through mass market department stores, as well as buying expensive advertising. What went wrong?

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In a press release, Kardashian stated, “The expansion into the menswear space is a major milestone for the brand and a testament to Skims’ commitment to providing solutions for everybody. In addition to the expansion of the menswear market, there is also a growing demand for innovation within the men’s underwear industry.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

Retail environments were already evolving to become more engaging spaces when Covid-19 hit, but the pandemic has underlined just how important the social experience is to us. But for retail stores and shopping centres re-imagining the spaces they provide, just as important is the need to get construction projects right the first time.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Major department store, tick. The compression and expansion of its various laneways and squares conjures intrigue and discovery. Store formats vary in size, shape and identity, whereby guidelines seem relaxed and autonomous, in turn creating a sense of individuality amongst its buildings and retailers. Cinema, tick.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2023

The first is the perennial issue of whether or not the various markets can absorb the new space becoming available as developers open the doors of their newest projects. That may be an issue in cities such as Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City, where substantial new space is coming online. The past as prologue.

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Inside Retail

JULY 10, 2024

For the time being, Both& is partnering with “cool, socially aligned spaces” to offer returned items at discounted prices for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and is planning a few pop-up experiences soon. I think part of being a founder is deciding what fires you’re going to let burn and what things you are going to focus on.

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Dezeen

MAY 17, 2022

Indoor trees, natural light and a sculptural 12-metre-high waterfall help to create a calming shopping experience inside the Hyundai Seoul department store in Seoul , with interiors designed by Canadian studio Burdifilek. This extends through the core of the building to funnel sun into the expansive floorplan.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We envisioned a label in which shoppers could ‘see’ what they were buying properly, rather than touring packets of folded linen in department stores. HW: In the throes of 2020’s Melbourne lockdown, we unveiled our inaugural store in Abbotsford, as well as that expansive wonderland-meets-warehouse in Brunswick.

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Inside Retail

JULY 15, 2024

There is still white space in the market, for example, there is still a relative scarcity of multibrand retailers, and a posse of hopefuls is rushing to fill it. Part of the strategy is to expand its reach beyond the everyday mid-market Thai consumer by offering more prestige department-store brands.

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VMS

AUGUST 31, 2021

The path to expansion in global markets is littered with potholes and land mines. There is no silver bullet to avoiding the challenges that come with global expansion, but there is one sure way to minimize the risk, meet your desired goals and save time and money: hire locally. In each scenario there are pros and cons.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Japanese retailer Muji unveiled its largest flagship store in Southeast Asia, with the recent reopening of Muji Plaza Singapura in the heart of Singapore, following a transformative makeover. Even ‘Cafe&Meal Muji’ has joined in on the expansion, now comfortably accommodating up to 94 diners with a festive menu available until December 27.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2021

“Many domestic retailers were not strong on digital, especially department stores which offer similar home product ranges,” she told Inside Retail. . Amazon’s Achilles’ heel. One weak spot in Amazon’s quarterly results was its physical retail sales, which fell by almost 16 per cent.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

With over 200 stores and a slew of international brands, including Celine, Ganni, Levi’s and Reebok, United Arrows is one of the country’s largest select shops, which is a kind of mini department store. Just because you have a space, it doesn’t necessarily mean anything’s going to move. Focus on Asia.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Spanning two floors, the 1103sqm retail space features distinct areas dedicated to specific product categories. Meanwhile, the space embraces the philosophy of 80 per cent experience and 20 per cent retail, providing a platform for education and connection. The boutique’s façade draws customers into an environment of refined luxury.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Founded in 1985, Taking Shape is the market leader in the plus-size fashion space in Australia and New Zealand, with around 150 bricks-and-mortar stores across the two markets, including about 60 concessions in Myer department stores. Targeting global growth.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The Las Vegas Culture Kings store is just a few weeks old, but CEO Simon Beard is confident that it will break records. When you go into a store and there’s one person working, or you go to [department stores], and you can shoot a cannon and [not find] staff. I’ve always believed in creating that vibe and atmosphere.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The Las Vegas Culture Kings store is just a few weeks old, but CEO Simon Beard is confident that it will break records. When you go into a store and there’s one person working, or you go to [department stores], and you can shoot a cannon and [not find] staff. I’ve always believed in creating that vibe and atmosphere.

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