Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2022

Lotte enlisted London luxury retail designers Shed , known for a distinctly contemporary and progressive international design style, to reimagine a ‘different kind’ of department store, Lotte’s first major project in 7 years. A story of two halves with both a Menswear and a Children’s department.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The huge increase in online shopping over the past decade or so has had a major impact on department stores, with many consumers turning to Amazon, eBay and other online shops for shopping, rather than a more traditional trip out to a physical store. Changing culture of shopping.

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VMS

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Originally scheduled for an October 2020 opening, the seventh location for this family-run department store was caught in the middle of the global predicament – to build or not to build, to cancel or push on? Humans may need to shop and yes, that drives the economy back online, but they also need to breathe.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 6, 2022

We have ‘iconic’ shopping centres, ‘iconic’ retail stores, ‘iconic’ restaurants, ‘iconic’ hotels, ‘iconic’ rock groups. But Takashimaya, a retailer of 1831 vintage and still the largest department store chain in Japan, is surely genuinely deserving of the word. The amount of department store floorspace declined by 6.1

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Inside Retail

MAY 22, 2022

First quarter results for calendar year 2022 are in for the three biggest Korean department store retailers, and the numbers are encouraging. Shinsegae, Lotte, and Hyundai account for the top nine department stores in the country (coming in at number 10 is Galleria’s high-end flagship in Seoul). trillion KRW ($2.1

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

An old TopShop store in north London’s Brent Cross shopping centre has been revived after two years of sitting empty since the fast fashion brand closed down. It’s now a vibrant pop-up department store selling pre-loved clothing organised collaboratively by 10 charities.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Sydney Airport and Heinemann will jointly introduce Australia’s first domestic terminal “department store” concept next July at T2 and T3. Spanning 1765sqm in T2 and 506sqm in T3, the new retail space’s offerings range from apparel, accessories, watches, jewellery, perfumes, and wines to spirits.

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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. The post USM Haller creates "techno-chic" Coperni retail space at Parisian shop-in-shop appeared first on Dezeen.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Architecture studio OMA has revealed images of the first completed part of its renovation of Berlin department store KaDeWe, a retail and event space connected by wood-clad escalators. Wood-clad escalators sit in the centre of the space. A shop window will be used for analogue and digital display.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Australian department store David Jones has become the latest retailer to sell pre-owned clothing following the announcement of its partnership with Sydney-based luxury reseller Blue Spinach last week. It also offers second-hand items in its London flagship store through a partnership with online resale platform Vestiaire Collective.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 20, 2024

The Westfield shopping centre owner and operator’s net operating income grew 3.5 During the period, the group operated its shopping centres with increased levels of security following the stabbing attack at Westfield Bondi, which killed six people and impacted many others. Scentre Group’s fund from operations stood at $568.2

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Major department store, tick. We’ve all encountered those shopping centres that look and feel the same, no matter where you are in the world. Platform is the antithesis of a cookie-cutter shopping centre – indeed, it acts as a platform for independent brands to thrive. Global fast-fashion retailer, tick. Cinema, tick.

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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. The impression of a genuine joke shop was so strong that customers felt we had scented the space, which we hadn't."

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Inside Retail

JUNE 24, 2024

Following the €1 billion acquisition of the KaDeWe property in Berlin’s most famous shopping street Tauentzienstraße, from Signa Prime Selection AG last April, Central Group has agreed to acquire the rest of the KaDeWe Group portfolio – Alsterhaus in Hamburg and Oberpollinger in Munich.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Thai retail conglomerate Central Retail opened the doors to its second eat-shop-play lifestyle centre on the Thai island of Phuket on 6 October. 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.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Japanese studio Lighting Planners Associates lit a white tree-like canopy for the interior refurbishment of the historic Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store in Tokyo. The retail brand traces its history back to 1673 and a kimono fabric seller named Echigoya, while the department store was established in 1904.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 18, 2021

Discount department store The Reject Shop’s full year results tell an interesting story – one of business suffering under the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, but also one of a strong reset to an ailing business model. Despite this, the Reject Shop turned a profit 643 per cent higher than the year prior, hitting $8.3

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Earlier this month, several members of the Nordstrom family, including the company’s CEO Erik Nordstrom and president Pete Nordstrom, offered to acquire the legacy department store chain for US$3.8 The department store division has various structural challenges, while the off-price Rack division is starting to produce some good growth.

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2023

Department store Kmart Australia is set to close its Port Adelaide store in the coming months, resulting in 100 job losses. A Kmart spokesperson told Inside Retail that affected employees would be redirected to opportunities within the “wider Wesfarmers business” when the store closes.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Despite the efforts that go into planning, maintaining and marketing local shopping areas, the people who use these places are often not consulted about what they actually want and need on their main street. What are the key shops and services? We wanted to find out what consumers see as their ideal local shopping street.

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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 permanent Jacquemus shop-in-shop was designed by AMO. Terracruda clay was used across the interior. Seating areas decorate the boutique.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Shopping is about more than just a transaction, as evidenced by our inaugural global feature on the ‘Most desirable shopping precincts’. Its open spaces, rooftop gardens, and river views create a relaxing environment, while events and activations keep it relevant throughout the year,” D’oria di Cirie said.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 21, 2023

Selfridges, the iconic British department store, is ushering in a new era of sustainable retail with its ambitious plan to ensure 45% of transactions come from circular products and services by 2030. A key feature of the season is The Edit by Reselfridges, a fashion and lifestyle destination offering a unique way to shop secondhand.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The openings mark the brands first-ever physical presence in a department store and the first activation of its kind for Kocktail. Customers at John Lewis Cheadle , Cribbs Causeway and Kocktail’s hometown store of Newcastle will all be able to experience the sleek and sophisticated shopping experience.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The evidence is showing up most clearly in the reports coming out of the big department store chains, where the strength is increasingly concentrated in a few flagship stores rather than being distributed across their entire store fleets. The company’s 14 luxury department stores in Japan reported out 4.5

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Inside Retail

MAY 17, 2023

This makes FFO more reflective of the REIT’s true operating performance, since shopping centres and other properties often increase in value over time rather than depreciate. One of the key issues facing Simon and other mall operators is that they are still joined at the hip to department store anchors.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Customers are increasingly interested in getting back out into the world and enjoying the physical act of shopping, resorting to e-commerce more for convenience. I think retail, and especially for us as a cafe, is a third space. It’s not your home, and it’s not your office.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The retailer used RetailNext’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to measure consumers’ shopping journeys through the store anonymously, gathering data such as sales figures, traffic figures, customers’ gender and more. Can Showfields make a comeback?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2021

Luxury goods group LVMH unveiled on Monday the revamped La Samaritaine, a 150-year-old department store designed to help it grab a greater slice of tourist spending once pandemic travel curbs are eased. A view inside the revamped Samaritaine department store ahead of its reopening in Paris, France, June 21, 2021.

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Inside Retail

JULY 20, 2021

Sales in department store David Jones jumped during the last year despite the continuation of the Covid-19 crisis and intermittent lockdowns hampering trade. Sales in the department store rose 2.3 per cent during the year to June 27, and 0.9

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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. The second floor, housing high-end womenswear, is a neutral gallery-like space with a subdued tonal palette.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One of the key trends that defined retail in 2023 was pop-up shops and how these experiential shopping experiences have taken hold over millennial and Gen Z consumers. Just this week, American department store chain Nordstrom announced a unique collaboration with the British fashion brand Paul Smith.

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Instore Design

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

You enter a bookstore and find a coffee shop conveniently tucked inside. You even find a full display of your favorite designer clothing in the local department store. The "shop-within-a-shop" model is alive and well in retail.

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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 Group is one of the ‘big three’ Thai retailers and shopping centre developers/operators.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Arte Museum will occupy approximately 4,750sqm of space that was vacated by Arclight Cinemas when it closed in 2020. The space is the upper level of a three-level empty box, the two levels below having been left by upscale department store Bloomingdales , which closed in March 2021.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

Laurent Boidevezi, the Apac president of luxury liquor group Moet Hennessy kicked off the day by outlining the company’s plans to expand on building its maison’s direct retail spaces as it looks to boost engagement with new generations of end customers. Airports have basically transformed themselves into luxury shopping malls.”

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