Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Lego Group has appointed Justine McKenny as its new senior director, head of marketing for Australia and New Zealand, effective March 1. McKenny will lead the marketing team for the region and join the leadership team, reporting to Troy Taylor – VP and GM for Australia and New Zealand. McKenny joined The Lego Group in 2009 and has been responsible for the development and execution of some of the brand’s biggest campaigns in the region.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sovereign Centros has announced that local homeware and gifts retailer, Fig & Fox, has opened at Festival Place , one of the UK’s top 25 retail and leisure destinations. The launch of the Hampshire-based brand follows a successful pop-up at the end of 2023, also emphasising the destination’s commitment to supporting local brands and responding to consumer demand for a diverse range of premium retail options.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Everyone is dropshipping and no one is talking about it. But everyone is talking about brand delivered, brand fulfilled, e-concessions and digital concessions. E-commerce is undergoing a structural change. During Covid, retailers and brands placed more inventory online. Now, we’re moving further up the supply chain, with manufacturers and suppliers doing the same, shunning wholesale distribution in favour of a different model.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Surviving and thriving in today’s competitive retail market requires more than offering quality products at best prices. It is more about providing top-notch customer services to give them a reason to choose your brand over the others and recommend it as well. Exceptional customer service goes beyond driving sales. It also fosters loyalty and builds a brand’s reputation.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lululemon – known for its yoga selections and bags – is expanding its footwear offerings with its first men’s collection to debut this month. The brand will launch its first casual sneaker ‘Cityverse’ on February 13. Two new running models, BeyondFeel and BeyondFeel Trail, will be launched in March and May respectively. The Spring Summer 2024 Collection will be available online and in select stores across North America, Europe and Mainland China.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

One of the main drivers of success is an acute understanding of what people want. Put simply, knowledge is power when it comes to sales. Give people what they want at a price they like, and you’ll make money. That, of course, is easier said than done. Data on things such as consumer trends and internet searches are abundant these days, but that doesn’t mean you’ll always get it right in terms of selling things people want to buy.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Dutch firm UNStudio has revealed a two-storey flagship store for Chinese technology company Huawei in Shanghai with a facade clad in ivory-coloured petal-like forms. Drawing from Huawei's global operating system, named Harmony, UNStudio 's design aimed to generate biophilic associations between the brand and its technology by integrating organic geometric shapes throughout the scheme.

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Design Wanted

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

During this winter break, I was honored to collaborate with the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) Social Design Hub on the initiation of this […] The post Design for Vulnerability (D4V): Adaptability, Artifacts, and Apprehension appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Retail Design Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It’s not surprising that following last September’s much-publicised reopening of the revamped Bottega Veneta store on swanky avenue Montaigne in.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! New research reveals that Apple Pay and contactless payments have actually overtaken cash payments by a landslide as our favourite ways to pay in-store. The study comes from digital payment solutions provider, takepayments and included a survey of over 1,000 UK consumers, revealing that: Contactless is by far the most popular payment method in the UK.

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Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Retail Design Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Unispace completed the Squirrel offices with a thoughtful incorporation of their brand identity in Auckland, New Zealand. Breathing new life.

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Design Middleeast

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Majid Al Futtaim Lifestyle, a pioneering leader in lifestyle retail across the GCC, today announced the grand opening of Poltrona Frau the 112-year-old luxury Italian furniture brand, at Mall of the Emirates. The milestone marks the brand’s second store in Dubai and the first mall-based store worldwide. Following the successful debut of the newly designed showroom in Jumeirah, the iconic Poltrona Frau brand now graces a line-up of high-end luxury names in the UAE’s premier shopping destination

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Retail Design Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Brutalism over the sea The firm Zooco, winner of the Architecture Masterprize 2023 award in the “Small firm of multidisciplinary.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Auld Hag is excited to announce they will be opening the doors to their Scottish deli, The Shoap, on 9th February 2024. Located on St John Street in Angel, The Shoap [Scots for shop] is the culmination of years of dedication to showcasing the very best of Scotland’s culinary heritage.

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Retail Design Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Latitud 20 logo fuses the exquisiteness of chocolate with the mystique of the compass rose. Inspired by the exact.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! To help retailers capitalise on Easter confectionary sales, leading Irish chocolatier Lir Chocolates is expanding its range introducing three new Easter eggs – two from Baileys Chocolate and one from Guinness – while also bringing back seasonal favourites.

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Elmwood Timber

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Reclaimed wood is one of the fastest growing trends in interior design. As people look for ways to utilize more environmentally friendly design materials in their homes and commercial spaces, natural materials like old growth wood that have had a past use become an ideal product. Reclaimed wood is warm, versatile, and full of interest and history. Because it doesn’t rely on new cut trees or timber, it has much less of an environmental impact.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Brockmans, the leading UK independent Super Premium Gin, has announced that it has been certified as a B CorporationTM (B CorpTM). This achievement underscores Brockmans’ steadfast dedication to sustainability and social responsibility, principles deeply embedded in their ethos since the business was founded in 2006.

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RetailMinded

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Alright, so let’s chat about beefing up your store’s security. It’s important to have some top-notch strategies in place to make sure your shop is locked down tighter than a drum. Forget about basic locks—think next level tech and tactics that really work. Stick with us and we’ll reveal what it takes to make a difference. Use Powerful Magnetic Locks Ever seen those movies where doors suck shut with a chunky ‘clunk’ and nothing’s getting through without a wrecking ball?

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! POD – the brand synonymous with original British style in the seventies, eighties, and nineties, – has unveiled its first-ever brand campaign. Aptly named The Soul of ’76 in honour of the year POD was founded, the campaign is a celebration of the nostalgic, expressive, and care-free style that epitomised the seventies.

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Retail Times

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Research conducted by YouGov on behalf of Linnworks, a leading inventory management system (“IMS”), order management system (“OMS”) and warehouse management system (“WMS”) solutions provider and recently announced Connected CommerceOps platform, shows that 47% of British consumers prefer to shop online for Home and Garden.

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