Design Week
JANUARY 28, 2025
What is one thing every designer should know about copy? “That what it says matters,” says Mike Reed, the founder of Reed Words. “Or as someone on our team said, ‘It’s not just typography!’ “The best designers have always known this – and many more designers understand it now than did 30 years ago. But […] Source What to read next: Do unpaid interview tests exploit designers?
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
If the Apple store was a womenswear boutique, it would be Henne. The Australian fashion label delivers a unique in-store retail experience. Rather than stocking clothing in multiple sizes on shelves or racks for customers to try on and purchase, Everything that you see on display is just for display, Nadia Bartel, Hennes director, told Inside Retail.
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Design Middleeast
JANUARY 28, 2025
Copyright Alex jeffries JATO, located on the 43rd floor of Media One Hotel in Dubai, draws inspiration from the legendary gatherings of a Peruvian couple, Jaylii and Topa, in the mountains. With scenic views of Dubai, it stands out through its fusion of bold flavours, creative cocktails, and an immersive atmosphere. JATO’s spokesperson shares insights about this amazing venue!
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
Long-running Australian fashion labels Millers and Noni B are to be closed down after the receivers of parent company Mosaic Brands failed to find a buyer. About 930 staff will lose their jobs. Today’s announcement means all Mosaic brands will be closed, none of them of sufficient interest to attract a white knight investor to ensure their survival.
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AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.
Design Wanted
JANUARY 28, 2025
Peering through Vattenfall and Superuses tiny house aptly named Nestle, one cant help but begin to imaginarily sketch and outline […] The post Powered by solar panels, this tiny house is a mighty big deal appeared first on DesignWanted.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
Adore Beautys earnings more than doubled in the fiscal first half, which management says reflects the early phase of the companys growth strategy. The companys earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the six months ended December 31 jumped 118 per cent to $2.7 million. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) rose 94 per cent to $4.6 million.
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Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
Seoul Tonic has launched its second recovery tonic, this time combining its proprietary Korean pear juice with apple cider vinegar (ACV) and red ginseng. The brand cornering the Australian market in Korean-inspired tonics is looking to redefine what it means to be an FMCG brand and expand its point of difference beyond just being known as a hangover cure.
Scrube
JANUARY 28, 2025
Decking out your store layout can be fun, but you need to consider how to optimize your space as a retailer. One of the best and most effective strategies is utilizing every square inch of your retail space. This is where floor-to-ceiling shelves play a considerable role. Having the proper storage solutions not only helps with overall organization but can give your customers better visibility over your products and could potentially be a driving factor in getting more sales.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
Apparel retailer Accent Group the parent of Platypus and Hype DC, among other labels expects to achieve earnings of $80 million for the first half of the fiscal year. The group reported a 4.6 per cent increase in total owned sales, including wholesale. Like-for-like retail sales rose by 2.9 per cent, and sales for weeks 21026 following the AGM update jumped by 1.8 per cent.
Bay Cities
JANUARY 28, 2025
At Bay Cities, we understand that clients rely on us not only to deliver superior packaging solutions but to uphold industry standards that ensure safety and environmental responsibility.
Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon
This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
Blue Pool, a Hong Kong-based investment firm backed by Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai, has bought a 12 per cent stake in Italian luxury sneaker maker Golden Goose, the Venice-based brand said on Tuesday. The investment comes after the maker of US$600 a pair sneakers abruptly pulled plans for a stock market listing last year. “Blue Pool’s deep expertise in the sports, entertainment and consumer industries, coupled with its deep knowledge of the Asia Pacific market, will help the group fu
Retail Focus
JANUARY 28, 2025
The world’s leading silk brand, LILYSILK , is thrilled to announce that through its 15-years of tremendous growth comes their highly-anticipated store location in the Meatpacking District in New York. The doors are now open to the public at 654 Hudson Street. LILYSILKs new store location gives their dedicated consumers a way to experience the brand in real life.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
With 2024s peak shopping season in the rearview mirror, consumer spending behaviours and responses to major retail sales events are coming into focus. Examining where and when people shopped reveals valuable insights for retailers as they hone their strategies ahead. CommBank iQs Christmas and Boxing Day Insights shows that shoppers came out early and in force over the extended sales season.
Retail Focus
JANUARY 28, 2025
The countdown has begun for the 30th Retail VM and Display Awards, taking place on 12th March 2025, with the organisers unveiling a brand-new venue: the iconic Royal Lancaster London. This prestigious location, situated on Lancaster Terrace near Hyde Park, brings a sense of grandeur to this milestone celebration, ensuring an unforgettable evening for all attendees.
Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
LVMH has reported modest revenue growth amid a challenging economic and geopolitical environment. The luxury groups revenue edged up 1 per cent to 84.7 billion (US$88.3 billion) in FY24, with fourth-quarter organic revenue growth also at 1 per cent. Management said the company faced a challenging economic and geopolitical environment, as well as a high basis of comparison following several years of exceptional post-Covid growth.
Retail Focus
JANUARY 28, 2025
As the CBI sounds the alarm on an economic slowdown, Purbeck Insurance Services , the UKs only provider of personal guarantee insurance to SME owners and directors, is arming SMEs with five practical tips to improve their financial stability to help mitigate the impact of increased NIC contributions from April 2025: Easing the burden of the NIC Hike Higher pricing – review current pricing arrangements to bake in the additional costs on a contribution basis to ensure that margins are not ad
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
Swiss watchmaker Tissot has launched its first Melbourne boutique on Collins Street, joining other premium brands in the luxury precinct. The 114sqm store features high-quality furnishings with a modern and transparent structure that incorporates various elements such as wood, glass, and stone. The Melbourne store also includes the Heritage area, where visitors can learn about Tissot’s history through multimedia displays, and the Tissot Tresor Safe, which enables tourists to explore the br
Retail Times
JANUARY 28, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! This winter, when the temperature drops, why not bring the heat?Doughlicioushas teamed up with the team atPepsiCobehindExtra Flamin Hot,to create an unexpected new limited-edition collab, auniquely delicious combination of fire and ice.Doughlicious Extra Flamin Hot Cookie Dough & Gelato Bitescombineindulgent birds eye chilli cookie dough, wrapped aro
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Outdated platforms are costing you sales. Legacy platforms like Salesforce SiteGenesis and SFRA can slow innovation, increase maintenance costs, and frustrate customers. This playbook provides a strategic roadmap to modernizing your Salesforce B2C Commerce platform using a composable approach to transition to faster, scalable, and flexible e-commerce solutions —without disrupting your business.
Inside Retail
JANUARY 28, 2025
The first time I picked up an SLR camera, I was 14 years old. I was handed a Nikon F, an analog camera from 1959. It became my doorway to a universe of creativity, one I would ultimately fall in love with like nothing else before. I spent all my free time in the schools darkroom. My hands perpetually smelled of developer, and my blazer pockets were always stuffed with rolls of film.
Retail Times
JANUARY 28, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Jollyes, the UKs award-winning pet superstore today (January 28) makes a major strategic move to ensure all its customers benefit from its low prices, re-investing savings that are currently exclusive to Pet Club members – and more – into simple on-shelf pricing.
Mike Anthony
JANUARY 28, 2025
Im not a big fan of promotions. Well – that’s not strictly true. Some promotions are awesome, adding huge strategic value and moving plenty of volume. But I do believe that the consumer goods industry generally over-uses promotions; that many of them do not pay back in the short term, and even fewer pay back in the long run. Most brands seek the holy grail of growing brand penetration, yet most promotions do little to move the needle on this important metric.
Retail Times
JANUARY 28, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Award-winning Certified B Corp. neat. is revolutionising personal care with the launch of its refillable Foaming Body Wash, a first-of-its-kind innovation in the UK. Known for its award winning, eco-conscious, refillable cleaning products and hand wash, neat. is bringing its sustainability mission into the beauty and personal care category, offering cons
Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja
Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever
Design Middleeast
JANUARY 28, 2025
Discover the latest biophilic design trends shaping the future of architecture, emphasising natures integration to enhance well-being and sustainability. Dr. Belma (Alik) Elsaej, Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University Dubai, highlights the innovative approaches transforming spaces in 2025. As urbanisation accelerates, people increasingly seek ways to reconnect with nature, even within built environments.
Retail Times
JANUARY 28, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuittons (LVMH)advertising initiatives between October and December 2024 seamlessly blend heritage with innovation. By strategically aligning with high-profile sporting events like the Americas Cup and collaborating with renowned artists, the brand aims to strengthen its luxury image.
Design Week
JANUARY 28, 2025
A brand is not a logo. This is the Helen of Troy of design discourse – the phrase that launched 1,000 LinkedIn posts. It’s ubiquitous because brand and logo are often equated in non-design minds, doing a disservice to the rigorous strategic thinking behind the best brand work.
Retail Times
JANUARY 28, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Specialist outdoor retail group,Outdoor and Cycle Concepts Ltd (O&CC), has leveraged shelf-edge automation to improve operational efficiencies in-store, increase labour productivity and enhance customer service, partnering withPricer, the leading in-store automation and communication solutions provider.
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Design Week
JANUARY 28, 2025
GF Smith has a long-standing relationship with the design sector. “But,” says global brand director Ben Watkinson, “the core UK market has been shrinking since 2016.” The pandemic and hybrid working has made it difficult for reps to go into agencies, and the creatives most used to working with high-end papers are reaching retirement.
Retail Times
JANUARY 28, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Pringles – the number one large sharing crisp brand – is turning up the heat this winter, bolstering its iconic portfolio of bold and innovative crisp flavours with the launch of Flame Grilled Steak.
Design Week
JANUARY 28, 2025
Creativity, creativity, creativity. That’s what agencies want from their interns. No surprise there. Oh yes, and passion and talent. But given that this is the design industry, that’s setting the bar pretty low. Here, some employers spell out what else they look for in an intern.
Retail Times
JANUARY 28, 2025
Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Its a fact of life that us Brits love our bread. In fact, on average we eat the equivalent of9 million loavesevery single day. Whilst bread may be at the top of everyones shopping list, however, its also found uneaten – at the bottom of everyones bin as well.
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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