All Work

JANUARY 21, 2024

Visionary leaders recognize that an employee-focused environment promoting happiness and engagement enhances productivity, sales, and retention, thereby improving the company’s overall performance. Adopting a design approach that integrates elements of surprise, well-being, confidence, and inspiration can leverage happiness hormones like dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins to foster a productive and content workforce.

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Design Boom

JANUARY 19, 2024

unlike conventional setups, the store houses an on-site atelier for creating and selling items crafted from upcycled materials. The post schemata architects turns salvaged materials into upcycled furniture for re;code seoul store appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 24, 2024

The second outlet of the trendsetting Teavaro Global Brewhouse in New Delhi, located in Punjabi Bagh, is a 500 square feet next-gen tea haven. The latest branch of the teahouse is an exercise in breaking the monotony of the tea industry and shifting the perceptions of the modern urban denizen around the concept of tea. The main aim of the commission was to make the young Indian tea drinker perceive tea beyond the traditional connotations of chai by introducing them to innovative products and exp

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 10, 2024

Woolworths Group will not be selling any Australia Day-themed merchandise this year due to a decline in demand for such products and a shift in cultural sensitivity. Woolworths Group – which includes Big W – said it made the decision in response to “broader discussions” about January 26th and its meaning to the country’s diverse communities.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 2, 2024

East London hair salon Buller and Rice has opened a new venue with an interior design palette that includes seaweed, algae, cork and mushroom leather. Buller and Rice Wanstead is a salon that doubles as a lifestyle store, selling products ranging from homeware to wine. Company founders Anita Rice and Stephen Buller designed the interior themselves, filling it with bespoke creations from designers and makers including Natural Material Studio 's Bonnie Hvillum and Copenhagen-based Jonas Edvard.

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Retail Times

JANUARY 23, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Many KeyStore owners have adopted the system which offers huge benefits and enables retailers to stay on top of their business wherever they are – in the shop, at home, and also on the move. For Tony and Rachael Hewson, however, the technology has also helped convict a shoplifter who targeted their KeyStore Middleham store […] If you want more info

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Design Boom

JANUARY 30, 2024

the design combines elements like rocks, pebbles, and sand to create an urban oasis, offering visitors a unique escape from the city bustle. The post LMTLS clads korean beauty store with rocky texture echoing madagascar’s pristine nature appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 31, 2024

The construction industry is always looking for new ways to improve techniques and processes. By reducing the time it takes to finish jobs and the costs involved, firms can complete projects faster and with a greater degree of efficiency. The use of precast concrete for retaining walls is becoming increasingly popular. Let’s take a look at why this is.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 29, 2024

Australian retail sales increased minimally last December as more consumers opted to purchase on Black Friday in the prior month, reflecting cost of living pressures. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed that shoppers spent $35.1 billion in December, up 0.8 per cent year over year. “Today’s retail trade figures confirm that Australian consumers pulled forward much of their Christmas spending to November’s Black Friday sales,” said Anneke Thompson, chief econo

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Dezeen

JANUARY 4, 2024

Local architecture studio Moroni Ciovini and designer Ana Montero have preserved the exposed layers of concrete wall for this bookstore and café in Buenos Aires. At just 247 square feet (23 square metres), Medio Pan cafe is just large enough to fit seating, a bar and bookshelves, which are located at the back and front of the store. Local studio Moroni++Ciovini and designer Ana Montero have completed a café and bookstore in Buenos Aires For the shop's interior, Moroni Ciovini (M++C) and Montero

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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 Times

JANUARY 22, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! B&Q has announced it will open its tenth B&Q Local store on Staines high street on Friday 26 January. To celebrate, colleagues from the new store offered support to local homelessness charity Spelthorne Rentstart with a special community makeover.

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Design Wanted

JANUARY 17, 2024

Under the overarching theme of ‘Design Trend, Global Trade, and Full Supply Chain’, CIFF Guangzhou 2024 serves as a dynamic platform promoting design, innovation, and international […] The post A must-visit Chinese gate for global players in the furniture industry appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Design Boom

JANUARY 5, 2024

the design pairs the floral motifs of the store's facade with the plasticity of the brand's jewelry. The post 3D-printed, organic formations by external reference engulf la manso store in barcelona appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 11, 2024

The all-new Samsung Experience Store (SES) in Westfield London will be open seven days a week, featuring the widest range of Samsung mobile, tablet and wearable products currently available to buy. This will be Samsung’s fourth experience store in London, operated by Partner Retail Services Limited (PRS&), the operator of the Samsung Experience Stores in the UK.

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

The allegations of price-gouging during a cost-of-living crisis by Australian supermarkets Coles and Woolworths could finally be the death knell of the duopoly that has long dominated the country’s grocery sector. Today, the Albanese government announced the Australian Competition and Consumer Consumer Commission (ACCC) will conduct a twelve-month probe to examine if Australian supermarkets have used their market power to increase their profit margins.

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All Work

JANUARY 10, 2024

The time invested in a daily commute is now a significant factor in selecting our work location. For many, the decision to commute to an office comes down to whether the benefits of being in the office outweigh the costs and inconveniences. With so many factors to consider, the key to making a trip to the office enticing and commute-worthy lies in improving the employee experience.

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Retail Times

JANUARY 8, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! New research has revealed that over two fifths (43%) of retail workers regularly break health and safety rules because of bad habits becoming commonplace in the workplace, whilst a similar number (40%) say they break a rule when they don’t see the risk as being great enough.

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Design Wanted

JANUARY 2, 2024

In the dynamic world of design, the protection of innovations and artistic expressions holds paramount importance. In this exclusive interview, Ilaria Gargiulo sheds light on the […] The post A guide on how (and why) to protect your innovations and artistic expressions appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Design Boom

JANUARY 18, 2024

el departamento's spatial concept for pj. lobster emphasizes a rationalist character, uniting minimalism with substantial materiality within a century-old building. The post tubular stainless-steel elements reflect optical boutique’s arched facade in barcelona appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 24, 2024

Charlotte Broadbent – UK General Manager at Faire After a bruising year for retail, there are finally some reasons for optimism going into 2024. The holiday season appears to be delivering to expectations. The freeze on business rates has put real cash in retailers’ pockets. And while I hear from our retailers some nervousness about the continued impact of our struggling economy on discretionary spending, the deceleration of inflation should at least prevent customers from tightening the p

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 19, 2024

Burger brand Grill’d is partnering with former tennis World Number 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Ash Barty to launch a limited-edition range of Barty Burgers. The burger chain will also donate $100,000 to the newly launched Ash Barty Foundation, through its Local Matters program. The goal is to make a positive impact on the lives of young Aussies through sport and education initiatives.

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Design Middleeast

JANUARY 15, 2024

Lumi Interiors, the award-winning luxury interior design studio recognised for creating lavish residential interiors for prestigious clients, announces the grand opening of their high-end interior design studio in Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. Having established itself as one of the leading interior architecture studios in the region, the three-level studio spans across 130 square meters, where the ground floor boasts a welcoming lobby and reception area as well as a library for creative inspiration.

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Speaker: Ashlee Aldridge - Reach Partners LLC | Bill Mirabito - Chameleon Collective | Ronak Shah - PSA Retail & CPG, Amazon Web Services | Wayne Teigen - Pivotree

What trends can online merchants expect after more than two years of exponential growth? Companies must expand on the trends that exploded during the pandemic if they want to see continued growth in their businesses while facing a recessionary economy. From social commerce to BOPIS, the name of the game is to meet and sell to customers wherever they are, through multiple channels.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 14, 2024

A pared-back palette of raw materials creates a calm backdrop for PSLab 's lighting products inside the brand's Berlin workshop and showroom space, designed in collaboration with Belgian firm B-bis architecten. The newly opened studio occupies the ground floor and basement of a 1907 residential building in the city's Charlottenburg district. PSLab has opened a new workshop and showroom in Berlin PSLab , which designs and manufactures light fixtures for architectural projects, set out to create a

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Design Wanted

JANUARY 31, 2024

Stonearts, the company behind Stoneskin, is an Austrian company that has developed a manufacturing process based on artisanal craftsmanship to transform real, millenary old stones into […] The post Stoneskin: a new material engineered to rethink the use of natural stone appeared first on DesignWanted.

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Design Boom

JANUARY 20, 2024

the promotion wall nods to the traditional korean structure, transforming the main products into objects of art through careful curation. The post SML reinterprets ginseng cultivation structure as contemporary retail interior in seoul appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 3, 2024

While the retail sector outlook for 2024 is expected to be muted, hampered by ongoing macroeconomic challenges, weakened consumer demand and low economic growth prospects, retailers mustn’t let stagnation stifle innovation and future opportunities, the KPMG/RetailNext Retail Think Tank (RTT) , an independent board of retail experts, warns. With the UK economy set to tread water in 2024, the RTT expects this will impact growth within the retail sector.

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Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Several major Australian retailers and their customers have been targeted by wide-scale coordinated cyberattacks that stole their online information and made fraudulent transactions. Cybersecurity company Kasada recently revealed that cybercriminals have compromised more than 15,000 customer accounts of Mexican fast food chain Guzman y Gomez, liquor retailer Dan Murphy’s, streaming service Binge, home shopping network TVSN and Event Cinemas since November.

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Design Middleeast

JANUARY 9, 2024

Following the establishment of its Saudi headquarters in Riyadh last year, ALEC Engineering and Contracting (ALEC) announces it has achieved 150% year-on-year growth in the Kingdom through 2023, highlighted by its successes in winning bids for four projects, and investing to significantly increase its Saudi workforce. Building on this momentum, the company has identified further investment and expansion in Saudi Arabia among its top business priorities for 2024 as it sees clear potential for th

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Retail Times

JANUARY 17, 2024

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Unilever has partnered with the accessibility app specialist Be My Eyes, the developer of accessibility solutions apps that connects people who are blind or low-vision to a world network of volunteers and AI-powered virtual assistance, to expand their use of AI technology to add powerful new tools to the cooking experience of their products for shoppers

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Design Wanted

JANUARY 26, 2024

Before delving into the interview with Flavio Manzoni, let’s set the stage. During a casual gathering with friends on a countryside balcony in central Italy, conversation […] The post Meet Flavio Manzoni, the genius mind behind Ferrari’s car designs since 2010 appeared first on DesignWanted.

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