November, 2019

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Paula Scher: “It took me 20 years to realise I was good at my job”

Design Week

Paula Scher’s appearance at the Design Manchester conference has been a highly sought-after event for years. Conflicting schedules and prior commitments have previously prevented her involvement, so when she finally walks out onto the 2019 stage, it is to rapturous applause from the 1,500 people in the audience. In her near-50-year career, Scher has designed for some of the world’s most recognisable brands.

Art 101
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Ello Restaurant / Mareines Arquitetura

Arch Daily

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The difference between millwork, casework and retail fixtures

FC Dadson

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Increasing Cannabis Dispensary Sales with the Right Merchandising

Jahabow

It’s easy to assume that cannabis sells itself, but that’s not necessarily the case. Your dispensary is like any other brick-and-mortar business, but the industry you’re in also lends itself to misconceptions and miseducation about your product. So it’s just as important (probably even moreso) to optimize cannabis dispensary merchandising as it is for any other line of inventory!

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

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.

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Retail Design inspiration: Louis Vuitton flagship, New Bond Street

Barber Design

It’s a pure photo blog today with some picture from Lucy, who went for a good look around the newly reopened and refitted Louis Vuitton flagship store on New Bond Street last week. The store has been completely redesigned by American architect Peter Marino and rebuilt inside over the course of 14 months with a new ‘double helix’ staircase and original artworks from Jim Lambie, Tracey Emin and Josh Sperling dotted around the retail interior – garnished with a vast installa

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Common Modern Acoustical Challenges (and how to address them)

Sustain

Every designer has faced the task of figuring out how to create open, welcoming buildings without sacrificing acoustics. From schools to offices and even restaurants, it can be a challenge to accomplish this. Fortunately today there are several simple solutions! Private rooms and offices continue to be a trend of the past while modern office buildings invite collaboration using open spaces and higher ceilings.

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Tools and Tips to Transform Employees into Brand Experience Gurus

Natural Insight

The buzz hasn’t stopped about the spending power of one demographic: millennials. With over 80 million shoppers falling into this demographic, they clock in at spending power topping more than 600 billion dollars.

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Trends in Laminate Surfaces

FC Dadson

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Japanese Retail Design – Top Stores in Tokyo

Greater Group

After his recent trip to Tokyo, greater group’s Asia CEO Ryan Arrowsmith returned with dozens of photos from innovative and forward-thinking retailers who are going above and beyond to creative unique and engaging customer experiences. Our retail design blog shows your some highlights from this trip. THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STARBUCKS RESERVE ROASTERY.

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A Guide to Point of Purchase Displays – 10 Styles & How to Use Them

Rose

The retail space is flooded with imagery – announcements, advertisements, signage, directories, screens, posters, you name it – and no matter where you look, there are dozens of brands fighting for attention. In such a crowded visual space, how can a product or display stand above the rest and truly pop? The answer is right there – POP displays! Otherwise known as Point of Purchase displays or marketing , POP displays are changing the way brands interact with customers in the retail space.

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Staying Ahead of UFLPA Enforcement: Best Practices for Retail Supply Chains

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

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Aesop Store Miami / Metro Arquitetos Associados

Arch Daily

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Stormzy’s album design: “We wanted it to feel like a Renaissance painting”

Design Week

The cover for Stormzy’s latest album, Heavy is the Head, represents the “responsibility he feels” according to the studio behind the design, Hales Curtis. According to its co-founder, Richard Hales, the studio sought to “create a compelling image that represents the raw emotion of the album title” Heavy is the Head is the rapper’s second album following 2016’s Gang Signs & Prayer, which debuted at number 1.

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The Secret to Slashing Costs: Upping Your Merchandising Execution Game

Natural Insight

After a considerable hit to the economy during the financial crisis, wages began a steady climb for workers in 2019; average hourly earnings climbed 3.2%. This is great news for the up-and-coming millennial and Gen Z workforce – but it still puts a crunch on employers. Start scrolling to read our secrets to slashing costs in your merchandising execution efforts.

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3 Ways to Simplify Your Retail Buildout

FC Dadson

Commercial buildouts are complicated projects. Lots of moving parts. Lots of deadlines and schedules. Lots of people, all working towards the same goal, but needing to stay on the same page.

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Future-Proofing Enterprise Commerce: Why Extensibility Wins with Shopify

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.

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How Retailers Build Convenience in Their Brand Experience

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The evolution of the retail market has created a chasm between the online and offline experience. The transactional nature of e-commerce has created a consumer expectation of ultra-convenience, which retailers are incorporating at all levels of the purchase process. In the digital age of convenience, shopping online and in-store from the same retailer can feel different resulting in the massive adoption of technology to help build convenience in shopping experiences in online stores and brick-an

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What to Expect for Café Interiors in 2020

Form Room

The post What to Expect for Café Interiors in 2020 appeared first on formroom.

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Kompanero coming soon to Covent Garden

Barber Design

Coming soon to Covent Garden. Kompanero are opening a new luxury leather goods store designed by Barber Design for this designer brand, based in India. The store will be arriving just in time for Christmas in the shopping mecca of Neal Street, Covent Garden. The window graphics went up last week, all ready for the store fit out. Pop down soon to take and look and buy your loved one (or even yourself) something fabulous for the festive season !

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“Side hustles” can help stop the “homogenisation of design” – Daljit Singh

Design Week

“When it was first adopted, digital design gave way to huge creativity in the industry, we were able to do incredible, beautiful pieces of work,” recalled designer Daljit Singh onstage at Design Manchester’s DM19 conference. “But in a digital world where you expect things to be really experimental and beautiful…we now live in a world where things are incredibly flat.” The “homogenisation of design”, as Singh puts it, has been well-reported of tech

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

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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Praise, Death and Design

Crioll

Ok, so here is the complete view of the installation. When we decided to join forces with Designer Alex Medina, he already had a space and had painted it all black (which we obviously loved) From there we created a flexible concept out of concrete pavers that would give us the liberty to be moving things around without any major problems. Here you are able to see the installation we created for the Day of the Dead, which we called “Praise Death & Design” a reference to the daily design we so

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Trends in Laminate Surfaces

FC Dadson

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How to get your store ready for the snowy conditions

Firefly Store Solutions

It seems like just yesterday you put the new swimsuits on racks and summer footwear on display, but winter is right around the corner. The tank tops are put away and the sweaters are out in full force – soon enough, customers will start their search for new thick jackets, sturdy boots and other winter apparel. Getting your store ready for the snowy season is twofold.

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Food and Beverage Industry Trends

Form Room

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

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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17 Inspiring Jewellery Shop Designs

Barber Design

This month we are taking a look at 17 inspiring jewellery shop designs, in the first of a new series of blog posts exploring how different retail sectors use distinct strategies in both their retail interiors and their approach to customer experience design. We’ve included links to virtual tours of the stores where possible so you can take a nose around and explore them without getting out of your seat.

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“There’s a revolution on the horizon”: will virtual reality redefine amusement parks?

Design Week

People have long used Lego bricks to fuel their imagination, building worlds both real and imagined. Up until now however, it was impossible to actually become part of the Lego world. That changed with the announcement of a new virtual reality dark ride at New York’s Legoland, which promises to “turn guests into Lego minifigures” A dark ride is an attraction that takes place inside, like a haunted house-style ride or ghost train.

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Installation for Day of the dead in San Miguel

Crioll

Big news ! we are so excited about everything that is happening at the moment, a couple of months ago we started talking with Alex Medina, súper recognized fashion designer from our town in Mexico, about collaborating in some way. Well, today we begin this new project together: the pre-opening installation of what will become A store for the day of the Dead in Mexico, one of the most popular events in San Miguel de Allende.

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The difference between millwork, casework and retail fixtures

FC Dadson

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Industry Shake-Up: 2023 Commerce Trends To Rock Your World

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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Research – all in the name of design…

Retail Design Solutions

We’ve been doing some ‘essential research’ in the network of amazing Tap houses which have sprung up at the brewery’s in Hackney in the East end since the resurging interest in craft beers and ales over the last few years. It’s great to see the creativity that goes hand in hand with the culture that surrounds these venues…the simple, paired back, mend and make do style on a budget which although rough and ready just goes to prove that you can create some warm and we

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How Do Pop-Ups Help Brands Evolve?

Form Room

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Keep customers intrigued after Black Friday with these promotional tips

Firefly Store Solutions

Black Friday is a hectic yet opportune time for your business – according to The Balance, Thanksgiving and Black Friday are two of the busiest days for brick and mortar stores. Shoppers are getting ready for the holidays and can't wait to browse your store for the latest trends at a great price. The days leading up to this event can seem like a lifetime, and then bam!

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Byron overhauls image in attempt to usher in a “new era”

Design Week

Byron has updated its visual identity, restaurant design and food and drinks offerings as part of a company-wide rebrand. The 12-year-old burger chain has struggled in recent years, owing to nationwide restaurant closures and a decline in popularity among diners. In 2018, it announced plans to close as many as 20 stores. This year, it reported a fall in earnings from £4.7m to £500,000. “On a mission to bring people back around the table” The new logo As part of this overhau

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🚀Future-Proof Your Salesforce B2C Commerce: Modernization Strategies Inside!

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.