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In support of the capital’s creatives thriving through the pandemic, Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City are hosting social media brands that originated as side hustles in 2020 to support small business as non-essential retail re-opens. With over 85,000 online businesses created since the start of the pandemic* and nearly three quarters (74%) of consumers wanting to see retailers adapt to their local areas, Westfield has brought the online offline to provide shoppers with a one-of-a-ki
Fosters + Partners has restored and converted the Palazzo Marignoli in Rome into an Apple Store , uncovering historic features and opening up a central courtyard. Apple Via del Corso is located near the Piazza Colonna in the centre of Rome, occupying the historic Palazzo Marignoli. Top: the store is located in the Palazzo Marignoli. Above: a courtyard is at the centre of the building.
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The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has launched a new retail recruitment platform that promises to reduce the time and cost associated with filling roles from the head office to the frontline, and help remove unconscious bias from the hiring process. . The ARA Talent Registry uses Shortlyster’s intelligent hiring platform to match retailers with a short list of candidates that have the right skills and qualifications for the role and are a good cultural fit for the organisation.
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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Employees across the Woolworths Group in Australia and New Zealand will be entitled to up to two weeks paid gender affirmation leave as part of policy changes introduced this week. The policy, which also includes two weeks unpaid leave, is designed to support transgender and gender diverse team members in affirming their gender, allowing time off to attend medical appointments, surgical procedures and undertake counselling, legal and administrative tasks, for example.
apple has opened a new store in rome created in partnership with foster+partners and making it the largest of all the 118 apple stores in europe. The post apple’s new store in rome occupies a renovated 17th century palazzo appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber
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