Retail Focus

MAY 11, 2021

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

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MAY 27, 2021

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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Design Boom

MAY 21, 2021

occupying a former burger king outlet, the project mixes nostalgic and pop elements with the new store like a collage. The post jungle terrace tops schemata architects’ FREITAG store in jeju, south korea appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2021

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.

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Design Week

MAY 19, 2021

A portable solar distiller which aims to provide anyone in the world with clean drinking water has won this year’s Lexus Design Award. The project has been designed by Henry Glogau, who explains that the design can be prefabricated or locally sourced and manufactured or a mix of the two. A render of the distiller “The design is adaptable to local surroundings and available resources,” he adds.

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Talking Retail

MAY 5, 2021

UK retail workers are suffering among the lowest mental wellbeing of any employee group, with the pandemic continuing to worsen staff’s mental health, new research reveals. A report by the charity Retail Trust has found that 84% of retail workers said their mental health has deteriorated during the pandemic, leading to symptoms like increased anxiety, This story continues at Retail staff suffering lowest levels of mental well-being, study reveals.

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MAY 5, 2021

Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has erected washed stone partition walls and an entire wooden cabin with a pitched roof inside this store in Hangzhou , China. Located in the city's mixed-use O?Eli complex designed by Renzo Piano , the store belongs to lifestyle brand Lost & Found and sells wooden furniture, homeware, fashion and plants. Lost & Found's Hangzhou store features a rustic material palette of washed stone and timber.

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Design Boom

MAY 27, 2021

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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Inside Retail

MAY 19, 2021

Covid-19 tested many parts of the way Australians interact with the retail industry, and their commitment to loyalty programs was not spared. According to the most recent For Love or Money 2021 report, published by The Point of Loyalty, while 88 per cent of Australians are a part of at least one loyalty program, only 43 per cent actively used them (at least once) in 2021 – a far cry from the 53 per cent recorded in 2018.

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Design Week

MAY 18, 2021

The Design Museum has reopened with an exhibition on what it calls “one of the most universal design objects”: the sneaker. Sneakers Unboxed: From Studio to Street takes visitors on a journey from the 1970s New York basketball scene and London’s grime scene to Tokyo’s streetwear world through the lens of the ever popular sports shoe.

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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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MAY 18, 2021

Brothers Ricky and Amrit Dougall have revamped their Coventry city centre store in response to changes in customer demand. The Nisa partners have introduced a raft of new services to their Millennium View store to appeal to the transitional demographic that make up a large proportion of the store’s customers, which and have seen immediate. This story continues at Retailing family revamps Coventry c-store.

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Retail Focus

MAY 24, 2021

Leek United Building Society has reopened its flagship Derby Street branch following a six-week transformation. The new look branch features several zones where customers can undertake traditional counter transactions, browse products and services, and enjoy relaxed and comfortable conversations in formal and informal meeting spaces. The modern surroundings incorporate an innovative community area for seminars and educational events as well as digital screens and video conferencing facilities.

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Dezeen

MAY 3, 2021

Shopping centres don't have to "bright, white and shiny" according to AIM Architecture , which has transformed the Xintiandi mall in Shanghai by adding natural materials and plants. The previously underused atrium has been reimagined in the spirit of a garden plaza, with wooden surfaces, plants hanging down from the balconies and natural light filtering in from above.

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Design Boom

MAY 25, 2021

bare aluminum pipes and closing racks formed by nikka stone decore the interior and generate a balance between them. The post local stone + bare aluminum pipes complete siin siin’s retail interior in japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Inside Retail

MAY 20, 2021

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.

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Design Week

MAY 17, 2021

DesignStudio has refreshed the branding for UK mental health charity Mind, in a bid to reveal the organisation’s “fighting spirit and authentic personality” as it looks to push for social change and become a source of inspiration. Established in 1946, Mind is among the oldest charities of its kind in the UK. The aim of the organisation is to provide advice and support to anyone experiencing a mental health problem.

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Talking Retail

MAY 24, 2021

Spar’s own-label wine and spirit has secured prizes at five international competitions. The retailer won prizes at the International Wine Challenge, the International Wine & Spirit Competition, the International Spirits Challenge, the Global Masters, and the Sud de France Top 100 competition. The symbol group took home a total of 29 awards at the annual.

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Retail Focus

MAY 21, 2021

The culmination of 2 years of work and the realisation of founder Anya Hindmarch’s long-held dream, Anya Village launched on the Cadogan Estate in London’s Chelsea this week. The Village is a collection of five neighbouring Anya Hindmarch stores located near Sloane Street. The ‘houses’ will be ever-evolving and offer unique collaborations throughout the year.

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Design Wanted

MAY 16, 2021

French architect Clarisse Merlet and her studio show the potential of recycling textiles to create construction materials through FabBRICK. “ We are a design agency specialising in Research and Development of an eco-designed material. The idea is to recycle discarded textile into an insulating, structural and aesthetic building material. We can use the brick to make furniture or partition walls ” explains Clarisse Merlet.

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Design Boom

MAY 7, 2021

blue transparent acrylic, black and silver paint, and stainless steel, clad the interior, while LED lamp belts follow the curves of the design. The post FISH-YU futuristic store interior reveals a silver planet illuminated with blue light in china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2021

Aldi Australia has taken another step toward more sustainable local operations, announcing it is committing to zero waste to landfill by 2025. The plan, according to Aldi, is to first focus on reducing food waste to landfill by 2023 by expanding segregated waste collection at stores and doubling food donations across its business, while executing on closed loop recycling opportunities within Aldi’s supply chain.

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Design Week

MAY 19, 2021

Design studio Derek&Eric has crafted a new identity and packaging for British hard boiled sweet Fox’s Glacier Mints. As part of the overhaul, the consultancy has designed a minimalist and forward-facing polar bear as well as new wrappers for the individual sweets. Fox’s Glacier Mints are a boiled mint sweet established in the UK in 1918.

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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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Talking Retail

MAY 27, 2021

Spar has unveiled plans to invest £125m in its stores, supply chain, and IT over the next 12 months. Managing director, Louise Hoste, told delegates at the Spar virtual conference today (27 May): “Last year was a year which saw accelerated growth as a result of the dedication and focus of our colleagues. Therefore we. This story continues at Spar to invest £125m in business.

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Retail Focus

MAY 11, 2021

Wren Kitchens , the fastest growing retailer on UK high streets as recognised by The Telegraph, has expanded its presence across the country with the opening of its 105th showroom at Durham City Retail Park. The former B&M unit has been completely transformed over a three-month period and has created 21 new jobs in the community including kitchen designers, managers and home surveyors.

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Design Wanted

MAY 2, 2021

Philipp Aduatz in collaboration with the Austalian manufacturer incremental3d designing the ‘ 3D printed gradient furniture collection’ using 3D printed concrete. 3D concrete printing is a new and innovative fabrication technology that allows to print very large and complex structures in construction and design in a very short time period.

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Design Boom

MAY 6, 2021

the glazed kitchen evokes a laboratory, where customers can watch the confectionery process as if it were a scientific experiment. The post diagonal glass façade slices a laboratory-like sweet shop in maebashi, japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Inside Retail

MAY 20, 2021

Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday it would open its first physical store in New York City this summer, mirroring a retail approach that has helped Apple rake in billions of dollars in the last two decades. The Google store will be located in the city’s Chelsea neighborhood near the its New York City campus, which houses over 11,000 employees.

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Design Week

MAY 27, 2021

Ken Garland – whose designs spanned the world of toys to nuclear disarmament – was a “man you quickly run out of words to describe,” says Craig Oldham. Garland, whose political writing and influence have influenced generations of designers, has died at the age of 92. He is survived by his family and wife Wanda. Garland was born in Southampton in 1929, raised in north Devon and later attended London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts in the 1950s.

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Talking Retail

MAY 4, 2021

HMRC has introduced new checks on the codes that are given to retailers to ensure that they are registered properly for the UK track and trace system. Businesses that are involved in the tobacco supply chain have an economic operator ID (EOID) code for their business, and a facility ID (FID) code for each site. This story continues at HMRC introduces new checks on tobacco track and trace codes.

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MAY 11, 2021

This summer, Selfridges will offer a wedding experience for couples looking for a non-traditional ceremony in a venue like no other. Over the last year, restrictions around ceremonies and receptions have halted or postponed over 150,000 couples’ plans – that’s over 60% of the number of weddings scheduled to happen in 2020. Newly engaged couples are struggling to find wedding venues, booked up far in advance.?

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