Design Boom
DECEMBER 26, 2021
following a GRC pouring process, the man-made stones were transported on site for assembly for a design that secludes people into quietness from the urban rhythms. The post B.L.U.E. architecture studio caves nature into zolaism dessert café, china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Inside Retail
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Australians are tipped to spend $4 billion on Boxing Day this year – a premium on last year’s expectations of $2.6 billion – according to predictions from Commonwealth Bank. The main driver of the excess spending, according to CBA executive general manager of everyday banking Kate Crous, are shoppers not wanting to pay full price after two years of pandemic has left them wanting to make their money go further.
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Retail Focus
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Following another year of turbulence, it’s no surprise there is still a great deal of uncertainty in the retail industry. Supply chain issues and pandemic-related shortages continue to impact retailers worldwide, while the ever-accelerating shift to online shopping has left gaps in the high street – with House of Fraser the latest big name to announce it is closing its Oxford Street store in January. .
Design Week
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Supple Studio has designed the identity for business coaching network Fox Meet Owl, featuring a logo with a hidden meaning. The Bath-based studio worked with copywriter Jim Davies on the branding project, which rolls out primarily on Fox Meets Owl’s website and mobile site. Founded by business coach Anna Lueneburger, the company provides a network of vetted coaches for clients.
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Dezeen
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Huge boilers, chimney-style columns and chainmail-fringed doorframes feature inside the central London showroom of bathroom brand Coalbrook, which has been designed by local studio Holloway Li. The retail space is situated in the city's Clerkenwell neighbourhood, set inside a former tobacco-pipe factory now known as The Market Building. Huge boilers (top image) and chainmail pendants (above) feature in the showroom.
Talking Retail
DECEMBER 20, 2021
More than half of customers think that local retailers could make better use of social media, according to a leading insurer. Information about offers was the most popular request (58%) while a smaller number of those surveyed (28%) wanted to know about a retailer’s specialist products and 24% wanted them to bring the community together. This story continues at Local retailers advised to make better use of social media as restrictions return.
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Inside Retail
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The Australian Retailers’ Association is expecting Aussies’ pent-up demand for shopping to continue beyond Christmas, divining that a record $21 billion will be spent in stores and online in the period between Boxing Day and January 15. ARA chief executive Paul Zahra said Boxing Day sales are always a key part of the retail calendar, but that that momentum will continue into the new year.
Retail Focus
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Locally-owned supermarket Spinneys has opened the doors of its first sustainable concept store in Dubai’s Layan community, next to Sustainability City. As part of its corporate programme ‘Let’s Do Better Together’, the new branch aims to offer customers an easy, convenient way to enjoy a healthy lifestyle and to shop more sustainably. Dedicated to providing its customers with the best possible products, in the best possible way, the store has been carefully stocked to highlight health benefits a
Design Week
DECEMBER 3, 2021
“It’s so rare that we have someone other than you be so focused on your development,” says Isabel Farchy. “But that’s what you get with a good mentorship and it can be the source of so much confidence.” Farchy is the founder and CEO of the Creative Mentor Network, an organisation set up in 2014 to help young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds find their way into the creative industry.
All Work
DECEMBER 9, 2021
People spend most of their time in manufactured spaces that are not always designed with wellbeing in mind. Biophilic design incorporates natural elements into nearly all aspects of these manufactured environments. With workers spending more time indoors, studies show Biophilic design can improve productivity and reduce stress. Biophilic design aims to improve our wellbeing by strengthening our connection to nature in manufactured environments such as hotels, retail spaces and offices.
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
Talking Retail
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The Post Office handled more than £3bn in cash in a single month for the first time ever in November, it has reported. Post offices also saw their biggest ever month for personal cash withdrawals with £743m withdrawn, up from £692m in October and £562m in November 2020. By every measure, the importance of the. This story continues at Post Office breaks monthly cash handling record again as £3bn barrier is breached.
Design Boom
DECEMBER 18, 2021
the lights, stainless-steel displays, built-in sitting booths and the under-lit floor integrate profoundly the fragmented layered materiality with sophisticated touches. The post past meets present in kenta nagai’s industrially elegant watch store in tokyo appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Inside Retail
DECEMBER 12, 2021
It’s that time again! New social media platforms and trends emerge as 2021 closes in. If your business is using social media, it’s imperative to keep tabs on the ongoing and forthcoming trends to weave them into your marketing. So, what can we expect to see in 2022 for social platforms? Let’s take a deep dive into how social media will transform the marketing practices in the year ahead.
Retail Focus
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Even before the pandemic, the bricks and mortar aspect of the retail sector was undergoing major changes as the battle to attract people into stores, rather than shop online, intensified. As shoppers return to malls and high streets, this trend shows no signs of abating, as retailers look to provide unique, interactive and frictionless experiences that tie in with digital offerings.
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.
Design Week
DECEMBER 7, 2021
ChattyFeet socks – from £8.50 For the designer who likes to have fun with their sartorial choices, ChattyFeet socks are a good bet. A whole range of artists have been reimagined as socks – and the puns are everywhere, from David Sock-Knee, to Georgia O’Keefeet and Frida Callus. Check out the whole range via the ChattyFeet website.
Dezeen
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Fashion brand Balenciaga has opened its first retail location in Berlin , which continues the brand's Raw Architecture aesthetic and boasts monolithic concrete slabs and distressed surfaces. Located in Charlottenberg in western Berlin within the Grade II-listed Haus Cumberland building, the store occupies 296-square-metres across the ground floor. In sharp contrast to the building's neoclassical exterior, the store's interior features Balenciaga 's Raw Architecture concept, which the brand intro
Talking Retail
DECEMBER 6, 2021
This week’s government proposal to make the law tougher on anybody who attacks a shopworker has continued to receive a positive reaction, with both shopworkers union Usdaw and the NFRN welcoming the move. Usdaw (Union of shop, distributive and allied workers) says it is looking at the wording of the proposed amendment to the Police, This story continues at Crackdown on shop staff attacks gets thumbs up from more retail bodies.
Design Boom
DECEMBER 14, 2021
designed with barcelona's arquitectura-G, the store combines soft elements with its industrial heritage. The post acne studios opens a minty new store in SoHo, new york city appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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
Inside Retail
DECEMBER 20, 2021
From Burberry and Dolce & Gabbana to Nike, major fashion brands in recent months have been embracing NFTs and now, small Australian businesses will be given support to explore virtual fashion, thanks to a new FashTech Lab program from the Australian Fashion Council (AFC). “Many fashion brands are hesitant to adopt a digital design workflow as their current practices are expensive to transition away from.
Retail Focus
DECEMBER 21, 2021
This year for its annual festive campaign, Nespresso is collaborating with the Colombian fashion designer and artist Johanna Ortiz : Under the creative idea “Gifts of the Forest”, specially chosen boutique windows are being enhanced through augmented reality – sound transducers turn them into a sound object with “Forest Sound” Nespresso, the manufacturers of coffee and coffee capsules owned by Swiss food group Nestlé, has launched an unconventional campaign with a new app
Design Week
DECEMBER 20, 2021
“Every year around this time, I add another note to my phone with a list of New Year’s resolutions, some small, some big and some that are often forgotten about by February. Looking at the year ahead with a refreshed outlook, I’d like to keep the list relatively simple. Next year I’d like to worry less about the small things and make braver decisions about the big things.
All Work
DECEMBER 30, 2021
In 2022, there will be some new changes to the workplace that have been impacted by current trends spurred on by the pandemic. The role of the office has changed. As we move into 2022, the office will serve as a hub for company culture and collaboration. Furniture that provides both flexibility in use and privacy will be popular as workers return to the office.
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.
Talking Retail
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Retailers that refuse to accept cash on hygiene grounds during the pandemic are doing so for “bogus reasons”, says the Cash Supply Alliance (CSA). The CSA, a cash industry organisation, is urging retailers to accept cash payments at least to the same level as the new £100 contactless limit. The organisation is also encouraging frustrated. This story continues at Refusal to take cash for health reasons is bogus, says lobby group.
VMS
DECEMBER 21, 2021
The subject of Covid and its seemingly endless variants and resulting changes to protocols elicits groans, eye-rolls and sighs of exhaustion. The pandemic has changed our lives, our habits, our ways of existence and our ways of thinking. We have gained, and we have lost. How we live and do business may never be the same. When Covid was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, many projects – in all industries across the world – were paused or postponed.
Inside Retail
DECEMBER 5, 2021
Australia Post has deemed November 2021 the “biggest month in Australian online shopping history” after delivering a record 21 million parcels across an admittedly extended sales event period. According to AusPost, online shopping throughout November beat last year’s record by 13 per cent, and jumped 76 per cent on 2019’s figures. The clincher was Cyber Week 2021’s earlier start, said Australia Post general manager of parcels and express services Ben Franzi.
Retail Focus
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Barker and Stonehouse have teamed up with Fenwick to open its first in-store concept spaces in the Fenwick’s Newcastle and Bentalls Kingston department stores. The Newcastle concept store will span 10,000 square feet while the Bentalls space will be slightly smaller. Barker and Stonehouse managing director James Barker said: “This is a different way of trading for us, but then retail has changed markedly in the past five years, and particularly in the past two.
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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.
Design Week
DECEMBER 22, 2021
London-based digital design studio Sennep has put an online spin on the tradition of wood-turning with its Pinecraft platform. The interactive lathe tool lets people carve and paint their own Christmas tree – ensuring that each project is unique. For every tree that is added to the virtual forest, one tree will be planted in the real world. Last year, almost 7,000 mangrove trees were planted in.
All Work
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Flexibility in policies, procedures, and in the physical workplace itself are critical to an organization’s long-term vitality. The physical workplace is now the new frontier for characterizing true flexibility. Amenity-rich base building components, landlord-provided service functions, and even flexible lease arrangements are all part of a new paradigm for defining best-in-class office buildings.
Talking Retail
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Nisa’s entire stock of fresh eggs will be free-range from the end of the year, the group announced this week. The Co-op, which owns Nisa, already has all its own-brand eggs as free-range, so Nisa’s move will bring it in line with the Co-op’s sourcing policy. Darren Hamilton, Nisa’s wholesale category controller, said: “We are. This story continues at Nisa commits to entirely ethical eggs from 2022.
VMS
DECEMBER 6, 2021
The National Retail Federation (NRF; Washington, D.C.), announced its prediction for holiday sales may exceed the organization’s initial projections made back in October, and may be as high as 11.5 percent year over year, according to a press release. Its initial projections were an increase of 8.5 to 10.5 percent. NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz says, “Now that we’re in December, the holiday shopping season is nearing the finish line.
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