Mindful Design

AUGUST 23, 2023

It is always better to start the complicated journey of building your business with a clear understanding of what you should expect. Whether you want to open a new restaurant, store or dessert shop, or to simply update your old one, knowing the ins and outs of the commercial interior design process will help you […] The post From Concept to Completion – The Commercial Interior Design Process Explained appeared first on Mindful Design Consulting.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 23, 2023

Ghalia BOUSTANI. Senior Retail Consultant at Univers Retail | Published Author | Visiting Lecturer. In the ever-evolving world of luxury branding, creating memorable experiences is paramount. Luxury brands are constantly seeking innovative ways to engage their clientele and reinforce their exclusivity. One avenue that has gained significant traction is the concept of pop-up stores.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2023

Listed conglomerate Wesfarmers has reported tax-paid profit reached $2.5 billion in FY23 as operating conditions and consumer behaviours continued to normalise. The company’s retail business comprises Bunnings, Officeworks, and Kmart Group which in turn includes Target and Catch. For the year to June 30, group sales rose 18.2 per cent to $43.5 billion while tax-paid profits reached $2.5 billion, up 48.8 per cent and EBIT of $3.8 billion, up 6.3 per cent.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

AUGUST 24, 2023

In June 2023, EPA announced the dates for the 2024 submission period for information required under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule. The information is collected every four years from manufacturers and importers of certain chemicals in commerce, generally when production volumes for those chemicals are 25,000 pounds or greater in a given reporting year.

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RetailMinded

AUGUST 24, 2023

In recent years, the retail industry has experienced a sea of transformation. As businesses continually evolve to meet customer expectations, they rely on technology to stay afloat. Whether it’s to ensure timely delivery of products or create a more personalized shopping experience, technology’s role is undeniable. Especially now, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) moving from experimental stages to active implementation in various industries, retailers are on the cusp of a revolution

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

Already home to a well-established traditional Market Hall, INDIEPOP SALFORD will see the creation of a second market hub within the centre, with the focus on local, independent and pop-up retail providing a diverse range of unique products, services and grab and go food and drink operators aimed at the ever growing, diverse population on the centres door step.

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Creative Displays Now

AUGUST 22, 2023

In-store shopping is on the rise , and physical retail spaces provide brands with a significant opportunity to connect with their customers. Ensuring you use retail spaces to boost brand awareness and increase sales is essential to an effective marketing strategy. With 73% of purchase decisions made at the point of sale, businesses must leverage simple and effective marketing tools to attract attention and encourage impulse buying.

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Millennium’s Gulf International Bank project seamlessly blends London-centric functionality with Middle Eastern heritage, embodying values of environmental responsibility and inclusion.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 23, 2023

Shoplight has worked with GAIL’s Bakery for many years. With an established and trusted bond and knowing they had shared values and goals around sustainability, Shoplight approached GAIL’s Bakery about its soon-to-launch, brand-new, UK-made, bioplastic, 3D-printed spotlight. Retail lighting for sustainably driven brands GAIL’s sustainable ethos runs through the very heart of its brand from the food they create to the materials they use in its properties.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Australian fashion jewellery chain Lovisa is continuing with its global expansion after profits jumped 20 per cent for the full year. Sales reached $596.5 million – up 33.1 per cent – with comparable store sales up by 6.3 per cent. Tax-paid profit rose 20.1 per cent to $68.2 million. The company says a key driver for sales was its continued global expansion where 172 new stores were opened during the year taking the total to 801 stores across 39 countries.

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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

AUGUST 23, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Royal Mail customers can now set up a safe place delivery preference in the Royal Mail app for all future parcel deliveries. This enables customers receiving parcels to tell their postie where to leave their parcels when they are not in and when the item doesn’t fit through the letterbox.

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

US studio Atelier Cho Thompson has redesigned the shared spaces for an office building in Boston, borrowing shapes and materials.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 23, 2023

Gourmet Danish confectionery brand, LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW, is proud to announce that from September 2023, liquorice lovers will be able to purchase their favourite chocolate coated liquorice in 23 John Lewis stores across the UK and johnlewis.com. Alongside five products from the brand’s core range, including its most popular flavour D – SALT & CARAMEL, LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW is launching four flavours from the WINTER collection into John Lewis stores nationwide, available to purchase ahead of t

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

Multibrand food chain franchisor Retail Food Group (RFG) reports underlying profit growth of 22.3 per cent for the full-year. The company owns and operates Gloria Jean’s, Crust Gourmet Pizza, Donut King, Brumby’s Bakery, Cafe2U Michel’s Patisserie, Pizza Capers and The Coffee Guy. For the year to June 30, underlying group EBITDA grew 21 per cent to $26 million while underlying tax-paid profit reached $22.6 million, up 22.3 per cent.

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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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Dezeen

AUGUST 20, 2023

Global team NWDS took a spontaneous approach to designing the Tons fashion boutique in Pittsburgh , which contains a mix of modest materials and iconic furniture pieces. The Tons store in the city's East Liberty neighbourhood occupies a long, narrow building with its shorter side facing the street. The Tons store features a variety of "mundane" materials, including concrete breezeblocks and metal cans Formerly an atelier, the two-storey structure was reimagined by NWDS to create a light-filled d

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

As a longtime culinary capital, Madrid has its fair share of gourmet restaurants, and interestingly, the local scene continues to.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 23, 2023

Amazon Fresh stores offer a wide selection of products, including Amazon’s private food brand ‘by Amazon’ and its premium grocery range, ‘Our Selection’, which offer hundreds of delicious items. Shoppers will find everyday staples in store from fresh produce, including British meat, poultry, responsibly sourced fish, dairy, fruit and veg, to bakery, freshly prepared meals and more, all at great prices.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

After posting a $1.6 billion full-year profit, Woolworths says it is “cautiously optimistic” moving forward despite evidence customers are cutting back on spending. Group sales reached $64.3 billion, up 5.7 per cent while tax-paid profit from continuing operations improved 4.6 per cent to $1.6 billion and EBIT of $3.11 billion, up 15.8 per cent. Across its Australian food division, sales increased 5 per cent to $48 billion, with second-half sales increasing 7.6 per cent, reflecting elevated infl

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

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Arch Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

Check out a compilation of projects that bring organic shapes to your furniture, including residential, commercial and landscaping examples.

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

LOM architecture and design have worked with NatWest Group to transform a 20-year-old desk-centric building into an engaging and social.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

With retailers facing continued supply chain disruption – from the long shadow of covid-19 to Russia’s war on Ukraine and climate change – shoppers are reporting increased levels of out-of-stock products, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software. Original research of over 1,000 UK shoppers by Retail Insight revealed that 82% have experienced out-of-stock products in-store in the past 12months, up +11 percentage points year-on-

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2023

Collapsed Australian non-alcoholic drinks specialty store Sans Drinks has been acquired by online wine retailer, Just Wines. In July, the company entered voluntary administration citing competitive pressures and softening sales. On Monday, creditors resolved to accept the Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA) proposal. This means secured and employee creditors are likely to be paid in full while unsecured creditors are set to receive an estimated 48 cents in the dollar over the next three months.

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All Work

AUGUST 22, 2023

For Gen Z, flexibility, autonomy, work/life balance and physical and mental wellbeing have become “must have” priorities across the board. Companies that authentically demonstrate and reinforce the value and contributions that Gen Z employees bring to the organization will win their loyalty. Workplace designers have the power to break the status quo and change the workplace for decades to come.

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

McFarlane Architects designed a space for their team with a sleek feel and intentional color palette in San Diego, California.

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Compliantia

AUGUST 25, 2023

A merchandising reset is a multi-faceted challenge at the best of times. What do you do when it involves a 3,200 locations and it needs to be done and verified in days? Customer International packaged goods company, food service. Challenge: merchandising conversion at 3,200 locations One of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods company (henceforth referred to as “CPG”) approached Bindy with a problem.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2023

By any metric, the Fifa Women’s World Cup was an international phenomenon, with the tournament providing huge opportunities for retailers to capitalise on the buzz around the event. In Australia, just about everyone got behind the national team the Matildas, with TV ratings for the semi-finals against England’s Lionesses breaking national records. Retailers who anticipated the incredible momentum behind their campaign – and suitably prepared their inventory levels and marketing approach – reaped

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Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes

Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all retail, and say hello to experiences that keep your customers coming back for more! Customer loyalty isn’t just earned - it’s cultivated through meaningful engagement with the help of data. This webinar will take you behind the scenes of how top retailers turn customer data into personalized experiences that drive engagement and retention.

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All Work

AUGUST 25, 2023

The vibrancy and success of buildings, business districts, and cities are intrinsically tied to the vibrancy and productivity of the individuals within them. Synchronicity refers to the meaningful alignment and interplay of experiences, connections, and events within a hybrid work environment. To reignite office engagement, it is crucial for organizations to give serious thought to how they can bring synchronicity into the workplace.

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Retail Design Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Local design studio Otherworlds drew on the traditional Goan balcão when converting a 1980s villa in Panjim, India, into the.

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Retail Times

AUGUST 25, 2023

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Good dogs deserve good merch. That’s why BrewDog is launching a whole range of sustainable BrewDog themed dog products for your fur-ever friends, in time for International Dog Day. The craft brewery has worked with the best sustainable suppliers to bring your dog a range of bedding and clothing so good they might actually be […] If you want more in

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 21, 2023

While the world may slowly be returning to normal in the post-pandemic era, retailers worldwide continue to face labour shortages in customer-facing roles. A recent study by Deloitte found that 74 per cent of executives heading major global retail companies expect shortages in customer-facing positions. Closer to home, the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) surveyed members and found that 84 per cent reported it has become harder to recruit new team members.

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Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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