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dior flagship store reopens in paris after sweeping makeover by peter marino

Design Boom

unfolding 10,000sqm, the rejuvenated dior flagship now accommodates a dazzling boutique, a gallery space, a restaurant, three gardens, and a 200-meter guest suite. The post dior flagship store reopens in paris after sweeping makeover by peter marino appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The importance of investing in the community 

Retail Focus

It is now widely accepted that the role of retail destinations has evolved considerably. Changes that had taken hold in the last decade have been accelerated by the pandemic and by the ensuing change in consumer habits. The response both from the retail industry and the real estate owners/investors has been widespread and varied. But the common theme is ‘relevance’.

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The impact of the image: how graphic design can elevate your brand

Inside Retail

If you’re an entrepreneur trying to start or grow a business this year, you need a way to stand out from the competition. With 5.4 million new businesses started in 2021 in the US alone and that number rising every year, saying you’ve got your work cut out for you is one hell of an understatement. At FMD, we can confidently say that we offer some of the very best brand designs Melbourne has to offer.

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The future of remote collaboration

Design Week

Many compromises have been necessary for the shift to hybrid working. Without the same face-to-face energy, some consultancies struggled to maintain their spontaneity and drive – at least at first. But remote processes also bring a wealth of opportunities. “It’s the best of both worlds,” says Olivia Owen, HR manager at strategic design and innovation consultancy Seymourpowell.

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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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ENSHADOER Store by say architects

Retail Design Blog

Established in 2012, ENSHADOER® is a functional clothing brand that acquired inspiration from fixed-gear bicycle sport at the earliest time.

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New luxury FLANNELS store opens in Preston

Retail Focus

Frasers Group plc has opened the doors to its latest FLANNELS store in Preston. The next generation luxury retailer continues with the commitment to investing in retail and bringing world-class shopping destinations to new locations throughout the UK. Situated in Deepdale Shopping Park, the 15,000 sq ft. site will house a selection of carefully curated men’s, women’s and junior luxury designer clothing and accessories from some of the most coveted luxury names in fashion, including Alexander McQ

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Hermes UK rebrands as Evri and launches pension first

E Delevry

Hermes UK is rebranding as Evri, with a new logo and brand identity being rolled out across all its locations, vehicles and ParcelShops. The brand will be launched through the company’s first TV advertising campaign which debuts at 8.15pm on Friday 18 th March, during the Coronation Street centre advert break. The new brand will see a significant investment in customer service, including the opening of a fully UK-based customer service team and the addition of 200 experts who will be based in l

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WHAT IS FUELING THE REBIRTH OF PHYSICAL STORES?

RetailMinded

Very few retail leaders would argue that the role of physical stores are the same as they were at the start of 2020. Most would agree that they are very different in direct response to the global pandemic. So what does this actually mean for physical stores today? Where once upon a time retail business models had the luxury of evolving over years and often even decades, retailers over the last two years were forced to rapidly pivot their operations, change business models and even switch to unfa

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LK Bennett opens New Bond Street Flagship store

Retail Focus

LK Bennett has announced the opening of their new Flagship store at 95-96 New Bond Street. The new store follows a fluid, open-plan layout, that combines fresh, contemporary comfort with sleek and deliberate detailing. The store utilises custom-built fittings and fixtures created to enhance and elevate the customer shopping experience, LK Bennett New Bond Street will showcase new collections, as well as much-loved carry-forward pieces, and is a true example of the rejuvenation that the British h

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Woolworths to open Big W in Sydney’s CBD

Inside Retail

Woolworths Group says it will open a large Big W store alongside its refurbished Woolworths supermarket at Sydney’s Town Hall later this year. The group has invested more than $10 million in the new store, hoping to help reinvigorate the city’s CBD as Covid restrictions ease. With the two brands under one roof, city residents and commuters can pick up a broad range of products along with grocery essentials on the go.

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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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The Complete Checklist for a Smooth Exhibit Installation

Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

It’s easy to get excited and pumped during the design process. We get caught up in the fun stuff like creating marketing materials, designing the exhibit booth, and the must-do items like booking airline tickets or hotel rooms. It’s easy to forget the logistics involved when shipping, installing and dismantling your exhibit the day of the show. To help, we’ve created a checklist you can follow to ensure a smooth exhibit installation.

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The Broken Home is designed for digital dystopia

Design Wanted

Every design decision responds to damning reports exposing human’s dependency on technology and the impact this is having on social interaction, in this case, Thailand. The residential project titled ‘The Broken Home’ by Integrated Field intends to elevate the way of life and relationship patterns of a Thai family in the Digital Age. As such, it has been realised as a minimal, boxy architecture with the interior components arranged to cater to the family members’ lifestyles and behaviours. .

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Your One-Stop Guide To Measuring B2B Buyer Loyalty

Retail Focus

Buyer or consumer loyalty is the holy grail of B2C and B2B. The average B2B brand gets 30% of its total revenue from loyal customers. Numerous well-researched strategies provide fruitful results – but brands need to measure the success to maximize the potential of buyer loyalty strategies. Plus, there are benefits of going further to ensure loyalty programs are working – acquiring a customer is 25 times more expensive for a brand, but successfully retaining loyal ones can increase pr

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Glue steps into footwear recycling and circular fashion

Inside Retail

Youth streetwear retailer Glue store has launched an in-store footwear recycling program and a circular wardrobe in partnership with AirRobe. . The brand has partnered with TreadLightly, a recycling initiative powered by the Australian Sporting Good Association (ASGA) and recycler Save our Soles (SOS), to encourage customers to divert their used footwear to recycling plants rather than landfill.

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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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Test and approve to save time and costs

Drytac

Authored By Michael Morano , North American Sales Support Specialist, Drytac. Material choice is an incredibly tricky process and can cause all sorts of headaches for print companies. After all, if you don’t get this decision right, you put the quality of valuable projects at risk and could incur additional, unnecessary costs. Incorrect media choice could lead to in-house issues such as having to re-print jobs if you selected the wrong material in the first instance, while when working on-site,

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6 Things You Need for Retail-Ready Packaging

Creative Displays Now

Anyone in the world of retail knows all the factors that go into curating an exceptional customer experience. Small details like the music played over the speakers and the layout of the shelves and clothing racks set the customer’s journey in motion, often unbeknownst to the consumer themselves. From the type of flooring to the brightness of the lights and even how a store smells are frequently conscious decisions retailers make to entice window shoppers and convert them into buyers.

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Our New Cafe and Gelateria Shop Design Has an European Flair

Mindful Design

Cafe and gelateria shop design: Mindful Design Consulting All photos: Mindful Design Consulting The soon-to-open 10-22 Cafe and Gelateria in Oceanside, CA, offered us an excellent opportunity to recreate the cozy look of an European gelateria coffee shop. The relatively small space, with a long narrow hallway in the back, lent itself beautifully to this […].

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Woolworths grants Chicken Kyiv its Ukrainian dues

Inside Retail

Australian supermarket chain Woolworths has changed the labelling of its own brand Chicken Kievs to Chicken Kyiv to reflect its true name in Ukrainian spelling to align with the nation’s capital city and show solidarity with its people. For the next four weeks, the supermarket will donate 50 cents from each pack sold to the Australian Red Cross Ukrainian Crisis Appeal.

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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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Daejeon Shinsegae Art & Science department store by Jeffrey Hutchison & Associates

Retail Design Blog

As one of South Korea‘s leading department stores, Shinsegae is a fixture in the country’s retail landscape, operating a string.

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What Is Visual Merchandising?

Creative Displays Now

From the moment consumers step foot in a store, they start making purchasing decisions based on what they see. The display colors, lighting and messaging play a significant role in which products catch their eye. Using these elements to bring attention to your brand is called visual merchandising. It’s a crucial strategy to make your products stand out in a competitive retail space.

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Things We Forget To Thrift

Thrifts and Tangles

For many, thrifting means discovering amazing clothes and accessories, but there’s more in store. There are items we forget to thrift! In this post, we invite you to open your mind, think creatively, and explore items that you wouldn’t typically the next time you thrift. There are so many high-quality, inventive, and fascinatingly functional treasures […].

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How customer loyalty helped Myer bounce back

Inside Retail

After a rollercoaster six months of lockdowns, Christmas and Omicron, department store Myer yesterday delivered a strong half year result with net profit up 55 per cent and its first dividend payment since FY17. Much of this came from customers who are members of the Myer One loyalty scheme – with 70 per cent of all sales coming through the program.

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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.

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The Home of Unprofessional Sport is here. ‘The Funderdome’ launches at Highpoint in Melbourne, Australia

Retail Design Blog

Zachary Pulman Design Studio and the Thought Police unveil their nostalgic, Coney Island-inspired design for the 2000 sq/m mixed-use competitive.

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Designers on International Women’s Day: “I have to unlearn what a leader ‘should’ look like”

Design Week

“I strongly believe that challenges in the work environment are always going to be prevalent, for men and women alike, varying across different jobs and roles. As a woman in a highly male-dominated industry, I’ve observed a slow but sure change in the design sector compared to previous years. Today, there is certainly more awareness around gender equality, diversity and inclusion.

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VM & Display Awards, London, 2022

Retail Store Windows

If you were not here last night then you really did miss a treat. Hosted this year by the super talented Paul Zerdin at the Leonardo St. Pauls Hotel (literally next to St. Pauls Cathedral - incredible). It's been quite some time since we were all able to come together as an industry which made it even more exciting to meet a lot of new faces and a say hello to slightly more craggy but familiar ones.

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Shippit, Uber team up to offer one-hour fashion deliveries

Inside Retail

Technology company Shippit has teamed up with Uber to launch one-hour shipping in Australia. Although one-hour delivery is hugely popular with grocery supplies, it is a first for Australian fashion retailers to offer patrons delivery within such a limited time window. The one-of-a-kind partnership will use Shippit’s software to access more than 50,000 delivery partners across the country. .

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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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The Dip wearable empowers women to take on Anaemia

Design Wanted

Dip hopes to alleviate the severity of symptoms by enabling autonomy when it comes to the condition. Iron deficiency is a legitimate global nutritional disorder and […]. The post The Dip wearable empowers women to take on Anaemia appeared first on DesignWanted.

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The identity for Wild Coast Sussex draws on the diversity of local marine life

Design Week

Brighton-based design studio Evoke has created the identity for Wild Coast Sussex (part of the Sussex Wildlife Trust), an organisation that aims to protect local sea life. The new project hopes to inspire local communities – from residents to fishermen – to look after the diverse marine environment in Sussex. Issues to address may range from coastal health to plastic waste.

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Smythson, London

Retail Store Windows

This is probably not the most exciting scheme we've seen from this brand although it is still early-ish in the retail calendar and we're sure that there are a lot more interesting installations to come. At the moment a bit of symmetry as a window dynamic, graphics forming the backdrop with of course their delicious products is the latest scheme from this brand right now.

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Heinemann to expand its Gold Coast Airport duty-free space

Inside Retail

Duty-free retailer Heinemann Australia has expanded its space at Gold Coast Airport as well as extended its contract until 2029. . Heinemann Australia has currently operated departures and arrivals across a total of 730sqm and the expansion is part of a $500 million investment into Gold Coast Airport precinct, which includes an airport hotel and a mixed-use Airport Central complex for hosting retail, food and beverage and medical services businesses.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever