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Uses and Benefits of King Post Walls

Retail Focus

Different types of pre-cast retaining walls are used in many construction works. One of these is the king post wall, which looks different from other types. Using the proper type of retaining wall is necessary because it makes a huge difference in the property and the area’s safety. Concrete retaining walls are effective in preventing water build-up and soil erosion.

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santiago calatrava to make his mark on düsseldorf with vaulted boulevard

Design Boom

'calatrava boulevard' will take shape as a narrow and organic promenade to evoke a sunlit canyon The post santiago calatrava to make his mark on düsseldorf with vaulted boulevard appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Milkrun seeks investment as a perfect economic storm hits instant delivery

Inside Retail

Instant delivery startup Milkrun unsuccessfully sought new investment on two occasions in 2022, The Australian reports, suggesting the sector is struggling to adapt with a rapidly changing economic environment. Milkrun secured a spectacular $75 million Series A injection in January 2022 , as Tiger Global, AirTree Ventures, Skip Capital, and Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures sought to crown the leader of Australia’s burgeoning instant delivery scene.

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The Secret Formula To Determine How (And How Often) Your Employees Should Work In The Office

All Work

Organizations tend to take a virtual-first, function-first or culture-first approach to hybrid working. Visioning workshops and ecosystem mapping can help employers figure out their approach and refine it. Office space utilization can help make or break an organization’s bottom line and its ability to retain talent. Hybrid working has become much more common for desk-based businesses, but how does a business owner know if their employees are happy with the arrangement?

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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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AV Industry to Gather at ISE2023 with Over 900 Exhibitors, Featuring the Latest Innovations and Solutions

Retail Focus

ISE is the largest trade show for professional AV and electronic systems integration in the world. This means that retail designers will have access to the latest technology and innovations in the industry, allowing them to stay ahead of the curve and incorporate cutting-edge solutions into their designs. Additionally, ISE provides a unique opportunity for retail designers to network and collaborate with other professionals in the field.

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Climate-consciousness is driving consumer choice in the cost-of-living crisis, report shows

Retail Times

A new 'Conscious Commerce' report debunks the ‘sustainability premium’, revealing consumers and businesses remain committed to sustainable practices, such as carbon-neutral shipping, and being climate-conscious – despite the cost-of-living crisis and tightening budgets. These stats are crucial at a time when January temperatures in Europe reach an all-time high, and the UN warns global temperatures may exceed pre-industrial levels within five years.

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Space10 invites public into its Copenhagen HQ with kiosk-like design library

Dezeen

IKEA's innovation lab Space10 has worked with interior designers Spacon & X to transform the ground floor of its headquarters into a library and community space , with a look that is meant to recall a simple kiosk. Located in a former fish factory in the city's Meatpacking District, Space10 's offices now include a library of 100 future-focused books, a snack bar and a design shop, alongside an existing gallery and event space.

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Retail Design Industry Invited to Explore the Latest Trends in Surface Design

Retail Focus

The Surface Design Show, set to take place at London’s Business Design Centre from 7-9 February 2023, has announced that the theme of its upcoming edition will be “Shaping Communities.” The theme aims to improve the built environment for all through collaboration and meaningful design solutions. The theme explores an open dialogue among industries and brands with the common goal of building stronger relationships between people and places.

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Fairtrade Foundation receives ‘Superbrand’ status for its strong, authentic brand

Retail Times

The Fairtrade Foundation has been awarded ‘Superbrand’ status for 2022/2023 in recognition of the strength of the ethical movement’s brand and public perception in the UK.

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Dusk CEO Peter King resigns, sparking transition plan

Inside Retail

Dusk CEO and MD Peter King will step down from his position, after almost nine years working for the retailer. King will continue to oversee the company until August, at which point Dusk expects to have appointed a new CEO. Dusk’s chairman, John Joyce, said King has developed an “excellent” exclusive team and has made an “invaluable” contribution since 2014.

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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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Survey: Many Retailers Reluctant to Innovate

VMS

Less than a fifth (17 percent) of retailers can be considered true innovation leaders, despite the majority recognizing the critical importance of such forward thinking for growth. That’s one of the major findings contained in a survey of 233 retail executives undertaken by Incisiv and Toshia Global Commerce Solutions. The survey found that innovation leaders outperform their non-leader counterparts in several key business metrics.

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What retail investors should expect in 2023

Retail Focus

The Bank of England has predicted that the United Kingdom is falling into a prolonged recession, with inflation not expected to return to its target level of 2% until 2024. Here we will discuss the retail sector outlook this year and what investors should expect. Retail Conditions Inflation in the UK currently sits around 10%, the highest rate in 40 years.

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Santiago Calatrava Reveals Design for New Retail and Office Complex in Düsseldorf, Germany

Arch Daily

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Myer sales surge in a buoyant post-Covid era

Inside Retail

Myer sales are soaring, significantly ahead of comparable pre-Covid era trading periods. In a trading update released today, the company said sales for the five months to December 31 were up 18.9 per cent over the first half of the 2020 financial year and by 14.3 per cent over the first half of 2019. Sales for the six weeks until Christmas Eve were up 8.7 per cent year on year.

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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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Mucho designs AR-enhanced annual report for University of California

Design Week

San Francisco-based design studio Mucho has created an AR annual report for the University of California (UC), combining “the tactility of a printed piece” with digital enhancement. Mucho has worked with UC Investments office designing its annual reports for the past seven years. The report sets out information on the company’s performance but Mucho’s creative director Rob Duncan says “it doesn’t.

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Drive-Up-Only Grocer Addie’s Debuts First Concept

VMS

Addie’s, a drive-up-only grocer, has opened its first concept store southwest of Boston, in Norwood, Mass. Its opening comes on the heels of the concept receiving $10.1 million in seed funding led by the Disruptive Innovation Fund, the venture capital arm of the Rose Park Advisors founded by the late Clay Christensen. (Christensen authored several high-profile business books, including “The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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Bestway buys £195m slice of Sainsbury’s

Talking Retail

The Bestway group this morning reported that it has taken a £193m stake in Sainsbury’s and might buy more shares in the supermarket. Bestway, which operates Costcutter, Best-one and Bargain Booze in the independent convenience sector, now has a 3.45% stake in Sainsbury’s. It has indicated that this is purely an investment and is not.

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Woolworths to close 250 in-store butchers

Inside Retail

Woolworths says it will close 250 of its in-store supermarket butchers by March as customers continue to trend towards pre-packaged meat. “We’ve recently conducted a review into our in-store butcher shops and found that they account for just 4 per cent of meat sales as customers continue to move towards our more convenient pre-packaged options,” the company told ABC. “We deeply regret the impact of this decision on the team members who work in our butcher shops and we kno

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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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How can designers be less reliant on plastic in their practice?

Design Week

We should always be thinking ‘what are the alternatives?’ It’s easy to jump to conclusions when designing, doing something the way it has always been or because it’s the simplest solution. This is inevitably why we fall back on using plastic; it’s such an incredibly versatile material and it’s not always clear what other options there are.

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Work Life Balance Won’t Bring You Happiness 

Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

Happiness. It’s what we all want. But it feels as elusive as water; you can’t grab it and hold on to it forever—and you always need more. Is there a way to truly be happy at work, at home, and with ourselves? By all accounts, this is a common experience for everyone: welcome to the human family. Personally, I love reading the old books. The really old books.

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7 Retail Display Ideas To Boost Your Creativity in 2023

Bay Cities

Retail display is about getting noticed — which is why doing the same old thing is never good enough. What was good enough today is unlikely to be good enough tomorrow.

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Brosa set to be wound up, with $20 million deficit

Inside Retail

Administrators are recommending creditors wind up upmarket online furniture retailer, Brosa. The business collapsed into voluntary administration last month with assets of $4.3 million and liabilities of $24.2 million, including $10 million in unfulfilled orders. The company made “substantial losses” during the past three years of operations, largely due to Covid.

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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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Rebecca Wright: “We must generate new career paths for young people”

Design Week

We are living through extraordinary times. And in an uncertain world of social, economic and environmental turmoil, we’ve never needed creative thinking more. But with creative education under threat at all levels, it’s going to need us all to play a role in ensuring the next generation gets the opportunities to develop as creative thinkers.

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Hot Takes & Predictions for ExhibitorLIVE 2023 

Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

There’s no denying that trade show directors and event coordinators are highly skilled specialists. Do you see those massive exhibits on the show floor owned by Fortune 500 companies? They’re often coordinated by small event planning teams. For smaller companies, the marketing director is sometimes the only one at the helm—a one-man band. So, where do trade show marketers go to discover the newest trends in exhibiting and events and connect with other pros?

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Issa brothers consider £13bn Asda and EG Group merger

Talking Retail

The Issa brothers, who own Asda, are said to be exploring a merger of the supermarket and their UK petrol forecourts business, EG Group, in a deal that would create a retail giant worth more than £10bn. The combination would create a group with 581 supermarkets, 700 petrol forecourts and more than 100 convenience stores.

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Hitting the books: the importance of back-to-school for Aussie retailers

Inside Retail

For some retailers, ‘back to school’ sits with Black Friday, Christmas and Boxing Day as the most important, revenue-driving dates in the calendar. It enables specialty brands to reach target audiences, who are stocking up on clothes, supplies, technology requirements and other essentials ahead of the school year. It can also set retailers up for success in the year ahead, with data from Finder demonstrating that parents will spend $11.4 billion on back-to-school costs in 2023.

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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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Lack of funding puts The Margate School of arts at risk of closure

Design Week

Independent postgraduate liberal arts institution The Margate School faces an impending threat of closure after several funding acquisition attempts failed. Though the school was established in 2018 by founder and director Uwe Derkson, he first incorporated it in 2015 as a not-for-profit company, sustained by course fees and private and public investment.

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5 Ways to Create Engaging Booth Graphics 

Trade Show Booth Companies - Trade Group

What’s the first thing an attendee will notice in a trade show booth? Apart from the staff, they’ll probably notice the booth’s visual elements first. For that reason, booth graphics are the single most vital element in any exhibit. The first thing they see will be the company’s logo, slogan, colors, and value offer. Trade show booth graphics come in a variety of shapes, sizes, materials, and styles.

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Sustainability to take centre stage at IFE seminar

Talking Retail

The seminar programme for IFE, International Food & Drink Event, is now live, with this year’s event putting the issue of sustainability at the heart of discussions on a dedicated Sustainability Stage, sponsored by Elopak. Taking place on 20-22 March at ExCeL London and supported by Official Show Sponsor MHP Food, IFE is a comprehensive.

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Booktopia finds path towards $12 million+ earnings boost

Inside Retail

Pureplay retailer Booktopia says it has identified several business initiatives it expects will boost its bottom line by between $12 million and $15 million during the next financial year. In a business update filed with the ASX, the company said the initiatives are a response to “changing consumer sentiment, greater competition online and inflation”.

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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