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Ocean plastic clean-up enterprise reveals streetwear-inspired rebrand

Design Week

Design studio 20something has created the new identity for ocean plastic enterprise Seven Clean Seas (SCS), which resists “surf and hippy-inspired” eco-clichés. The work includes a complete visual overhaul as well as strategy guidelines for the organisation as it begins to expand its reach. [link]. SCS was established in 2018 in Singapore and now spans five countries, attracting thousands of beach clean-up volunteers.

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JA-DE X TCHAI

T Insights

Aside from client projects, our Tchai Brand Building team has kept a busy agenda as of late in the celebration of our jubilee year. With a passion for ambience and stories we collaborated with artist JA-DE, and came up with an aesthetic homewear goodie for all kinds of environments… (from the bathroom and bedroom to your living room or your home office!).

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What will 2021 bring for Retail? A look at experts' predictions

FC Dadson

2020 was a long year for most retailers. The Covid pandemic closed stores and caused millions of people to stay home and shop online instead. So what will 2021 look like?

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How The Gaming World Is Changing Retail

Retail Prophet

By Reilly Stephens. In 2019 Netflix CEO Reid Hastings sent an internal memo to shareholders addressing the competitive landscape and set out how Netflix would continue driving subscription and viewership. Only a couple of months prior, Disney had announced their foray into streaming, leaving many feeling uneasy, seeing Disney as an imminent threat to Netflix’ subscriber rate.

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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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Match’s rebrand hopes to take the anxiety out of modern-day dating

Design Week

Design studio Collins has rebranded Match, positioning the dating platform as a “beloved service rather than a convenient game” The new identity, which includes a redesigned logo, strategy and photography guidelines, is revealed in time for the company’s 25th anniversary. Since Match’s founding in 1995, “dating has become a panic-induced, anxiety-ridden journey”, Collins says. “Match was sitting on a treasure trove of experience and knowledge gained over

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7 Tips for Designing Your Retail Packaging Boxes

Bay Cities

Have you ever ordered something and felt immediate disappointment when you received it? Without trying it out or even seeing the item itself, you couldn't shake the feeling that you had made a mistake?

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What Keeps You Up at Night? 5 CPG Experts Weigh In

RepslyBlog

2021 is shaping up to be filled with opportunities and obstacles for CPG businesses and their field teams. COVID-19 cases continue to rise, vaccination campaigns are slower than anticipated, and continued economic uncertainty looms large; but most brands are optimistic they can get back on track in the year ahead. What are the opportunities awaiting in the year ahead ?

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Dementia wellbeing brand Relish reveals “sensorial” redesign

Design Week

London-based studio Our Design Agency (ODA) has rebranded Relish, with an identity that hopes to engage the feelings of people living with dementia. The work includes a new name for the company (previously Active Minds) as well as a visual identity that rolls out across Relish’s website, social media, app, products and packaging. Established in 2010, Relish creates products in collaboration with patients and carers which aim to improve the wellbeing of people who live with dementia and the

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A Day in Digital

Bay Cities

The day to day in Digital Operations moves at a very fast pace. We are able to react very quickly to our customers’ needs and support the desired level of speed to market. With our stout line-up of digital presses, we are able to produce a variety of different product types that are most common in the retail industry. We can quickly turn prototypes, mock-ups, and short production runs in a matter of hours or a couple of days.

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How To Find The Right E-Mail Provider For Your Business 

RetailMinded

For the last couple of years, email marketing has been a popular way of promoting products or services and driving revenues for businesses of any size. It refers to the process of using emails to send commercial messages such as advertisements to a group of people. Hence, whether you’re running a small family retail business or a global E-commerce store, there can be many reasons why you should use email marketing. .

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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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How has marketing changed during Covid-19?

Parker Design

Covid-19 hasn’t only changed the way we live and work, it’s also changed the way we do marketing and how audiences behave. Priorities are now different and over the last few months there have been many shifts in focus, with an impact on what audiences need and what they expect from brands, as consumers or employees. Below we look at how Covid-19 has crushed most marketing budgets, made a significant dent in the channel mix, and changed the way we think about language when speaking to audiences.

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Designers are helping esports brands sharpen up as business booms

Design Week

Esports – once a niche sector for videogame enthusiasts – is now a global industry. Viewership of competitive gaming is expected to rise from 454 million in 2019 to 646 million by 2024. If that figure is reached, the audience will have almost doubled in six years. That kind of expansion can cause growing pains. When pioneering esports team Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) approached Motto for a new look, a “drastic transformation” was needed, the New York studio’s co-founder

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HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR

T Insights

& 60 years of Tchai! (12 February 2021). Best wishes for a prosperous and healthy New Year from all of us at Tchai! We hope you surround yourselves with family and loved ones as you welcome the Year of the Ox! This year, we combine the Lunar New Year celebrations with another festivity: Tchai embarking on a new decennium, stepping into its 60 year.

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What will 2021 bring for Retail? A look at experts' predictions

FC Dadson

2020 was a long year for most retailers. The Covid pandemic closed stores and caused millions of people to stay home and shop online instead. So what will 2021 look like?

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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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Open vs. Closed Ice-cream Case – Which is Better?

Mindful Design

Among a myriad other decision you have to make when opening your ice-cream parlor, choosing between an open and a closed ice-cream case is going to make a difference in the look of your interior and even in the way you conduct your business. If you are undecided and need some help in evaluating the […]. The post Open vs. Closed Ice-cream Case – Which is Better?

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Dating apps are redesigning to find users love in lockdown

Design Week

Dating can be daunting at the best of times, but the past year has made it even more complicated. Lockdown restrictions have not always been clear about whether you can even meet up – and a socially-distanced park date is not too appealing in the middle of winter. Add to that general pandemic anxiety, and endlessly scrolling through apps may not seem too appealing right now.

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FAQs About Restructuring Your Package Room

Parcel Pending

With the average multifamily apartment community estimated to receive as many as 486 packages per week, now is the perfect time to review the how’s and why’s of restructuring your package room with answers to your most commonly asked questions. Streamlining Operations. Why should I change my package or mailroom ? The 2020 holiday season had not one, but two record-shattering days of online eCommerce sales with $9 billion on Black Friday bested by $9.4 billion rung up on Cyber Monday 1,2.

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Accelerating Innovative Speed of Service

Theatro

Imagine the speed of service you could achieve with the right solution. Over the past year, retail innovation focused on speed of service, safety, and accelerating operational changes faster than ever before. As stores across the globe reimagined operational procedures to meet health and safety guidelines, many retailers found that new systems could be implemented within weeks that would have taken years under normal circumstances.

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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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Qualifying and Categorizing Leads

Trade Group

If you prefer to read instead of watching our short video, here is the transcript of the conversation between Mike and Mal Gilvar: Hey, so how do we do the show? We did awesome man. We have been so busy. It was in a great show. Well, there was a few tire kickers. Definitely anybody else number two. I mean we got some really good like look at this one.

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Interior inspiration: Design Week’s picks

Design Week

Max & Benito burrito bar, by Studio Alt Shift. Located in Vienna’s newly developed Austria Campus – a finance and tech hub comparable to London’s Canary Wharf – the latest restaurant in the Max & Benito chain needed to provide a respite from daily business life. London-based Studio Alt Shift was brought in to provide what it calls “a slice of the weekend squeezed into the middle of the working day” With the burrito bar offering Californian-style Mexica

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Fundamentals of Opening Your New Liquor Store

Scrube

The days of rum-running or bootlegging moonshine have long since passed. The end of prohibition may have legalized liquor sales, but it also brought about a laundry list of regulations that must be followed if you plan to engage in liquor sales of any kind. Owning and operating a liquor store could bring you a steady income and open the door for expansion in time, but only if you go about it the right way.

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SkinzWraps diversifies into profitable new markets thanks to Drytac

Drytac

Dallas-based SkinzWraps has used a range of products from Drytac to expand outside of its core vehicle graphics market into a number of other sectors. Dallas-based wrapping expert SkinzWraps has revealed how the use of Drytac films has allowed it to expand business beyond its core vehicle wrapping services into a number of other profitable markets. Established in 1998, SkinzWraps is regarded as one of the leading vehicle wrap specialists Based in Texas, but services nationwide, marketing itself

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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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CASE STUDY: Aerometals 40’x40’ Custom Exhibit

Trade Group

TTG collaborates with YES Communications to create a clean, sleek, high-tech exhibit designed to “blow the client’s mind”. In June 2020, YES Communications President Kelley Parlier received a phone call she wasn’t expecting. Parlier’s client Aerometals, a company that specializes in the precision machining and manufacturing of aircraft parts, asked her to build a new trade show booth to debut at the 2021 Heli-Expo in New Orleans.

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Design Week Awards 2021 judges revealed

Design Week

We are excited to announce the first wave of judges for the Design Week Awards who will form part of our largest ever panel, made up of experts from all sectors across the industry. Design Bridge chief creative officer Emma Follett Design Bridge chief creative officer Emma Follett will be joined by Landor & Fitch executive creative director Shaun Loftman, Supple Studio creative director Jamie Ellul, Templo creative director Pali Palavathanan, Collins head of strategy Taamrat Amaize and many

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Top strategies in evaluating the viability of a new product idea

Retail Bound

With a new product in hand, you have to evaluate its viability to make sure it is a worthy investment to offer to retailers. A viability analysis is carried out to ascertain whether the product will sell, the size of the market, and even its future. It is a crucial process that can help a business avoid major pitfalls that startups experience. A product ought not to be based on feelings; it should be guided by tangible research, a clear picture of how the product would perform, and using evidenc

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Make bikes magically float on a wall

Fixture Lab

Want your bike to float? V-Hook Wall Bracket for Bike Hook. There are about a zillion ways to hang a bike on wall, but if you look for a solution that does ALL of these things at the same time, the list quickly dwindles down to one…. The Fixture Lab adjustable V-Hook and wall bracket for bike book: Holds every style bike absolutely level, with the wheels straight 100% of the time – even if the frame has goofy geometry.

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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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A few words with Bobbie Ttooulis, Marketing Director at GFS

Fashion Retail

Bobbie Ttooulis (BT) has more than 20 years of experience in senior roles with companies ranging from global market leaders to tech start-ups and joined the GFS Board in 2017. True to her Greek Cypriot heritage, Bobbie loves nothing more than to be sharing great food and great company with friends and family. TFR: What … More A few words with Bobbie Ttooulis, Marketing Director at GFS.

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Interior inspiration: Design Week’s picks

Design Week

Max & Benito burrito bar, by Studio Alt Shift. Located in Vienna’s newly developed Austria Campus – a finance and tech hub comparable to London’s Canary Wharf – the latest restaurant in the Max & Benito chain needed to provide a respite from daily business life. London-based Studio Alt Shift was brought in to provide what it calls “a slice of the weekend squeezed into the middle of the working day” With the burrito bar offering Californian-style Mexica

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Creating Frictionless Shopping Experiences

Tusco Display

Touchless Technology Leads to Frictionless ExperiencesThe Covid pandemic has accelerated timelines for many pieces of the retail sector. Notably through the integration of more technology in the realm. Many innovations have been years in development but have only recently garnered shopper support during the pandemic. The concept of the Amazon Go stores seemed far fetched and absurd when they were first announced and now consumers are looking for ways to avoid unnecessary contact with surfaces.Ca

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The Future Of Design: Material Evolution

All Work

The pandemic brought less pollution and CO² emissions, and more animals came out in cities and towns around the world to reclaim what is left of their habitat. Long before Covid-19, our destructive behavior of abusing the earth for consumer purposes had been exponentially growing. This is also known as the Plastic Age. Royce Epstein shares how a material evolution is necessary for the design industry to heal our relationship with nature and create design solutions for the future.

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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