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Sennep and Roli’s light-up keyboard lets people teach themselves piano

Design Week

London-based studio Sennep has collaborated with music technology company Roli on its new project Lumi, which aims to let people learn the piano from home by themselves. Lumi is an illuminated keyboard and app, which aims to make learning the piano “easier and more fun” and help even casual players “more musical in minutes”, according to Sennep.

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Retail Media - Win or Whine for Shopper Marketers

Shopperations

With promises of greater personalization and targeting capacity backed by point of sale data, retailers are inviting consumer goods marketers closer to shoppers with the launch of their own retail media platforms.

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Rammed-earth counter anchors Flamingo Estate pop-up in Los Angeles

Dezeen

Vibrant green walls surround a chunky rammed-earth counter in this garden-themed pop-up shop in LA that creatives Alex Reed and Dutra Brown have designed for lifestyle brand Flamingo Estate. Flamingo Estate 's Harvest Shop pop-up takes over a retail unit in Platform , a high-end shopping centre in LA's Culver City area. The shop offers an array of the brand's holistic products for the body and home, along with its range of pantry foods, which includes items such as extra-virgin olive oil, honey

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How STAR Brokerage Unlocked Their Retail Execution Potential

RepslyBlog

Food and beverage brokers know that managing the execution for a handful of brands across all of their retail channels is no easy task. As the link connecting their brand clients to shelf-level execution in stores, merchandisers have a huge responsibility to support the key programs of all of their brands as well as the thousands of stores they serve.

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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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Studio Blackburn avoids “old-fashioned” route for at-home brewing brand

Design Week

Studio Blackburn has rebranded mail-order company The Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co. to move it away from “old-fashioned” ideas of beer brewing. Greater Good aims to bring the process of brewing into the home. At the core of its offering sits the Pinter, an at-home brewing device capable of producing 10 pints of beer or cider at a time. Users fill it with flavourings, water and yeast, which come delivered in the post in flat, letterbox-sized bottles either as a subscription service o

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Designing the Human Experience: Branding is Key in the Restaurant Industry

Onyx

The goal of restaurant design is to build an inviting atmosphere for customers to enjoy their experience that entices their future purchases. When restaurants are being designed, it is critical that the owner comprehends their business, their company values, and their unique visual opportunities. This plays an essential role in developing the concept and story of the restaurant.

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Young London Collection

Retail Store Windows

Images Courtesy and Copyright Association Mannequins Just look at these little beauties. It is so wonderful to see realistic mannequins again after what seems like eons (well 2020 may prove to be even longer than that right now) of faceless eggheads or worse still, headless figures. Under the meticulous creative eye of the super talented creative director, Danny Letton, this gorgeous new collection was launched earlier this week capturing the zeitgeist on the street.

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Bioplastic made from lobster shells leads wave of material innovation

Design Week

London-based Shellworks, which has created a plastic alternative derived from waste crustacean shells, is a finalist in the Arts Foundation’s 2021 Materials Innovation awards. The remaining three finalists include Elissa Brunato and her bio-iridescent sequins, Julian Ellis-Brown and his fabrics made from saltwater plants and Shneel Malik who has worked on a waste-filtering wall tile.

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S-CUBE Helps Shoe Show Fast-Track Retail Expansion Projects

Scrube

Shoe Show, a privately owned NC-based shoe store chain, was looking for a secondary fixture supplier to help facilitate their aggressive growth. They needed a supplier to serve a new expanding geographic area of the USA and that is when they found S-CUBE. With tight timelines as well as budget constraints, Shoe Show worked with the S-CUBE team to find innovative solutions to reduce the installation times at their new store locations, while at the same time maintaining the high level of quality o

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Frequently Asked Questions About Global Shop Solutions ERP Software

Global Shop

If you’re looking at Global Shop Solutions as a possible ERP solution for your manufacturing business, you can find answers to the basic “Who are you and what do you do?” questions on our website. But you probably also have questions that are unique to your business. So we thought it would be a good idea to post some “drill down” questions that address specific issues regarding our ERP system.

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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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Fendi, London

Retail Store Windows

This is a rather gentle scheme from this brand right now and let's face it we all need a bit that right now. Soft pastel tones and a slick, simple environment with, as always, gorgeous products is their latest offer. As London becomes colder, darker and currently more rain than we know what to do with this is a very comforting scheme. Check out our fantastic sponsors below for incredible Visual Merchandising solutions or click on the banners on the side of the main page at www.retailstorewindows

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This modular camera kit aims to change how designers approach motion

Design Week

Tech company Argineering has revealed its RGKit Play product, which seeks to “reimagine” how designers approach motion in their work. RGKit is a “modular wireless motion control kit” aimed at a range of designers, from animators to illustrators and those working in videography, according to the company. The kits comprise a series of motors, light controllers and sensors which control how the camera moves as well as the designs being shot.

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Smart Commercial Renovation Ideas For A Tight Budget

Fuhrmann Construction

All commercial businesses evolve over time. Spacing and functional needs change. Business focus moves in a different direction. Perhaps who uses the space also changes. Or maybe its time for a quick refresh to inject some new life into your commercial building. Commercial renovation projects can be expensive. They often go over budget and can pose some financial risk.

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Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon

Gustie Creative

Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon At Gustie, we are putting the finishing touches on Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, The Essential Guide for Brands and Businesses, 2021 Edition and I'm taking a little bit of a break here to share a 3D photo from Facebook. Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 [.]. The post Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon appeared first on Gustie Creative.

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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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Gina, London

Retail Store Windows

We do love a bit of Gina and while on our travels along Mount street we came across their latest scheme. There are some very nice collisions of materials here although their usually super sparkly product appears to be quite lost amongst it all which is a shame. We're actually very surprised that any brands at all have something new in their windows and while we have no idea if there is any meaning behind this one other than pure abstraction we are grateful for the visual of it all anyway.

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British Council offers £50k grants for collaborative creative projects

Design Week

The British Council is seeking to fund a new wave of international creative projects with £50,000 grants. Applications for the Digital Collaboration fund opened this week, with the intention to support collaboration between UK-based creatives and those overseas. Up to £50,000. The fund is targeted at digital projects. The council says this is both because of the travel restrictions faced by the coronavirus pandemic and rising concerns over the sustainability of face-to-face collaborati

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A very uncertain few weeks for UK Retail

Nelson Blackley

Every year at the start of the ‘Golden Quarter’ in October, all retailers face uncertainties about their critical sales performance leading up to Christmas. Have they committed to enough stock (but not too much) of the key selling products? Will they lose sales or profit because of competitors price reductions? Have they enough sales staff in their stores at the busiest times to meet demand?

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Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon

Gustie Creative

Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon At Gustie, we are putting the finishing touches on Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, The Essential Guide for Brands and Businesses, 2021 Edition and I'm taking a little bit of a break here to share a 3D photo from Facebook. Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 [.]. The post Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon appeared first on Gustie Creative.

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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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Fortnum and Mason, London

Retail Store Windows

Call us old romantics if you will although we did love going to see the windows here before it started to become all a bit corporate. But, this is what happens when marketing departments get their hands on Visual Merchandising, because, well, we're all so incredibly creative, right? There are still some snippets of wonderfulness with their nod to Halloween but we want more of that although it seems that that fantastic bit of creativity or Olde Skool if you like is just being squeezed out of this

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This portable product is designed to reduce opioid overdoses

Design Week

Norwegian studio Anti has created the product design and packaging for a medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. Ventizolve is manufactured by Norwegian addiction medicine company Dne Pharma. The product contains two doses of naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioids overdose – caused by drugs such as heroin – in less than a minute, according to the studio.

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New Retail Design: 7 keys to implement it successfully

CAAD

Technology evolves at the speed of light, forcing all sectors to be in a constant process of change, development and innovation. When it seemed that omnichannel strategies were leading retail to bring together the best of the online world and the physical store, a new concept arrived from China that plans a new scenario: the new retail design. What is new retail design?

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Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon

Gustie Creative

Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon At Gustie, we are putting the finishing touches on Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, The Essential Guide for Brands and Businesses, 2021 Edition and I'm taking a little bit of a break here to share a 3D photo from Facebook. Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 [.]. The post Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon appeared first on Gustie Creative.

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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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How Fortnite and Farmville prompted the digital clothing revolution

Design Week

It’s a hard to imagine the next fashion frontier having its roots in the likes of Farmville and Fortnite. But as James Gaubert tells Design Week, it was seeing how much money his son was willing to spend dressing his Fortnite avatar that got him thinking about his next step in the fashion world. Gaubert is the founder of Republiqe, a digital fashion house which launched last year.

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Mat Hunter: “Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not”

Design Week

“Not everyone gets to have the start I did – I was very lucky,” says Mat Hunter. “I managed to become a designer when the talents I had were just becoming valuable.” Hunter is a former partner at IDEO and served as the Design Council’s chief design officer from 2010 to 2015. For the last five years, however, he has been working towards a different mission: to get designers into more powerful positions across the country with his innovation hub brand Plus X.

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Design inspiration: the best projects from October

Design Week

Think Food Bank stickers, by Maisie Benson and Holly Kielty. With an uncertain winter looming, the Trussell Trust is predicting a 61% increase in demand for food banks in the coming months. The news comes at a time when organisations are already stretched to their limit dealing with families in crisis because of the pandemic. Maisie Benson and Holly Kielty, both designers at B&B Studio, are “going guerrilla” in an attempt to help.

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US 2020 election by design – the winners and losers

Design Week

The US 2020 election comes to a close next week on Tuesday 3 November, following a year marked out by a pandemic and international race protests. Even without those tumultuous events, the 2020 race between incumbent president Donald Trump and the Democratic nominee Joe Biden would have been a much-watched contest. Shocking the polls, Trump pulled off a victory in the 2016 election against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, which set the tone for a controversy-fuelled four years.

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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