Amsterd Ammodern

JANUARY 28, 2017

W hen you're starting a business there are far too many things you have to think about. Or as KK always tells her clients, "You don't start with the logo you have to dig deeper and define the brand before any pen goes to paper." Sometimes can be overwhelming and almost impossible to define your own work when you are so close to it. Luckily there are people like KK at Special Modern Design that can give you that professional touch that solidifies your place in the cutthroat world of visual brandi

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Barber Design

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This week, Retail Week published a guide for retailers identifying the four key factors that they need to know about their customers in order to stay profitable in 2018. In these times of economic and political uncertainty they suggest that understanding customer behaviour will be absolutely vital for retail businesses wishing to stay afloat next year.

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Ujoy Display

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This could be the best definitive guide to Museum display cases in 2018. Before checking this museum display cases guide, you might be wondering: How … Museum display cases: the definitive guide Read More ». Source.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. Sustainability is more than just a buzzword in retail environments, as evidenced by reclaimed wood retail counters, rustic displays, and cork lined shelving units. Industry experience over the last several years has revealed a lot about the ways and reasons to incorporate sustainable materials in retail fixture design.

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MAY 15, 2017

3.1 Phillip Lim store byKate McCullough and MR Architecture + Decor, Los Angeles – California. The 3.1 Phillip Lim store in West Hollywood closed last year, but the American designer makes a grand comeback with a new flagship that adds to the revival and ongoing transformation of downtown Los Angeles. Lim has picked a lofty 5,000 sq.ft. [465 sqm.] space in a low-rise 1930s building which was previously occupied by a restaurant.

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Retail Works Inc

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The post Retailer Feature: Fyxation Bicycle Company appeared first on Retailworks Inc.

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Barber Design

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The Black Friday phenomenon (which refuses to go away despite some Brits’ refusal to adopt an American tradition) demonstrates the extraordinary impact that online shopping and multi channel have had on global retail. Nowadays you can buy anything from clothes and gifts to high value items such as cars and houses online. But there is still one sector that is falling far short of expectations: online grocery shopping.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. A successful retail fixture roll out program results in a well executed and consistent look in every store, on the schedule you planned. Given the logistics and complexity of any fixture roll out, large or small, customers may wonder how to identify a program that will lead to success. Over time, we have seen that these five components lead to the most successful fixture roll out programs: 1.

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Barber Design

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Premium womenswear brand Damsel in a Dress design clothes for the modern woman who knows what she wants and what she wants to wear. After starting out as an online retailer, they recently opened concessions in John Lewis stores throughout the UK and this summer opened their first standalone store in Brighton. In order to realise their goal of opening more stores and concessions across the globe and engaging with new customers, DIAD reached out to Barber to help them develop a retail strategy for

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. Retail environments have changed rapidly over the past 10 years, and retail experiential design has taken hold as the way to remain competitive. Before launching a whole new retail experiential design for a store, it’s important to look at. why. consumers are motived by experiential retail. The main reasons fall into three categories: time, craving for personal touch, and valuing experiences over things.

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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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Barber Design

OCTOBER 16, 2017

It was great to get down to the Tax Free World Association Show in Cannes the other week with both our UK and Madrid teams in attendance. The TFWA World Exhibition and Conference is the duty free and travel retail industry’s biggest event of the year. The show is a global gathering of more than 12,000 travel retail industry professionals. This event has become increasingly important to us in recent years, as we have carved out a niche in the travel retail design industry to firmly establish ours

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. When we look at how retail strategy has changed in the last 20 years, the transition has been remarkable. Customers order from their phones, quickly compare prices and features online, and are constantly barraged with targeted marketing based on the choices they make online. No one can deny the success of online selling, yet retail remains a constant.

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Barber Design

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Next month we’re off on our annual pilgrimage to the TFWA World Exhibition and Conference in Cannes. This Duty Free and Travel Retail Summit presents us with the chance to showcase our talents to a prestigious selection of premium brands in an industry-wide forum along with the chance to network with many key influencers and decision makers in the travel retail industry.

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Barber Design

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

This week we are very excited to announce Barber Design’s first overseas premises with the opening of our Madrid office in Spain. Located in Barrio de Salamanca, in amongst some of Madrid’s most interesting high street fashion stores, the aim of our new office is to strengthen our presence in continental Europe whilst opening up new potential markets in Europe and Latin America.

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

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Barber Design

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This summer we visited Salcombe in Devon where we went to the original Jack Wills store and felt inspired to tell you more about their extraordinary brand success story. The very first store opened in a tiny retail space in 1999. The aim of the brand was to encapsulate University Life into a branded set of clothing, with the slogan ‘University Outfitters’.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

It’s no secret that the last few years have challenged brick and mortar stores to compete in a way that makes them more compelling or at least increasingly integrated into their online retailer competition and counterparts. In this way, we see traditional retail store environments looking for creative, highly experiential retail design environments that make visiting in person a worthwhile experience for consumers.

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Barber Design

AUGUST 22, 2017

We recently had an insightful afternoon of retail adventure when we took one of our clients on a ‘Retail Safari’ in London in order to show them some of the excellent high tech retail technology being utilised in some of our favourite stores. If you’ve got a passion for retail technology and want to know what we saw and why – here’s the lowdown on some of our favourite stores (and street) and what makes them so successful: Bird Street.

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Barber Design

AUGUST 14, 2017

Travel retail design is one of our specialisms at Barber and something that we really enjoy, so we were delighted earlier this year when Flemingo Duty Free asked us to help them design and develop a new retail offer at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri-Lanka. Flemingo wanted the Departures Duty Free Store up and running as soon as possible.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

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Barber Design

JULY 27, 2017

We are thrilled to announce that our retail design for Jigsaw in Cobham has been shortlisted in the new ‘Best High Street Store’ category at the prestigious 2017 Retail Week Interiors Awards ! This is the 4 th year in a row that our work has been shortlisted for an award at this even after previously being shortlisted in 2014, 2015 and 2016 – and winning in 2015.

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Barber Design

JULY 11, 2017

Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have been making a big difference to the way that retailers do business – both online and in bricks and mortar stores. Technologies including AR and VR (augmented and virtual reality) are already changing the way that many retailers communicate with and sell to customers. But what does this really mean for retail staff?

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Barber Design

JUNE 29, 2017

This month we’ve been inspired by the concept of retail concepts, after reading a recent article in Insider Trends, looking at 4 of the hottest retail concept store designs from across the globe. So we decided to find out more about each one: Fresh STORY, New York. Fresh Story is the result of a collaboration between concept store big hitters STORY and one of the fastest-growing US e-commerce brands – Jet.com.

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Barber Design

JUNE 14, 2017

This week it was revealed that online sales of grocery products in the UK are expected to exceed 11 billion pounds this year, as more consumers are purchasing their weekly groceries online than ever before. This is an increase of more than 1 billion pounds from 9.9 billion in 2016. According to the figures by Mintel Research , the amount of shoppers buying all or most of their food online is also continuing to increase.

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Speaker: Ashlee Aldridge - Reach Partners LLC | Bill Mirabito - Chameleon Collective | Ronak Shah - PSA Retail & CPG, Amazon Web Services | Wayne Teigen - Pivotree

What trends can online merchants expect after more than two years of exponential growth? Companies must expand on the trends that exploded during the pandemic if they want to see continued growth in their businesses while facing a recessionary economy. From social commerce to BOPIS, the name of the game is to meet and sell to customers wherever they are, through multiple channels.

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Amsterd Ammodern

MAY 26, 2017

Newly Painted Beer Garden Tables, Available in Blue, Red, and Yellow, $695. Vintage Medicine Balls $225. West German Ceramics. Pair of Navy Upholstered Wim Rietveld No.9 Lounge Chair for Gispen, $1,590. West German Ceramic on a Newly Painted Red Beer Garden Table. Apeldoor Extra Large Desk. Benches Sold Separately. NewMadeLA Metal Shelves, Available in Grey, Red, Black, and Blue.

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Barber Design

MAY 25, 2017

Last month Google launched their new virtual assistant technology ‘Google Home’ in the UK, in response to Amazon’s Alexa and Echo technology. According to the latest adverts, this tech allows you to ‘stay in the moment’ rather than staring at your smart phone and ignoring your loved ones. Touted in some quarters as a virtual ‘AI Butler’ – could these new technologies really revolutionise the way we approach home retail or are they just another flash in the high-tech pan?

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Barber Design

MAY 15, 2017

In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) has become the next big thing for hip tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Some of this buzz has filtered down to retailers who are keen to include it in their digital retail strategy– but does the technology deserve the hype and is it really suitable for retail applications? So far retailers have been slow to adopt VR.

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RDB

MAY 15, 2017

B&B Italia Charles / 20° years of Timeless Design by Migliore+Servetto Architects, Milan – Italy. B&B Italia celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the iconic Charles sofa system during the Milan Design Week. The sofa is designed by Antonio Citterio, with its installation designed by Migliore+Servetto Architects. Inside the Milan store, the Charles sofa, framed by a graphic scenic backdrop, surrounded by history, with its elegance and balance, it represents a constant.

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MAY 15, 2017

Liko-Noe Innovation Center Office by Fránek Architects, Slavkov u Brna – Czech Republic. Experimental structure in Slavkov u Brna is one of several buildings by Zden?k Fránek, that have been created in partnership with scientists. The task was to develop an innovation center for a family business. A structure that will operate solely on energy gained from natural resources and using water independently thanks to its natural water treatment system.

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RDB

MAY 15, 2017

F&M Retail – Premiere at EuroShop 2017 by Simple, Düsseldorf – Germany. The Cologne-based agency Simple develops the new Corporate Design for F&M Retail, a German-Italian company that plans and implements international retail and interior design projects. The EuroShop trade fair, which took place in Düsseldorf from 5th – 9th March, was the occasion for F&M Retail to re-launch its brand.

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RDB

MAY 15, 2017

Elephant Grounds Coffee Mid-Levels by JJA / Bespoke Architecture, Hong Kong. Elephant Grounds Coffee Mid-Levels is the second landmark project by JJA / Bespoke Architecture for the Hong Kong-based café in two years.

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RDB

MAY 15, 2017

FREEZER ice cream shop by SK Designers & Housestanding, Ramat Gan – Israel. In the middle of Ramat-Gan, a city located near Tel-Aviv, in the heart of one of the most hectic shopping districts, opened last February a second branch of now an ice cream chain called “Freezer”.

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