Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Valentine’s Day presents brands and retailers with the opportunity to match shoppers with the perfect gift for their loved ones. The recipients of all this gift-giving no longer need to be significant others, with brands also championing friendship and self-love to be celebrated on the 14th of February.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 31, 2022

Icon Outlet at The O2, the London outlet shopping destination, developed by AEG and Crosstree Real Estate Partners, has announced the opening of Superdry, the premium apparel brand. The opening coincides with a record-breaking summer trading period across The O2’s Entertainment District and Icon Outlet.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

“As a customer-centric business, we are laser-focused on continuing to evolve and enhance our offering to meet the changing needs of our customers, while also offering a seamless and inspiring one-stop shop.”. When it comes to future expansions, feedback from our customers will help guide new brands and categories, so watch this space.”.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

We have iterated with six generations of store concepts over the past six quarters to significantly elevate the shopping experience with immersive environments.” These expansions demonstrate our commitment to bringing innovative and engaging retail experiences to more customers throughout the region, continually evolving to meet their needs.”

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Goldsmiths, part of the Watches of Switzerland Group – the UK’s leading luxury retailer, has opened its latest new luxury concept showroom at Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield, featuring their first Gucci shop-in-shop boutique. We are delighted to enhance our portfolio within Meadowhall for our local clientele.”.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Strategic expansion into Orchard Road and Jewel Changi Airport was driven by market research and partnerships, aiming to fill the need for accessible, high-quality family entertainment,” she told Inside Retail. Through interactive games and themed activities, the brand aims to foster cognitive development and critical thinking for children.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2024

“We see Westfield as an ideal partner for growth due to their expansive national store network,” said a company spokesperson. ” Although of similar size to its other retail locations, the new store will look more spacious and luxurious than any other Salt & Pepper shop. .”

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It will initially open as an exclusive festive pop-up store with a retail space of 255 sqm and in Spring 2024 an expansion of an additional 176 sqm will follow to include Lush’s transformative Lush Spa. Sophie Watson, Lush Covent Garden Shop Manager :- “Covent Garden never misses the opportunity to put on a show.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

As an omnichannel retailer, making it easier to shop the brand is the main priority, Shaughnessy told Inside Retail. “A Store expansion and optimisation LSKD’s next growth phase will include significant investment in bricks-and-mortar retail, and two new stores will open in Queensland in the coming months.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Beyond this pilot, Salakas explained that the AR mirrors could potentially be promoted on shop windows and construction hoardings – which would enable consumers to browse and shop virtually, even when the store is closed. The vision is for [the shoppable AR mirrors] to have a presence across major shopping centres.

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Inside Retail

JULY 31, 2024

But its recent expansion into premium furniture products offers a taste of what’s to come from Australia’s leading stationery supplier. Thirty years later, in 2024, that range has grown tenfold to around 40,000 products both in-store and online. A month in, 45 stores now offer this service.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 15, 2024

What started in 2019 as a six-month pop-up shop that welcomed 3000 visitors on opening day has quickly turned into a full-blown retail operation with multiple bricks-and-mortar locations, a wide range of SKUs, and several intriguing collaborations. The company expects to open its fifth physical shop, in Los Angeles, in September.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The formula is simple: take functional everyday items, redesign them imaginatively with eye-catching colour, texture and packaging, price them accessibly, showcase them with immaculate visual merchandising and make the shopping experience fun, and watch the customers come in droves.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2021

International expansion driven through flagships. Although A&F in its current guise has been a mainstay in the American retail scene from the 1990s, it took until the end of the 2000s for the brand’s international expansion to gain traction. This included the images on in-store photos, gift cards and shopping bags.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 21, 2024

Pre-pandemic he was targeting small production runs of products overseas tourists could buy as souvenirs or gifts, like handmade mahjong sets. Peter Pang, founder of Hong Kong-based Pete’s Design Studio, uses laser etching or engraving to create decorative items based on historic Hong Kong posters, street signage, old coins or architecture.

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VMS

JULY 22, 2021

Luxury retailers established hard shops around the atrium, making the ground floor a combination of luxury mall and department store aesthetics. Positioned at the entry, cosmetics is an expansion running in two directions, forward toward the atrium and laterally into adjacent areas. The Palacio image is a total lifestyle immersion.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Armed with fresh knowledge of the beauty industry, he quit the role in 2014 and created his first business, a tiny design agency that created floral designs for corporate clients, specialising in events and gifts. Expanding abroad Having established a solid reputation in Mainland China, the brand has just begun to explore expansion abroad.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Mecca, Perth, Western Australia Westfield Carousel, 1382 Albany Hwy, Cannington Beauty retailer Mecca opened its biggest store in Western Australia in the state’s largest shopping centre – Westfield Carousel. Its goal is to simplify the shopping experience for parents, with not a hint of baby blue or pale pink in sight.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The superstore in Auburn, NSW will stock over 10,000 toys, with a large range of international brands such as Marvel, Star Wars, Disney and Lego, and aims to provide a fun-filled shopping experience for both adults and children. Expansion into baby category. We’ve further extended our range, we have a lot of interactive touch points.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Caledonia Park location will form a vital part of the independent bakery’s store expansion, with eight new locations set to open over the UK in the next twelve months.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Heinemann delivered a strong vision for what we wanted to achieve, and it was a natural fit to extend our partnership to T2 and 3 to provide a cohesive, high-quality shopping experience across the airport,” said Mark Zaouk, executive GM at Sydney Airport.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Global toy company Lego opened its biggest store in the world in Sydney, Australia, this week, bringing its highly interactive, direct-to-consumer shopping experience to new heights.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 14, 2024

Meanwhile local pizza business, Slice & Dice, opened at the Oxford-based shopping centre on 12 th July in Westgate Social Street Food and shoewear brand, Clarks opened in a 2,699 sq ft unit on the Upper Ground floor next to Schuh last month. Danish brand Søstrene Grene opened their first Oxfordshire based store this month.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 10, 2021

The group has successfully enabled customers to shop seamlessly either online or in-store during the Covid-19 health crisis. This has been achieved through the long-term strategic investments made in our online capability combined with our ability to reach mutual agreements with landlords to appropriately rebase rents.”. “The

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 17, 2024

Photography by BDP | Nick Caville The concept is a book-lovers paradise in the heart of downtown Toronto where in addition to a range of 40,000 books curated for the location, shoppers can experience a paper & stationery shop, home fragrance counter and music corner, equipped with a juke-box, for a playful nod to the nostalgic.

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Inside Retail

MAY 30, 2024

Zulu & Zephyr Bondi, New South Wales Australian independent lifestyle brand Zulu & Zephyr opened the doors to its new flagship store in March with an intimate soiree at the coveted Gould Street shopping strip location in Bondi Beach. It stands out amongst its luxury retail neighbours on the Collins Street strip.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

L’Hostis added strategic expansion into new markets and increased availability across multiple retail channels has been the key to its significant growth. We went the extra mile with live DJ sets and gifted travellers yellow candyfloss,” L’Hostis said. The company’s travel retail partners include Avolta, Gebr.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2024

Having recently opened a flagship store in Hong Kong’s Lee Garden, the Italian gourmet chocolate and gelato manufacturer Venchi is plotting its larger expansion in Asia Pacific with a meticulous localisation strategy as consumer spending continues to rebound.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 29, 2022

Following its recent B Corp Certification, Dai Seven Dials marks an important next step in the brand’s UK expansion. Dai is also launching Dai’Cycle, a programme where customers can drop off their preloved Dai clothing in exchange for a gift card to use on their next in-store purchase.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 29, 2022

Live shopping, or purchasing products during a livestream, was a small part of that. And while brands and advertisers have relied on social media to promote their products for years, many now realise the benefits of having the entire shopping experience hosted on the platforms themselves. What about third-party live shopping platforms?

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Retail Works Inc

AUGUST 16, 2021

to design an updated gift boutique and to develop branded product ideas for the Wells Visitor Center and Ice Cream Parlor. It was a productive venture that resulted in the sourcing of new vendors and gift products! We have been to Le Mars three times now to merchandise the shop, initial set up, holiday display and a spring refresh.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 23, 2023

Joining Selfridges, Fenwick, and Harvey Nichols, the new John Lewis listing is LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW’s latest expansion into the UK, following the brands pop-up store in London’s St. With the wide variety of flavours, unique chocolate coating, and chic monochrome packaging – we’re confident LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW will be a real hit.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 15, 2023

Following a successful push into Singapore two years ago, Chinese collectible toy brand Pop Mart’s international expansion is continuing at pace, driven by experiential retail stores and high-profile collaborations with global artists and brands. Why Pavilion KL? Moon said details will be revealed once the plan is firmed up.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2024

In an age of online shopping and social , it is not often to see a bricks-and-mortar change last, let alone thrive. When a customer is looking for the best quality products for their work and home, they shop at Ace. IR : Ace Hardware has opened 5000 bricks-and-mortar shops, with over 900 stores opening in the past five years alone.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Online shopping was a relatively new idea at this time, and it’s not until I look back years later and reflect how lucky I was to be a part of this industry right from the start. Operationally, one of my biggest achievements has been our geographical expansion.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The store is located in Westfield Sydney and includes an automated Robo shop and a retail store. Pop Mart reports it will continue to open more physical stores, pop-up stores and Robo shops throughout Australia to spread awareness of the art toy culture among more local customers.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Dior Sydney, New South Wales Like the waves at Sydney’s eastern beaches, the undulating curves on the facade of Dior’s new Westfield Bondi Junction boutique are expansive and evoke movement. The play with light, relief and depth at the entrance welcomes customers through expansive brushed gold and glass doors.

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