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How dark patterns help brands like Temu and Shein to drive sales

Inside Retail

However, lurking in the shadows are what are known as ‘dark patterns’, intricately designed digital experiences that exploit human psychology – often at the expense of users’ best interests. In essence, a dark pattern is a devised user interface or interaction design that guides users into taking actions they might not have intended.

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Form and function: How Cargo Crew is bringing style to workwear

Inside Retail

For example, the most suitable fabric design is a check pattern, as it helps to hide stains which can occur during work shifts, or a dark colour palette is helpful in the working environment. The post Form and function: How Cargo Crew is bringing style to workwear appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Victorian treasurer asks big business to pay its share

Inside Retail

The levy, which Pallas claims will impact less than five per cent of employers across Australia and only the sections of their workforce working in Victoria, will take the form of a 0.5 per cent surcharge on payroll tax for businesses with wage bills exceeding $10 million, and adds on another 0.5 per cent for those above $100 million.

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Choosing the Best Materials for Visual Merchandising Concepts in Luxury Retail Stores

Retail Focus

Metal has a broad application of surface effects and metallic tones formed through various methods such as electroplating and coating that bring a wow factor to the visual display. In addition to applying themed patterns on luxury goods, luxury brands also infuse them into window concepts’ narratives.

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Heart Made: new label weaves Thai design into Australian fashion

Inside Retail

I had always been drawn to the art of fashion – the colours, textures, patterns, shapes and boundless space to push boundaries. It is an art form that I love and often inspires me heavily,” he stressed. His sustainable products are designed to speak to a younger generation, and are a tribute to the craftsmanship of a bygone era. “I

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How Australian designer Daniel Avakian is reimagining the runway

Inside Retail

To digitally transform one of oldest industries in the world and lay the foundation and form a symbiosis between human and digital to create a sustainable future for fashion…from within the fashion industry, was my vision,” said Daniel Avakian, founder and chief creative officer of his namesake label. Fashion weeks’ future.

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Park Lane Hotel rejects “old-world sameness” with “flamboyant” new identity

Design Week

Complimenting the form of the wordmark and wider typeface is a “cartouche”-shape framing device, which can be used as a window for imagery, patterns and text across physical and digital spaces. The studio says it is inspired by the windows of the hotel.

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