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Melbourne shopping strip vacancies close to long-term lows

Inside Retail

According to the latest Walk the Strip report from Fitzroys, there has also been a notable increase in food and beverage, service retail, and specialty retail across these local shopping precincts. This latest report follows an encouraging trend for business owners who occupy the city’s shopping strips.

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Suburban shopping strips are struggling, but they still have time to evolve

Inside Retail

The fall in retail vacancy levels from late 2022 and March of this year, after the Covid lockdowns were lifted, are likely to creep up again in the prevailing economic conditions, and vacancy rates in CBD retail precincts continue to be impacted by low office occupancy.

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How Malaysian department store Pavilion is connecting with customers

Inside Retail

Pavilion Bukit Jalil is an example of how a shopping mall targets the residential catchment area attached to the mall by featuring a multi-dimensional shopping experience, with a diverse and vibrant tenant mix made up of specialty retail, gastronomic F&B, leisure and entertainment. Strategically located on a gross area of 3.48

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Filson Brings a Barn to Manhattan for Newest Flagship

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There, specialty retailer Filson (Seattle) – a 124-year-old maker and seller of men’s and women’s outdoor clothing, accessories and luggage – opened a flagship store whose interior incorporates major structural elements of a rustic barn. Circa Lighting , Chicago. Heliotrope Architects , Seattle. General Contractor. Door Harware.

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From cart to click: How technology is transforming the supermarket sector

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Creating customer-focused grocery experiences Successful customer-obsessed grocery experiences follow the four LEAD principles of design: light, ethical, accessible and dataful. Retail marketplaces like Walmart, Amazon and Ebay have already implemented GenAI for employee efficiency, customer experience and business capability building.

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Revived MKT Square brings opportunities to Brisbane’s north

Inside Retail

This included the creation of spaces that are functional, pleasant, and responsive to the community’s needs by providing unique retail offerings, improvements to external facade upgrades, landscaping, street trees and shade trees, pedestrian shopfront walkway and a softened interface with the streetscape.

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Making Sense of Retail: Part I

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Understanding how to incorporate the senses – sight, smell, sound, touch (and taste, when applicable) – into the design philosophy may provide retailers with a strategic, competitive advantage to create must-visit retail stores. Spotlighting received the most positive responses of the three collages in the Lighting category.

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