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  Billie Whitehouse is a self proclaimed Haptic Fashionista. From designing ‘Funderwear’ that connects couples in long distance relationships, to ‘Navigate’...
- Learnings From ShopTalk
  
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  The U.S. retail market has been responding to the rapid growth of Amazon over the last few years. Most retailers have struggled to respond fast enough with a retail market that is...
- Fashion Retail Gets Personal
  
  2 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Multichannel, Stores, Technology
  
  The world of fashion retail is wider than most. From luxury to discount, and fast fashion to handmade, fashion is never one-size-fits-all. And this means that retailers’...
- What’s Hot in London Right Now
  
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  It’s been a busy few months in London in terms of retail. With the Westfield White City expansion complete, there was the opportunity for lots of new retailers to move in and...
- The Best of Global Retail Over The Last...
  
  2 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Multichannel, Stores, Technology
  
  There have been some fab retail initiatives over the last few months and here are just a few. L’Occitane en Provence L’Occitane en Provence is evolving its...
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How AR is Shaping the Future of Retail

3 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Multichannel, Stores, Technology

Once the mirage on the retail horizon, augmented and virtual reality technologies are getting closer and could prove to be an effective lure for keeping shoppers in their stores while also enabling them to shop online. Global fashion brand Zara has released an app that enables customers to watch models walking around the store wearing...
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Is Fashion Reviving The Launderette?

3 months ago | Advertising, Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Stores

Fashion has a history of fetishising the launderette. A model perching in the drum of a supersize machine, with slick clothing and makeup in contrast to the stark backdrop of the public launderette, is a look-book staple. But running them has not historically been in their repertoire. Cue a spin-off from fashion brands who are...
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Asos Rolls Out Style Match Globally

3 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Multichannel, Stores, Technology

Asos has launched a new visual tool to help customers search 85,000 product lines. The etailer has rolled out Style Match globally, a tool it first launched for UK iOS app users last year. It allows customers to upload a photo to the app and instantly search through 85,000 products to find similar items. This...
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D&G Send Drones Down the Runway

4 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Technology

It’s 2018, and as further proof that we’re already living in the future, what’s more fashionable than drones? Drones with handbags, according to Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabanna, which sent a bunch of flying drones down its runway during the house’s fashion show in Milan on Sunday. Audience members were asked to turn...
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Diesel Cleverly Opens “Fake” Knock Off Pop-Up during New York Fashion Week

4 months ago | Advertising, Blog, Featured, Multichannel, Stores

Last week, something that by all appearances was a small knockoff store popped up out of nowhere on Canal Street in New York. It looked pretty much like any other knockoff store—plastic hangers; neon “sale” and “buy 2, get 1 free” signs in slightly messy handwriting; and boxes upon boxes of sweaters, shirts and other...
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Sport Direct Take Entertainment To The Next Level

4 months ago | Blog, Featured, Stores, Technology

Sports Direct shoppers will be invited to take a break from browsing for leisurewear to play video games, with the chain unveiling a partnership that will see Game Digital open pay-to-play concessions in its stores. Under the terms of the agreement, Sports Direct, owned by Mike Ashley, hopes to cash in on the growing popularity...
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5 Brands Reinventing Luxury Retail

5 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Multichannel, Stores, Technology

What do you think of when you hear ‘luxury retail’? Big name brands? Personal service? High-quality products at equally high prices? Once upon a time luxury retail was very much aimed at those with deep pockets. It was about having the very best products with service to match – but paying for it. In turn...
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50 Best Retail Initiatives of 2017

5 months ago | Uncategorized

Sometimes when looking forward it’s good to take a peek over your shoulder as well. There’s a lot that can be learnt from what’s come before, whether it’s triumphs, mistakes, or hints of what might be the next big thing. With that in mind we’ve rounded-up our 50 favourite retail initiatives of 2017 to set...
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Zara Opens First Click & Collect Pop-Up In London

5 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Multichannel, Stores, Technology

Zara has unveiled a new click-and-collect pop-up store at Westfield Stratford in east London. The temporary concept store, which will remain open until May this year, has been launched while the flagship store in the shopping centre is being refurbished. The new store has been built with click-and-collect orders in mind and will help customers...
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50 Innovations From 2017 That Will Shape The Future Of Retail

5 months ago | Blog, E-commerce, Featured, Multichannel, Stores, Technology

Innovations are born each day, but how to apply them is another story. In this feature we take a look at the top 50 innovations from outside the retail industry that might just shed some light on what’s next for retail. See how diverse industries from communications, hospitality, entertainment, festivals, food service and transport are...
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