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Nordstrom elevates luxury styling experience with star stylist Catherine Bloom

Luxury department store retailer Nordstrom has appointed Catherine Bloom as its first director of luxury styling.

Fashion : Retail : Luxury

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Selfridges Unlocked now rewards shoppers for spending time in-store

Selfridges has launched an updated version of Selfridges Unlocked, a membership programme that now rewards customers for both spending and time spe...

Fashion : Retail : Luxury

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World Retail Congress 2024 daily recap: Redefining retail, The Zalpha Reckoning and engaging UHNWIs

On its second day, World Retail Congress 2024 in Paris explored everything consumer – strategy, content and community.

Retail : Youth : Luxury

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Selfridges unveils whimsical pop-up celebrating British humour

Iconic department store Selfridges unveiled its latest pop-up collaboration, a whimsical homage to British humour curated by multi-disciplinary art...

Retail : UK : Selfridges

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Greggs and Fenwick open Bistro Greggs pop-up restaurant

UK department store group Fenwick and popular high street bakery chain Greggs have collaborated on a Bistro Greggs pop-up restaurant at the Fenwick...

Food : Drink : Luxury

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This timber department store only sells eco-products

In a bid to create a holistically sustainable retail experience, architectural firm Foster + Partners is planning a Tokyo-based retail development ...

Retail : Sustainability : Design

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Spain’s heritage department store ventures into crypto

El Corte Inglés, the third largest department store chain in the world, is entering the Web3 space by launching its own cryptocurrency exchange.

Retail : Technology : Media And Entertainment

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Gentle Monster unites brands in a retail experiment

Eyewear brand Gentle Monster has created an avant-garde multi-brand retail space, pointing to a new direction for department store design.

Retail : Luxury : Fashion

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The Campaign: Project Earth by Selfridges

While sustainability took the back seat for many retailers amid the Covid-19 crisis, British department store Selfridges continued to push the issu...

Sustainability : Retail : Design

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Stat: Pre-orders bolster UK department store spending

According to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), British consumers are preparing for the holiday season with a shift to online sp...

Retail : Society : Pre-order

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Neighborhood Goods creates a future-fit department store

Texas – Neighborhood Goods is a new retail concept that enables smaller brands to temporarily invest in physical space to test their products.

Retail : Leisure : Social

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Is Walmart’s collaboration with Lord & Taylor a mistake?

Given the companies’ differing target audiences, identity and price tag, is their collaboration doomed from the outset?

Retail : Fashion : Luxury

Big Ideas

Booming beauty

Global – Despite falling sales in department stores, beauty retail is thriving.

Sephora : Beauty : The Learning Economy

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Beauty bounty

London – Harvey Nichols’ new Beauty Lounge raises the stakes with exclusive service-led experiences in place of over-the-counter product purchasing.

Harvey Nichols : Beauty Lounge : Destination Retail

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Venetian luxury

Venice – OMA has sensitively converted a 16th-century building next to the city’s famous Rialto Bridge into a department store.

OMA : Venice : Department Store

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Mind mall

Australia – Online auction house eBay has launched a virtual reality department store.

Ebay : VR : Department Store

Design Directions

The Estée Edit

Estée Lauder aims to attract a younger market with its new social media-inspired beauty range.

Estée Lauder : Sephora : Skincare

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New-Age Obsolescence

Why smart devices pose a risk to the relationship between retailers and customers.

John Lewis : Revolv : Nest

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Menswear destination

London – Harvey Nichols has revamped its menswear department after a nine-month closure.

Harvey Nichols : Project 109 : Hypebeast

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Optimised retail

Abu Dhabi – Tryano is a new department store that focuses on beauty, bags and children’s products.

Tryano : Explorium Retail : Abu Dhabi

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District manager

London – Covent Garden has launched its own app that helps visitors get around and ensures they never miss an offer.

The Pass : Covent Garden : CAPCO

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Concierge concept

Birmingham, UK – Harvey Nichols has opened a new store in Birmingham with a focus on technology and concierge-style services.

Harvey Nichols : Birmingham : Department Store

Design Directions

Harvey Nichols Loyalty App

Ad agency Adam&Eve uses CCTV footage of shoplifters for the new Harvey Nichols campaign, showing that luxury communications do not need to be stu...

Harvey Nichols : Shoplifters : Rewards Programme

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Hands off

London – Harvey Nichols features some of its most light-fingered customers in a tongue-in-cheek campaign promoting its new loyalty app.

Harvey Nichols : Department Store : Loyalty App

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The whole brand

Milan – Product and interior designer Lee Broom will re-invent a collection of abandoned retail spaces in a department store-inspired show at this ...

Lee Broom : Department Store : Salone Del Mobile 2015