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Fenty Hair’s immersive Mane Street experience arrives at Selfridges

StudioXAG has crafted an immersive experience for the launch of Rihanna’s latest venture, Fenty Hair, at Selfridges’ iconic Corner Shop.

Retail : Beauty : Technology

Big Ideas

Brand Innovation Debrief: Selfridges

Amid a global decline in department stores, Selfridges defies the trend through innovative strategies and a bold vision for the future.

Retail : Selfridges : 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

Viewpoints

Selfridges’ Andrew Keith on retail’s hyperphysical future

The managing director of Selfridges examines the ways that retailers can create immersive, engaging and Hyperphysical Store experiences.

Retail : Stores : Department Stores

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Bloomingdale’s scales down with a casual micro-store

Using its long-standing pet name, Bloomie’s is the department store’s first downscaled retail format.

Retail : Technology : Fashion

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Selfridges highlights the healing power of nature

Department store Selfridges is exploring the power of nature and escapism in its latest series of retail programming – encouraging customers to emb...

Retail : Nature : Customer Experience

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Harrods unveils its phygital beauty hall

The luxury department store has expanded its beauty hall to reflect the evolving nature of the beauty sector.

Beauty : Luxury : Technology

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Pre-loved premium

Luxury brands and retailers are introducing buy-back and resale schemes to increase customer retention, boost market sentiment and inspire circular...

Luxury : Retail : Recommerce

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Bricks-and-mortar revolution

China – Despite the rise of e-commerce, forward-thinking department stores in China are prospering, according to a new report.

Retail : China : Phygital

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Dystopian department store

New York – Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard is addressing the triviality of consumerism in a large-scale exhibition coinciding with New York Fash...

Bjarne Melgaard : Anti-luxurians : New York Fashion Week

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Testing ground

Bangkok – Japanese design studio Nendo has completed its most ambitious retail space to date in the Thai capital.

Seoul : Explorium Retail : Nendo

Viewpoints

Suzie Wokabi: SuzieBeauty

How to appeal to Africa’s burgeoning beauty consumers.

Suzie Wokabi : Suzie Beauty : Kenya

Big Ideas

World Retail Congress 2014: Amazon tops Retail Proposition Index

Bricks-and-mortar retailers are learning lessons from Amazon, according to the fifth annual Retail Proposition Index, unveiled at the World Retail ...

Amazon : Retail Proposition Index : World Retail Congress

Viewpoints

Mike Gould: The secrets to retail success

Theatre and entertainment are the keys to retail success, says Mike Gould, the former CEO and chairman of Bloomingdale’s.

Bloomingdale's : Ominchannel : World Retail Congress

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Department store makes a home for art in Paris

Galeries Lafayette is transforming a 19th-century Parisian building into a home for its new public foundation.

Galeries Lafayette : OMA : Paris

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Cannes Lions winners: Direct, Creative Effectiveness, PR and Promo

The jury awarded trophies in the Direct, Creative Effectiveness, PR and Promo and Activation categories.

Cannes Lions 2014 : Advertising : Digital Billboards

Big Ideas

Selfridges' summer campaigns celebrate masters of food and fashion

Selfridges launches its Meet the Makers 2014 summer food promotion.

Selfridges : Department Stores : Carl Warner

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Selfridges asks ‘what does beauty mean?’

Selfridges is asking consumers what beauty means with a store-wide campaign.

Selfridges : Department Stores : The Beauty Project

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Site gives panoramic shoppable view of boutiques

Avenue Imperial offers a virtual panoramic view of European boutiques.

Department Stores : Boutiques : Phy-gital

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Together on a plate: Food and fashion converge

Zurich – The giant image of a shiny, silky oyster is the unlikely backdrop for a monochrome-clad mannequin in the window of Swiss department stor...

Jelmoli : Zurich : Visual Merchandising

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014 Part 2

In the second part of our coverage, LS:N Global reveals more of the latest trends and insights from the biggest beauty trade exhibition in Europe.

Beauty+ : Cosmoprof : Nature+

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014: Part 1

The beauty world was out in force seeking the new and the next at Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2014.

Beauty+ : Cosmoprof : Cosmopack

Big Ideas

John Lewis to offer traditional high-street services

Shopping : John Lewis : Revivalism

Big Ideas

Gucci focuses on retail partnerships in US

Fashion : Gucci : Saks Fifth Avenue

Micro Trends

Resurrection Stores

Grand department stores are staging a retail resurrection. They are coming back to life as new and improved versions of their venerable old selves,...

Department Stores : Malls : Shopping