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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

31, Stop & Shop has ceased selling cigarettes at its 350 locations.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Coles has launched an all-in-one AI-powered Smart Trolley trial designed to enhance in-store shopping experiences through technology. The trolley, dubbed Caper Cart, is a collaboration between Coles and US supermarket technology company Instacart, and it is scheduled to be trialled at Coles Richmond Traders in Melbourne early next year.

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APRIL 2, 2024

Tenants at Caneland Central in Mackay, Queensland are completing their refurbishments as part of the shopping centre’s makeover. The RM Williams store at Caneland Central will also be the second location in Queensland to feature the brand’s ‘New Concept’ fitout.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Fashion brands Ann Taylor and Loft are headed back to Canada via a series of shop-in-shops at Hudson’s Bay stores across the country. Loft shop-in-shop at Hudson’s Bay in Canada. Image courtesy KnitWell Group) Since Sept. Image courtesy KnitWell Group) Since Sept.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Macy’s plans to close 150 underproductive nameplate stores — approximately 50 this year alone — and continue its expansion of smaller-format stores as it prioritizes investment in about 350 go-forward locations. It challenges the status quo to create a more modern Macy’s, Inc.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

Shopping strips across Melbourne are experiencing lower than average vacancy-rates, which could be due to more people working from home. 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.

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MARCH 5, 2024

The Body Shop Canada has filed a Notice of Intention (NOI) to file for protection under the country’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, following a similar filing by the retailer’s UK arm last month. Additionally, The Body Shop US Limited has “ceased operations” as of March 1, 2024, according to a press release.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Charity Super.Mkt, the ‘department store for second-hand style’ launched earlier this year by Maria Chenoweth and Wayne Hemingway, will open at Bluewater this week. The opening at Bluewater responds to the growing popularity of pre-loved shopping and will create a unique retail experience for guests looking for quality, affordable products.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Book retailer QBD Books is taking over the former Dymocks store space at the Broadway Shopping Centre in Sydney’s CBD. “We’re proud to be a flagbearer for brick-and-mortar bookstores, and in many locations, such as Broadway, we’ve been able to come in and ensure books have a continued presence in the community.”

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Saks Fifth Avenue is planning a range of activities to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of its neighbor Saturday Night Live (the show is filmed across the street from Saks 5 th Avenue flagship at 30 Rockefeller Plaza). Being located so close together, the two brands have established a longstanding relationship. ” . ”

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MARCH 14, 2024

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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JUNE 4, 2024

Century 21 has expanded its partnership with livestream shopping app ShopShops to bring the iconic New York City retailer to TikTok Shop. As the exclusive livestream partner of Century 21, ShopShops provides full operational services and also is an official TikTok Shop partner. “We

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

Fashion retailer Brandbank Group has opened new stores at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne for its Allkinds, Kikki.K The shops take the company’s store count at the centre to five, occupying more than 1300sqm of net lettable area. and Fine-Day brands.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Female fashion brand Supre will launch its flagship store at Melbourne Central on September 16, as part of its growth strategy. Supre’s Australian store count will rise to 77 with the launch of the new Melbourne Central location.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Harvey Norman has opened its first store in England, at the Merry Hill shopping centre in West Midlands. “The opportunity we had to open in a key national destination like Merry Hill was not one to miss, and it makes for the perfect home for our flagship location.”

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JUNE 12, 2024

A recurring theme at Day two of NRF’s Retail’s Big Show Asia in Singapore on Wednesday was clearly the understanding among retailers of the need to deliver a great customer experience to succeed. In Macau customers can try a cocktail in store at a rotating bar in the middle of the shop.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

Consumers are changing how they shop and who they shop with, and now brands are taking notice. Embracing Alonement in Retail Design What makes people shop in stores today? Shopping alone may be the answer. As shopping becomes more of an individualized happening, rethinking traditional retail spaces is vital.

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JULY 16, 2024

Stop & Shop will shutter 32 supermarkets in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island by Nov. The retailer, a division of Ahold Delhaize , will still operate more than 350 stores in this region following the closures, and associates at the affected stores will be offered alternate positions with the company. “As

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Verizon has teamed up with Office Depot for a shop-in-shop trial at four Office Depot and OfficeMax locations in California and Illinois. Two Verizon kiosks will open at Office Depot locations in La Crescenta and Pasadena, Calif. slated to open in early 2025.

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MAY 15, 2024

Traditional shopping malls are poised for a dynamic transformation, presenting attractive real estate opportunities as more spaces become vacant and accessible. Architects look at a variety of elements to understand the context of the building and its location.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Even accounting for food’s essential nature, that’s a lot of thoughts — but when you factor in everything that goes into the planning, shopping and preparing of all of the day’s meals, it starts to make a lot of sense. Albertsons’ Jill Pavlovich at CommerceNext. Here’s a peek behind the scenes of Albertsons’ ecommerce success.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

With a target of 1,800+ total locations, the beauty retailer plans to open 200 net-new stores over the next three years. The retailer also plans to open 60 to 65 net-new stores this year, as well as remodel or relocate 40 to 45 other locations. 3, 2025, with an anticipated $11 billion to $11.2 billion in net sales for the year.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Not-for-profit store operator Community Enterprise Queensland (CEQ) is the sole grocery and retail provider for many remote communities located across northern Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands. In the locations where we operate, it could cost $30,000 and involve two different trips on a helicopter.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

In addition to the five new leases, Primark recently announced plans to open its first New York City flagship store at the new Penn District in Herald Square and opened two new stores one at Queens Center in Elmhurst, NY and one at La Plaza in McAllen, Texas just in time for the holiday shopping season. in a statement.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Shopping malls are on the rebound thanks to Gen Z’s hunger for nostalgia and community. Reframing the Shopping Mall Brand Images from the main shopping mall area. Phase one of the development journey was dedicated to launching Kingland , a High Street area of 10 shops dedicated to independent brands.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Following its revamp of the online Google Shopping experience last month, Google has introduced several ways to use its tools when shopping IRL: Lens users can now use the visual search tool to get more details about the products on a store’s shelves, and soon Maps will help shoppers find nearby stores where the product they want is available.

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MAY 17, 2024

Lucky for me, my local ShopRite just started offering Instacart ’s Caper Carts , so I had the chance to get some work done while also doing my weekly grocery shopping (talk about multi-tasking). Smart shopping carts are [an easy way for] retailers to dip their toes into [autonomous checkout].

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JANUARY 10, 2024

The world’s largest retailer shared expansive plans for the future of retail at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2024), focusing on adaptive retail strategies that encompass realms of customers, workforce and society. Embracing AI Walmart’s goal is to make shopping experiences effortless, engaging and personalised.

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APRIL 18, 2024

It’s an experience common to almost every traveler — you stay at a hotel and fall in love with the mattress, the sheets, the lamp. Mint House Shop Your Stay page for its NYC location. A room at the Mint House 70 Pine location in NYC. But at Mint House the shopping happens in the real world — just not in a store.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

Making In-Store Shopping More Convenient with Endless Aisles Consumers are already familiar with QR codes — they scan QR codes to access restaurant menus, enter contests, contact support, redeem rewards and so much more. Endless aisles also build trust and loyalty through an all-around improved shopping experience.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s easy to understand, emotionally, why consumers would want to shop from a store that tailors its product assortments to the neighborhood they live in. In a way, localization is personalization, something that the analysts at 84.51 The insights look ahead at consumer demand by store and by certain consumer segments.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Peel Retail & Leisure has announced the opening of Pret A Manger at Gloucester Quays, bringing the popular British sandwich and organic coffee chain to the city for the first time. The post Pret A Manger opens city debut at Gloucester Quays, diversifying food offer appeared first on Retail Focus Magazine - Retail Design.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 13, 2024

Welcome to the world of grocery retailing in Mainland China, where technology has changed the way consumers of all ages shop for goods and pay for them, a key feature of the third and final day of NRF Apac, in Singapore this week. Spurrell and Xu spoke about the evolution of grocery shopping behaviour in China.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

At this leading global retail property event, Diriyah Company will present the latest developments of its flagship project, with a focus on Diriyah Square—the dynamic centrepiece of the 14-square-kilometer masterplan. Located on the outskirts of the KSA capital, Riyadh, Diriyah will be a cornerstone of Saudi Arabia’s transformation.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2025

The first store is located at the Castle Towers shopping centre in Sydney, in a space formerly occupied by Priceline shop. Wesfarmers Health has opened the pilot of a new beauty and wellness concept store called Atomica, which it plans to roll out in major cities this year.

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JUNE 5, 2024

The pilot will kick off at Lowe’s hometown location in Central Charlotte, North Carolina, from June 8 through June 12, before moving to Lowe’s stores in North Bergen, New Jersey, and Sunnyvale, California, from June 22 through June 25. The experience will allow customers to visualise and plan their dream kitchens in 3D.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The in-store grocery shopping experience has held on to its appeal, even as supermarket retailers have realized that they also need to offer customers simple, yet personalized, digital commerce options. Albertsons also has recognized the major role that mobile devices play in grocery shopping.

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