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Would you get married in a department store? Selfridges says ‘I do’

Inside Retail

As the UK starts to reopen after a prolonged lockdown, the launch of a wedding venue at Selfridges’ Oxford Street location could end up driving much-needed store visits, if only due to sheer novelty, according to Jana Bowden, an associate professor at Macquarie University Business School. “As It’s been an annus horribilis for Selfridges.”.

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Bloomingdale’s Brings 3,000+ Pre-Loved Luxury Goods from Rebag Online and into Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Heritage luxury department store Bloomingdale’s is staking a claim in the resale market by partnering with luxury resale platform Rebag. While more than 2,500 of these items will be for sale on Bloomingdales.com, the remaining goods will be featured (and for sale) in five Bloomingdale’s stores nationwide.

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In their own words: Getting to know Aptos, a global leader in unified commerce

Inside Retail

Aptos develops and delivers unified commerce solutions for specialty softlines, hardlines and department store chains in North America, Europe, Asia and ANZ. What makes the company different from others in the market? We’re also excited to see more customers adopt our newly reimagined store fulfilment app.

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Behind the demise of Harrolds: A cautionary tale or singular case?

Inside Retail

The downfall of the almost 40-year-old business raises the question of whether this is a sign of things to come as retailers struggle to compete with the increasing e-commerce capabilities and convenience of retail goliaths on the global market, or whether it is a case of Harrolds facing a ‘perfect storm’ of challenges on multiple fronts.

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Under a cloud of belt-tightening, Paris Fashion Week struts on

Inside Retail

As the city of lights fills up with designers and executives from the United States and Asia – except China – “the mood is very optimistic,” said Nathalie Lucas Verdier, buying director for women’s apparel at French department store Printemps. “I guess it is kind of worldwide right now.

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In Bangkok, malls are delivering culture to a mass audience

Inside Retail

Department stores are trying too A different take on the propagation of culture can be seen in department stores, which in places like Japan, Singapore and Bangkok have seen themselves, at least secondarily, as torchbearers of national heritage.

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What Does the Future Hold for Malls? Design Visionaries Share Their Predictions

Retail TouchPoints

Mardi Najafi, Figure3: We’ve seen a shift in priorities over the course of the last five years or so, with the decrease in traffic to big anchor tenants in the mall – namely department stores – partly due to their late pivot to a seamless, omnichannel approach. TimeOut Markets ). Agility in design is another big trend.

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