Credit: Modern Retail - Concept stores are becoming footwear retailers’ testing grounds for localization. As part of its new Lace Up strategy, Foot Locker said in March that it is planning to expand its community-focused concept stores located in areas where people are drawn to sneakers. Nike, on the other
Credit: Insider Trends - New York is not the only place where interesting spaces are opening up in the US. Outside NYC, this month we’ve seen brands debut a range of new concept stores, designed to tell a story to the customer and invite them to learn more about the
Asos has launched its first ever rental edit on marketplace platform Hirestreet. The collection spans over 180 different women’s occasionwear outfits and is available in various sizing options. The edit includes wedding guest, bridal and bridesmaid dresses from Asos’ in house brands – Asos Design, Asos Edition and
Credit: Fashion United - Dutch fashion brand Scotch & Soda has announced the launch of a Web3 powered loyalty programme alongside Salesforce and LA- based software development agency, AE Studio. Entitled ‘Club Soda 3.0’, the programme involves the creation and minting of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) through Salesforce NFT
Credit: Retail Dive - Laneige on Tuesday debuted its first virtual store. It has five rooms designed around different products and brand content, featuring animation, 360-degree videos, gamification and easy checkout. A few of the rooms highlight specific skincare collections by the brand. Actress and spokesperson Sydney Sweeney is featured
UNIQLO launched the RE.UNIQLO Studio, a dedicated space for pursuing a new future for clothes, in its Regent Street store on 8th September. Keeping UNIQLO items in circulation longer and maximizing the possibilities the clothes have to offer, RE.UNIQLO Studio aims to help customers enjoy
Holly Baldwin, Senior Creative at Checkland Kindleysides, shares a compelling vision for a multi-functional future for the high street. Big cities have historically had it all – the best stores, the biggest brands, the latest drops. But no more. The rise of ‘micropolitan’ concept stores is
Meta is launching its first hardware retail store on its campus in Burlingame, California. The store, which opens May 9th, will let visitors try out and buy Meta’s Portal videophones and Quest virtual reality headsets. They’ll also be able to demo the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses that debuted
Article By Sanford Stein | April 4, 2022 Two unrelated events took place 30 years ago in 1992 that altered our world. The first involved Charles M. Stack who started Book Stacks Unlimited, the first online bookstore, selling books via a dial-up bulletin board based in
From Dick's Public Lands outdoors banner to Bloomie's to Ulta's Target shop-in-shops, here are some of the most notable concept launches this year. As in past years, testing store concepts has been top of mind for retailers in 2021, as the industry moved past the mass closures and severely
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