Setting itself apart from ad campaigns consisting of “big headline fashion photographers and celebrities” is as integral to Ted Baker as its smart dresses and quirky styling. And the fashion brand, well-known for its unorthodox take on marketing, is continuing that charge with the launch of a
The brand has unveiled an AR experience that projects custom designs onto sneakers and makes them viewable to shoppers in real-time. Thanks to Nike, taking your sneaker aspirations to new heights may have just gotten significantly easier. The American sneaker giant has just unveiled a new,
Cognitive computing is enabling retail businesses to deliver smart solutions for their customers. Forget the shopping centre spruiker trying to sell a product that’s completely useless to you, even at a “whopping 50% off, but only for the next hour”. The cognitive era of retail is
It's Saturday morning, and outside a Sydney Road shop in Melbourne, an eager queue waits patiently for the doors to open for business. But it's not brunch or a latte they're after - they're keen for Dejour Jeans. Nam Huynh, the man behind the operation, has
New York based retail futurist Howard Saunders talks about the year that was in retail, and some predictions for 2017. Which retailers flourished in 2016? I believe 2016 was a year of clarity, of realisation. Retail spaces have been desperately trying to 'compete' with online retail with
Eco-friendly South Korean cosmetics company Innisfree has found a low-tech way to make shopping more enjoyable and stress free. Shoppers entering the store now have a choice of two baskets – one with a green tag and one with an orange tag. The green tagged
Online shopping has now reached a decade of maturity. We all use services like Amazon Subscribe & Save—and we do so through our phones, following advertisements we see on Facebook. Yet while the internet forever changed shopping, the physical retail environment lagged behind. That is until
Remembering a year in Retail is like riding a rollercoaster, where memories are made of challenges, brave experiences and lots of fun – with a pulse of one hundred-eighty every day. Retail does make you feel alive. But it also reminds me of a brand
Department stores are a way of life in the UK. It’s not surprising really given that many believe Harding, Howell & Co’s Grand Fashionable Magazine, opened in London in 1796, to be the world’s first department store. While there are now department stores from established names like
Amazon is testing a grocery store in downtown Seattle that lets customers walk in, grab food from the shelves and walk out again, without ever having to stand in a checkout line. Customers tap their cellphones on a turnstile as they walk into the store, which
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