Category: fashion accessories
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Selfridges Designer Street Room: A Pavement Perspective
As you’d expect there’s been a bit of a media blitz surrounding the appearance of a Skate Bowl in the middle of Selfridges flagship store on Oxford Street. Never one to shy away from innovation it is nonetheless a refreshing story, a positive spin on the department store sector. Whilst the Skate Bowl is sensational…
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Pitch Perfect: Sports Direct Playing the Field
Pitch Perfect: Sports Direct Playing the Field If you want to see some clues as to what the new Mike Ashley House of Fraser might look like, then a good starting point are the new Sports Direct/USC/Flannels superstores. One of the latest is at Lakeside where a 10,000sqm sports and lifestyle experience has taken shape.…
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Elvis & Kresse: Fighting Fashion Fire with Fire
Elvis & Kresse: Fighting Fashion Fire with Fire So much of the exciting retail scene of today is coming from people with a real passion. The passion is not necessarily for retail initially but comes as a natural evolution of a wider passion for a philosophy, for values and for life. Elvis & Kresse is…
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Zara on the March: A Relentless Refreshment
I thought I’d share these Zara facts with everyone, not that its a retailer that particularly needs the publicity. The fact is that in the past it would have been fair comment to say that Zara had not readily focused its attention on store design or experience but simply let its amazing assortment steal…
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Spanish Statement: The Primark Pinnacle of Pre-eminence
The last decade has seen the rise of Primark as a tour de force in the world of value fashion as it strides from the UK and Ireland across Spain, Germany, Italy and now to the United States. It is easy but incorrect to brand Primark as simply low prices. These it certainly has through…
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Packing the Hackett Punch: Attending to Vending Detail
Value is not a reality of price alone but the perception of benefit over price. Perception in itself can be the clear communication of reality or the addition of emotional attributes that ultimately constitute brand value. For a retailer like Hackett in a competitive swell of quality menswear brands using every available tool to…
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Max&Co: Fashionably Good Company
Stylish and socially sophisticated Max&Co still packs a huge punch of personality into every meticulously planned meter of its store experience. A warm welcome from manicured mannequins with lipstick, lashes and a coy curiosity immediately alerts any casual customer that this lady of the more fashionable lanes offers a lifestyle proposition both feminine, fashionable and…
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Hema Global: New Blood in New Street
For a retailer with a long heritage Hema packs a powerful contemporary punch as it speeds into the newly refurbished New Street Station in Birmingham. On the fast track to becoming a global brand Hema now has 5 UK stores, with 3 of these in high traffic transport hubs including Stansted airport. In the…
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The White Company Sitting Comfortably: Pinterest Board
Never was there such a natural manoeuvre than the one that has seen The White Company ease itself to the forefront of intimate, everyday comfort wear. See the image board: Click below: RetailMeaning Pinterest: An inspirational showcase of brand new, retro, and vintage shop designs, visual displays & customer experiences. Classic retail spaces with…
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Understated & Effortless: The White Company Eases into Comfortable Commercialism
Never was there such a natural manoeuvre than the one that has seen The White Company ease itself to the forefront of intimate, everyday comfort wear. The worlds of sleep, home relaxation and selected socialising has created a quiet demand for soft, sensual and comfortable clothing that crosses the divide between personal and public…
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