Category: footwear
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Should ‘recyclable trump recycled’ in the product design & buying lottery?
in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, footwear, home, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, luxury, meaning in the retail madness, menswear, new retail, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainability, value retailingShould ‘recyclable trump recycled’ in the product design & buying lottery? Surely, as customers we must educate ourselves, and teach the businesses that make our ‘stuff’ that truly and literally ‘enough is enough’ It is correct to prioritise ‘keeping product out of landfill’ This is most important. That is why the evolution of resell, remaking,…
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Is there another Zara? Or is it running out of ‘fast-fashion time?’
in assortment structure planning, brave-words, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, footwear, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainabilityZara is extraordinarily successful. But will it become a victim of its own success, so long as sustainability remains a victim of Zara. Zara has become the most amazingly successful fashion retailer ever. It perpetually fills its stores with new and exciting styles, that customers across the world constantly fall in love with. To achieve…
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Judging begins for the VMRD Retail Design Awards 2022
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, food & drink, footwear, health & beauty, home, in-store services, internationalisation, jewellery, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, luxury, menswear, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store experience, store layout, store theatre, technology & electrical, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, windowsIt is that exciting time of year again, to begin judging the entrants for the 2022 VMRD Retail Design Awards. From experience as an awards presenter, I know that the ceremony itself is a great spectacle and a place of high excitement and emotion. These awards mean a lot in the retail industry in Asia…
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Zara: moving stylishly from linear to lateral processes
Zara: moving stylishly from linear to lateral processes Linear processes push product through the system and into shops. They make money from buying & supply efficiency. Lateral processes consider at every stage the qualitative attributes of the product. They enhance and add-value to the assortment. They make money from selling. From selling more, and selling…
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