Category: new retail
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Why Sook still inspires a new generation of omnichannel retailers?
in branding & visual communication, brave-words, customer experience, disruptive retail, high street planning, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, pop-up stores, pureplay, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, shop of the future, store experience, town centre planningIt is now a month or so since the sad news that Sook, the one-stop pop-up shop provider, announced it was closing. And whilst there have been many new players and initiatives in the pop-up market over recent times, from traditional property agents looking at flexible and short-term leases through to markets and trader communities…
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How quickly is your business able to act and to change?
As we all know retailing is a very dynamic beast. And the rate of change just keeps accelerating with new operating models, technologies, assortment supply chains, and voracious customer appetites showing no sign of slowing down. Be honest. How well are you able to react and change to customer demands and the retail markets around…
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Why we should all be talking ‘Best-seller materials’ and not ‘Best-seller products?’
in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, fashion accessories, fast fashion, footwear, ladies fashion, luxury, meaning in the retail madness, menswear, new retail, pre-loved, preorder, product suppliers, re-sell, recycling, retail, retail businesses, retail strategy, secondhand, supply-chains, sustainabilityI was asked yesterday what circular fashion production and RFID tagging had to do with better ‘best-seller’ product selection, less worst sellers, and therefore less waste and all the sustainable benefits of that. The answer is nothing. RFID is an identification and data tool. The skill of designers & buyers, supported by predictive analytics, is…
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The ‘Phantom Thread.’ The most valuable technology of our modern lives?
in analytics, assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, internationalisation, ladies fashion, luxury, menswear, new retail, personalisation, pre-loved, product suppliers, re-sell, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail strategy, secondhand, supply-chains, sustainability, technology & electricalLet’s be clear. Sooner or later, either through choice, customer sentiment, or legislation, we will all be selling less things. Certainly as ‘retailers as a whole’ and, as individual businesses. This will be the ‘Journey of a lifetime’ for a retail industry built on volume growth, and a distinct change of direction for the journeys…
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TFB: The Fashion Blueprint is community in the right place at the right time.
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, brave-words, customer experience, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, ladies fashion, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, menswear, multi-category, new retail, pop-up stores, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, shop of the future, sustainabilityRetailing is so much about communities today, wherever you look. The processes of being a retailer and even being a shopper have become so complex, so confusing, and so utterly saturated that it is barely possible to sell or buy anything as an individual. More than ever we need the help of others. Particularly as…
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Harri: With creativity comes responsibility.
Harri is already a household name to many, yet he is only 3 years out from graduating from the London College of Fashion, and 2 years on from founding his fashion brand. Clearly Harri was always a mavaric, seeing the world and his work through a particularly individual lens. His graduate collection, ‘Let’s put him…
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ADIAMELIAS: Allowing the supply chain to make, not break, your brand proposition
in accessories, assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, fashion accessories, ladies fashion, luxury, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, personalisation, preorder, product suppliers, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainability, telling product storiesI’ve been talking to a lot of people recently about the supply chain, how to reshape it, and how to make it an intrinsic part of your brand, if not actually the USP of the proposition. For too many years the general mind-set has been to simply source and ship from wherever we can get…
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Omniss: Putting creative dressmaking skills at the heart of the fashion business
I have recently met Asya Ter-Hovakimyan. She is a former student at the London College of Fashion, co-founder of fashion brand Omniss, and a determined and inspirational lady. She is participating in this year’s LCF collaborative challenge, and we can all learn a thing or two from her when it comes to understanding and re-appraising…
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London College of Fashion’s inspirational designers light the way for new students.
in accessories, branding & visual communication, brave-words, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, fashion accessories, footwear, jewellery, ladies fashion, luxury, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, pop-up stores, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, shop of the future, sustainability, telling product storiesOne of the biggest thrills of being involved in the London College of Fashion Collaborative Challenge is meeting the amazing young designers from the LCF alumni. It re-enforces to me the fact that fashion is not about the process of buying & merchandising, it is about the inspirational people who put their heart and souls…
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Is the continuing ‘cost of living’ crisis educating us on the ‘price of owning?’
The ‘cost of living’ crisis affecting all of us, is an opportunity to educate everyone on the wider sustainable issues around the things we buy and own. There are of course so many powerful and compelling reasons why we should think more deeply about the repercussions of what we buy. The environment, climate change and…
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