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Showrooms: The Next Frontier in Wholesale Revenue Growth in 2022

2022 is looking a lot like 2021 with regards to fashion and wholesale. Investment in digital remains strong, yet brands aren’t immune to the global supply chain issues and still face problems running sales seasons. How is this possible? Shouldn’t digital have alleviated this? For brands with large revenue contributions coming from wholesale...

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Industrial Design Transforms Retail Technology

Technology used to be an afterthought in design of retail spaces. Often aesthetically unappealing, a point-of-sale (POS) terminal was considered a ‘necessary evil’ at the checkout counter. Retailers aiming to create unified, brand-centric retail spaces went out of their way to tuck the POS system under the counter or cover it with unappealing...

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Hybrid Retail: 3 Trends Impacting the Future of Fashion Retail

Since the beginning of 2020, dramatic changes in the retail industry have resulted in ecommerce retail sales increasing by 29.1% in Central and Eastern Europe and 26.3% in Western European countries. From March 2020 to April 2020 BigCommerce merchants saw website traffic increase by 62.9%. However, eMarketer predicted that in the UK,...

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How BigCommerce delivers tailored e-commerce experiences for fashion brands

To succeed as a global fashion brand or retailer in today’s ever-shifting retail landscape, having an online store is a must. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for a leading omnichannel strategy became even more apparent for both larger fashion players and smaller companies. Being able to offer consumers the same,...

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How BigCommerce helps fashion companies outpace the competition

The retail landscape is always shifting, but it is clear that 2020 fast-forwarded one key change: the rise of omnichannel. Fashion retailers worldwide witnessed a huge shift to online shopping, with everyone from students to grandparents turning to e-commerce after non-essential physical stores temporarily closed down. As consumers and retailers...

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Five Fashion Trends That Brands Can’t Ignore

The last year has been transformational for fashion brands and retailers. From initial inspiration to checkout, the way fashion consumers shop has dramatically changed. As Covid-19 restrictions continue to lift, digital will continue to have a critical part to play. This offers a unique opportunity for fashion brands and retailers to connect and...

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Sensormatic Solutions Launches Sensormatic IQ

Unify diverse data and insights with the new intelligent operating platform designed to drive improved shopper experiences and retail outcomes Johnson Controls, a global leader for smart and sustainable buildings, and the architect of OpenBlue connected solutions, today announced that Sensormatic Solutions, its leading global retail solutions...

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Westfield reveals what’s next for retail

Shopping centre group Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has unveiled what it predicts will be the biggest retail trends for the next decade in Europe, including that 2025 will be the experience tipping point in retail when more than half of retail space in stores will be dedicated to providing experiences. The ‘Westfield How We Shop: The Next Decade,’...

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Forget 2020, meet the consumer of 2035

As the next decade sits waiting to be unwrapped, let’s fast forward to the one after that to see what’s in store. According to Decoded Future New York by Stylus it’s a world in which citizens will refuse air travel to be eco-friendly, enjoy fluid relationships with multiple partners, and whose geographical center will be Africa, where birth...

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Foot Locker introduces new store concept with Nike

Specialty athletic retailer Foot Locker Inc. and long-time partner Nike Inc. have partnered to roll out a new store concept, with bigger stores and interactive features brought by Nike's proprietary technology. The newest Power Store, far bigger than typical Foot Locker stores, opened on August 10, in Washington Heights, New York. The store...

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In pictures: Germany's latest high-tech shopping experience

Nothing less than creating a "radically" new shopping experience was the goal behind online fashion retailer Bonprix's new pilot store. Want to order your size into the fitting room via smartphone or have tags that change prices in real time along with the ones in the online shop? The store of the subsidiary of Germany’s mail order company Otto...

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6 new consumer mentalities changing the retail industry

”There's no such thing as an online retailer or offline retailer anymore. Everyone should become both.” Pernille Kok-Jensen, Trend Director at Dutch qualitative research agency Mare, shared her predictions on the future of retail during the 2018 edition of the Amsterdam-based trade show, Modefabriek. Kicking off the eye-opening talk, the Trend...