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Monetising Social Media 2018: 5 Trends to Watch

Monetising Social Media 2018: 5 Trends to Watch Monetising Social Media: 5 Trends Social media is an essential space for product inspiration and brand engagement, but it has yet to fulfil its potential as an all-purpose storefront, particularly in the West. Stylus highlights how brands are closing the gap between inspiration and action to drive sales on social forums.

Digital Commerce

Retail City Guide: NYC, June 2018

Retail City Guide: NYC, June 2018 Retail City Guide: NYC, June '18 In June, New York City preps for summer with playful brand flagships prizing personalisation, escapist drinking destinations that exude a holiday atmosphere, and stimulating exhibits probing everything from the history of internet video to fashion's Catholic imagination. We share the don't-miss destinations.

Retail City Guides

Retail City Guide: London, June 2018

Retail City Guide: London, June 2018 Retail City Guide: London, June '18 This June, London's retail scene welcomes a co-working beauty hangout, Harrods' discovery-centred wine rooms, and a residential-style flagship by The Shop at Bluebird. Art highlights include the opening of the Royal Academy of Arts' extension by architect David Chipperfield, and a showcase of Frida Kahlo's personal belongings at the V&A.

Retail City Guides

Retail’s New High

Retail’s New High

Retail’s New High

Historically a black-market product, cannabis is evolving into a legal and thriving industry. Stylus reports on this highly regulated market’s transition, highlighting discovery-focused e-ventures, digital tools bypassing bureaucratic challenges, and contemporary dispensaries with a social twist.

Sneakerheads Unboxed

Sneakerheads Unboxed

Sneakerheads Unboxed

Across three key reports, Sneakerheads Unboxed divulges how to decipher and monetise the lucrative yet complex world of sneaker culture – illuminating the new and emergent tribal behaviours, product design codes and engagement tactics needed to capitalise on the genre most successfully.

Liquid Retail

Retail has never been more omnipresent nor as shape-shifting – sliding into social media, service provision, education and entertainment. Liquid Retail reveals exactly how to navigate and exploit this 24-hour, hyper-connected, real-time culture, where individualisation is king, reflexivity rules the roost, and ‘pulsating’ brand relationships are vital.

Insight & Innovation

Monetising Social Media 2018: 5 Trends to Watch

Monetising Social Media 2018: 5 Trends to Watch Monetising Social Media: 5 Trends Social media is an essential space for product inspiration and brand engagement, but it has yet to fulfil its potential as an all-purpose storefront, particularly in the West. Stylus highlights how brands are closing the gap between inspiration and action to drive sales on social forums.

Digital Commerce

Retail’s New High

Retail’s New High Retail’s New High Historically a black-market product, cannabis is evolving into a legal and thriving industry. Stylus reports on this highly regulated market’s transition, highlighting discovery-focused e-ventures, digital tools bypassing bureaucratic challenges, and contemporary dispensaries with a social twist.

Retail Design Expo 2018: Slow Retail

Retail Design Expo 2018: Slow Retail Retail Design Expo '18: Slow Retail New retail and brand spaces are promoting a sense of wonder and exploration, drawing inspiration from exhibition design and showrooms. All this – and much more – was on the agenda at London’s Retail Design Expo (May 2-3). We sum up the highlights.

Monetising Social Media 2018: 5 Trends to Watch

Monetising Social Media 2018: 5 Trends to Watch Monetising Social Media: 5 Trends Social media is an essential space for product inspiration and brand engagement, but it has yet to fulfil its potential as an all-purpose storefront, particularly in the West. Stylus highlights how brands are closing the gap between inspiration and action to drive sales on social forums.

Digital Commerce

Retail’s New High

Retail’s New High Retail’s New High Historically a black-market product, cannabis is evolving into a legal and thriving industry. Stylus reports on this highly regulated market’s transition, highlighting discovery-focused e-ventures, digital tools bypassing bureaucratic challenges, and contemporary dispensaries with a social twist.

Emotional Retail Engagement

Emotional Retail Engagement Emotional Retail Engagement Creating an emotional connection with consumers encourages loyalty and, ultimately, sales. Interest in the science of consumer emotions is growing rapidly, with AI-driven big data opening up new vistas of opportunity.

Digital Commerce

Retail City Guide: NYC, June 2018

Retail City Guide: NYC, June 2018 Retail City Guide: NYC, June '18 In June, New York City preps for summer with playful brand flagships prizing personalisation, escapist drinking destinations that exude a holiday atmosphere, and stimulating exhibits probing everything from the history of internet video to fashion's Catholic imagination. We share the don't-miss destinations.

Retail City Guides

Retail City Guide: London, June 2018

Retail City Guide: London, June 2018 Retail City Guide: London, June '18 This June, London's retail scene welcomes a co-working beauty hangout, Harrods' discovery-centred wine rooms, and a residential-style flagship by The Shop at Bluebird. Art highlights include the opening of the Royal Academy of Arts' extension by architect David Chipperfield, and a showcase of Frida Kahlo's personal belongings at the V&A.

Retail City Guides

Retail City Guide: NYC, May 2018

Retail City Guide: NYC, May 2018 Retail City Guide: NYC, May 2018 A rejuvenated retail scene makes for a dynamic May in New York, packed with a stimulating roster of must-visit destinations. They include a long-awaited legacy department store's menswear debut; workwear concepts optimised for networking; restaurants that treat patrons to art-filled spaces; and immersive exhibits packed with photo ops.

Retail City Guides

Retail Design Expo 2018: Slow Retail

Retail Design Expo 2018: Slow Retail Retail Design Expo '18: Slow Retail New retail and brand spaces are promoting a sense of wonder and exploration, drawing inspiration from exhibition design and showrooms. All this – and much more – was on the agenda at London’s Retail Design Expo (May 2-3). We sum up the highlights.

Milan 2018: Brand Experiences Milan 2018: Brand Experiences Milan Design Week has evolved over the years into an important adventure playground for brands. Design creativity and conceptual innovation overlap to thrilling effect. We highlight the projects that impressed most at this year’s event.

Architecture & Spaces

Shoptalk 2018, Las Vegas

Shoptalk 2018, Las Vegas Shoptalk 2018, Las Vegas Fluid innovation and the retail sector’s rapid pace of transformation dominated debate at Shoptalk 2018 in Las Vegas (March 18-21). From scan-as-you-shop apps to autonomous vehicle deliveries and the rise of visual search and voice ordering, we select the highlights.

Digital Commerce

Ben & Jerry’s Tax Empowers Shoppers to Offset Carbon Impact

Ben & Jerry’s Tax Empowers Shoppers to Offset Carbon Impact Ben & Jerry’s Introduces Carbon Tax Consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about their social and environmental impact, and are on the lookout for brands that are active in those areas. To support its sustainability credentials, US ice-cream brand Ben & Jerry’s uses blockchain to enable fans to offset their carbon impact by paying an extra penny at the till.

LA Retail Update: Summer 2018 Openings

LA Retail Update: Summer 2018 Openings LA Retail Update: Summer 2018 From cult independent brand flagships to streetwear outposts, 2018 brings an energetic mix of retail concepts to LA. We select the highlights.

AI-Boosted App Digitises Wardrobes

AI-Boosted App Digitises Wardrobes AI-Boosted App Digitises Wardrobes Save Your Wardrobe, a London-based app launching in beta in June 2018, encourages consumers to document their wardrobes and build personal databases to help shape future purchases. It provides users with visibility of all the clothes they own, using AI to recommend personalised looks based on calendar events and wearing history.

Digital Commerce

Text-to-Buy: Walmart’s Simple Sell

Text-to-Buy: Walmart’s Simple Sell Text-to-Buy: Walmart’s Simple Sell Walmart’s start-up incubator Store No. 8 has launched new concierge service Jetblack in select New York City neighbourhoods. Jetblack fuses chatbot shopping with same-day delivery, allowing customers to order items from Walmart and rival retailers such as Sephora and Saks via text message.

Digital Commerce

Payment in Instalments: Afterpay Targets US Millennials

Payment in Instalments: Afterpay Targets US Millennials Payment in Instalments: Afterpay Australian buy-now-pay-later digital tool Afterpay is making a foray into the US market in partnership with US lifestyle retailer Urban Outfitters, which has launched the service across its e-commerce sites.

Digital Commerce

Supercharged Loyalty Schemes

Supercharged Loyalty Schemes Supercharged Loyalty Schemes Brands and retailers, ranging from America’s Nike to China’s Tmall shopping platform, are supercharging their loyalty schemes to build stronger consumer connections. With so many shopping options, it’s a challenge to encourage emotional loyalty. Brand loyalists who make repeat purchases, do not switch given an opportunity, like cheaper prices or more convenient access, only make up 37% of the population (Facebook 2017).

Digital Commerce

Intersport’s Tech-Led Beijing Store

Intersport’s Tech-Led Beijing Store Intersport’s Tech-Led Beijing Store Swiss sporting goods retailer Intersport has partnered with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Tmall on a co-branded concept store in Beijing capturing online and offline shopping experiences.

Shoppable Content: AI App Browzzin

Shoppable Content: AI App Browzzin Shoppable Content: AI App Browzzin Singaporean social commerce app Browzzin combines artificial intelligence (AI) and visual recognition technology with the power of influencers to drive fashion sales for retailers, both online and in-store.

Digital Commerce

Future Stores 2018: Retail Innovation Insights

Future Stores 2018: Retail Innovation Insights Future Stores 2018: Retail Insights Executives from Europe’s most progressive retailers met in London for the second edition of Future Stores (May 16-17) to share insights on how to unlock bricks-and-mortar retail’s full potential. We present some highlights.

Thrill of Exploration: The Shop at Bluebird’s Flagship

Thrill of Exploration: The Shop at Bluebird’s Flagship Wonder Reigns: Discovery-Led Retail British luxury concept store The Shop at Bluebird has opened a hybrid retail emporium based around the idea of exploration in London's buzzing Covent Garden district.

Convergence: Eobuwie.pl’s Blended Retail

Convergence: Eobuwie.pl’s Blended Retail Footwear Focus: Blended Retail In a demonstration of ground-breaking retail design, Polish footwear e-commerce giant Eobuwie.pl has blended online and offline within its new physical store in Zielona Gora, western Poland.

Flavour Immersion: Harrods’ Wine Rooms Entice Connoisseurs

Flavour Immersion: Harrods’ Wine Rooms Entice Connoisseurs Luxury Alcohol Retail Revisited London's luxury department store Harrods has reopened its wine and spirit rooms as part of the store's ongoing refurbishment. Aiming to entice alcohol connoisseurs, the art deco-inspired space features immersive exploration-based installations, interconnected rooms and VIP shopping services providing in-depth product information.

Medly, NYC: Painless Pharmacy Retail

Medly, NYC: Painless Pharmacy Retail Medly, NY: Painless Pharmacy Retail US prescription app Medly's first brick-and-mortar store in Brooklyn, NYC, is aiming to entice time-strapped New Yorkers with omnichannel retailing in a calm and relaxing setting.

Ssense’s ‘Slow Retail’ Montreal Flagship

Ssense’s ‘Slow Retail’ Montreal Flagship Ssense’s Montreal Flagship Echoing the rise of stores as brand playgrounds, Canadian e-commerce fashion platform Ssense has opened an explorative bricks-and-mortar flagship in Montreal’s Old Town. Unveiled in May, the five-storey, 13,000 sq ft space blends online shopping with gallery-like installations to entertain today’s plugged-in consumer.

Intelligent Trolleys: Latest Euro Launch

Intelligent Trolleys: Latest Euro Launch RBTE 2018: Intelligent Trolley Retailers are piloting next-gen shopping trolleys that become navigational ‘friends’ rather than simply serving as repositories for supermarket groceries, with ITS (Intelligent Trolley Service) the latest to launch.

Digital Commerce

Interactive & Shoppable: Live-Video Shopping Platform

Interactive & Shoppable: Live-Video Shopping Platform Live-Video Shopping: Tele Shop 2.0 San Francisco-based live-streaming app Eight TV is reporting promising results with its innovative video-focused beauty platform, launched in August 2017. It hosts live-streamed product reviews by influencers, allowing consumers to buy tested products via affiliated retailer websites. User numbers have topped 50,000, Eight TV says.

Digital Commerce

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