Retail Zoom: Middle East
Despite the overall boost in e-commerce driven by Covid, retail companies are returning to a focus on growth based on…
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Amazon and the Retail outlook x Miya Knights
Latest expert speaker call with Miya Knights and hosted by RBC contained interesting thoughts on how Amazon’s strategy has progressed…
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Retail Trends, by Placer.ai
My collaboration with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) started a few years ago and this is an interesting interview about…
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Physical Stores are back: key elements for success
I’m very excited to announce my latest collaboration with Drapers magazine, a leading authority on fashion retailing that has been…
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A guide for potential double digit long-term growth in a mature environment
Pau Almar is an expert in fashion and apparel retailing that has held several senior management positions in Mango and…
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UncategorizedRetail and Luxury Outlook by Paco Underhill
Last March, Paco Underhill was guest speaker during the Retail and Luxury Outlook organized by RBC Capital Markets. By the…
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“Amazon and the growth of omnichannel retailing” with RBC x Miya Knights
RBC hosted a very interesting and insightful call last week with Retail Expert Miya Knights, to discuss Amazon and the…
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In-Store Transformation
by Alfonso Segura Covid-19 restrictions are being eased while vaccination rates are rising (e.g. 76.8% of the population in Spain…
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Inditex Retail Space Turnaround: adapting to omnichannel
by Alfonso Segura According to RBC Capital Markets Insights, European General Retail Apparel space reductions easing. We perceive early signs…
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Retailtainment and Enterprise Ecosystems
Last week, I listened to an interesting podcast from Business of Fashion: 10 Retail Archetypes of the Future featuring Dough…
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How to deal with Planning Volatility in Fashion: New Marketing Merchandise Calendar
As described in Fashion Goes Tech, my latest book, retail hasn’t changed much in the last century but, over the…
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My New Book! FASHION GOES TECH
by Alfonso Segura I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my second book: Fashion Goes Tech: How Technology is empowering…
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2021: Fashion Industry Diagnosis and Action Plan
I recently wrote a post published in Fibre2Fashion with the following title “2021: Fashion Retail Diagnosis and Action Plan“. This…
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Global is boring, retail goes local
I usually prefer to mention niche players success stories because writing about big players making the right moves is not…
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A few words with Morten Mogelmose, co-founder and CEO of Zliide
While I was writing how technology is impacting the retail business (book to be published in the coming 2-3 months),…
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Urban Fashion Deserts?
Dollar Stores, Urban Deserts, Sustainability and Black Lives Matter I’ve been following Dollar Stores (Retail store that sells general merchandise, such…
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A few words with VIPO Group CEO and Founder
William Bernal is the CEO and founder of VIPO Group, a new company that is changing the way people shop…
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The Future of Stores (1/2)
Nowadays, we are living the “Retail Apocalypse volume 2” (phenomenon that started around 2010 in USA) and this won’t be…
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From product to experience
A few months ago, TFR commented on how a few companies are redefining the way we shop. I meant the…
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Redefining the way we shop and consume
Looking back to the latest retail news regarding sustainability and Fashion as a Service, and putting together the pieces of…
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New Retail: Curated Fashion Boutiques
Last March, I described how fashion retail will change its store format strategy. As an example, I explained how grocery…
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The Strategy behind Banky´s Merchandising
“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge” as Bakunin said. Consumerism in the liquid era is fast, compulsive…
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2018 Retail Design Store of the Year
L’Occitane en Provence at 555 Fifth Avenue, New York City, is the Retail Design Institute’s 2018 Store of the Year.…
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Macy´s to launch new Story concept stores across the US
A retail love story: Macy´s embraces ephemeral experiences as part of their value proposition According to Coresight Research, in the…
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The future of fashion store formats
The future of Fashion Retail – New concept stores: finding inspiration in the Grocery industry In my previous job as strategy…
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Nordstrom reinvents retail stores
The role of the store is evolving and going beyond sales transactions (See a list of stores with the best…
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Benetton revamps its store format and customer experience
United colors of Benetton renews its store concept with a new flasghip store in Padua, Italy. With a completely revamped hi-tech…
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H&M embraces Fashtech
H&M announced in March 2018, during its quarterly results, a huge problem: $4.3 Billion in unsold clothes. There are many…
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Innovative Customer Experience in NYC
Best customer experience in retail Customer Experience matters and today more than ever before. But many companies are too big…
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Sears Goes Bankrupt
“The King is dead, long live the King?” Large retailers are celebrating the new american retail market share redistribution but many…
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Bonobos. Fit for every man
Bonobos launches a new extended sizing line to include bigger/taller men, continuing their natural customer-centric business approach focused on better-fitting…
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Amazon Fashion Pop-Up Store
Step by step, Amazon is building its Fashion business with the first “Amazon Fashion” Pop-up Store in Europe. I guess many others…
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The New Fashion Retail Paradigm
While reading the latest Monocle´s report on Global Retail: Let´s talk shops, I decided it was the right time to…
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Nike´s new retail approach: curated stores
Nike recently opened its first new concept store: Nike by Melrose, in Melrose Avenue (LA). The retail approach is brand…
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Why is there a lack of excitement when Millennials visit Department Stores?
The Bird’s Cage Strategy is over. Millennials are running away from Department Stores. A day in the life of a…
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The Customer Journey of a Millennial
Last October, I spent a few days in NYC exploring the retail environment: Mostly new concept stores. I did a…
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Niche fashion is the new black for investors
Who says retail is dead? It´s the retail apocalypse for many department stores or fashion retailers in USA that couldn´t…
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Uniqlo, the fashtech retailer, opens in Barcelona
Uniqlo, the fashtech (fashion technology) japanese retailer opens its first store in Barcelona, next Zara and H&M flagship stores. “For all…
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Amazon opens shop-in-shop inside Kohl´s deparment stores
Everybody is expecting to see pure players going offline with experimental point of sales or pop-up stores. This was the…
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Everlane goes Offline
Everlane is a brand built upon an awareness of a new kind of consumer. The kind of person who cares…
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A few words with an Expansion Manager at Mango
Jorge Gay de Montellá Estany is Expansion Manager at Mango. 32 years old, bachelor´s degree in Law and MBA from…