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Zara opens significantly upsized Liverpool ONE flagship, 
rounding off year of landmark signings

Retail Focus

The new 42,000 sq ft store is the latest example of brand investment in the destination, following a landmark year of signings that will make 2025 Liverpool ONEs biggest year for openings since it launched in 2008.

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As Gen Z Enters Prime Spending Years, Brands Sharpen Their Pitch

Retail TouchPoints

They’ve been shaped/scarred by not one but two global economic traumas — the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the COVID pandemic — and they’ve grown up with social media playing an increasingly large (and loud) role in shaping culture, including how these consumers shop, research and purchase products and services.

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Scarred by the 2008 Recession and COVID, 48% of Gen Z Frequently Shops at Discount Stores

Retail TouchPoints

That sense of unease is to be expected from a cohort shaped by both the 2008-2009 Great Recession and the COVID pandemic, and it’s had a big impact on their shopping choices: nearly half ( 48% ) say they shop the most often at discount/off-price retailers, and 25% frequently patronize dollar stores.

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EuroShop 2023 Preview

Retail Focus

Seamless Store, Analytics, AI, Mobile Payment, Connected Retail are just some of the dominant topics in the Dimension Retail Technology. It may read like a list of digital buzzwords, but these are the current and future customer relationship challenges. Food Service Equipment will be displayed in Hall 14.

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The Future of Brick-and-Mortar Stores in 2025

Retail Bound

They provide unique sensory experiences, instant gratification, and personal interactions that can’t be replicated online. For major retailers, physical stores serve as hubs for customer engagement, offering services like in-store pickups and returns. Have you considered launching your product brand in retail?

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Consumer Spending Will Be Our Best Economic Barometer

Retail TouchPoints

Other than absolutely essential costs like rent or a mortgage payment — which may have been covered by government stimulus checks before they run out — people have not had the opportunity to spend their money as normal. Banks want to facilitate consumer spending, especially on credit cards, to overspend but not too much.

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Is Blockchain the Key to Revolutionising the UK’s Retail Industry?

365 Retail

Blockchain technology, originally conceptualised by the elusive entity Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, is swiftly moving beyond its initial purpose of powering the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. The advent of ‘smart contracts – self-executing contracts with terms written into code – could automate a myriad of retail processes.