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Circuit City Plans to Curate Shop-in-Shops Using its Electronics Expertise

Retail TouchPoints

The integrations are slated to begin online and in select locations this year, with a more expansive rollout planned for 2024. After it closed its last brick-and-mortar retail store in 2009, Circuit City launched a comeback in 2018 with an experiential ecommerce site.

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Angry Birds retail cafe launches in the US 

Inside Retail

“This unique concept will feature endless culinary treats, bright visuals, the newest Angry Birds Games and interactive technology, and the coolest-ever themed shopping experience. In 2012, Rovio Entertainment opened an Angry Birds brand store in Shanghai, the first one outside its home base in Finland.

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Zarraffa’s launches drive-thru trial as it eyes future growth

Inside Retail

The new Beaudesert outlet is located at 1 Oakland Way and is owned and operated by Jordan Wyborn and Ashley Byers, who also own four locations in Toowoomba North, Redbank Plains, Greenslopes, and Pacific Pines. The shop features 90sqm, with an indoor space of 65sqm.

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How online growth is driving the closure of Beer Cartel’s bottle shop

Inside Retail

The decision came after the business secured a new warehouse in nearby St Leonards, approximately five times the size of its current location, which will allow it to bring all of its operations under one roof. Currently, Beer Cartel and Brewquet, an offshoot business focused on gifting, operate out of different locations.

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Can Premier replicate Smiggle’s UK success with pyjama brand Peter Alexander?

Inside Retail

The pyjama brand and its mascot Penny are set to touchdown in the United Kingdom with two bricks-and-mortar stores and a dedicated UK website just in time for the Christmas shopping period this year. This will be the first time Peter Alexander ventures outside of Australia and New Zealand since its failed entry into the US market in 2008.

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New Names Join the Lineup at Bluewater this Autumn

Retail Focus

Ace & Tate’s 870 sq ft store is located on the Lower Guildhall next to Ted Baker. Fast food eatery, Buns Away has also opened at the centre and is located in the Winter Garden between Wasabi and Leon. London perfumier, Sunnamusk, opened on 18 th October in a 515 sq ft unit located in the Lower Guildhall opposite Dermalogica.

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New Angry Birds Retail Café to Nest in Queens, NYC

Retail TouchPoints

The café is located in the food court of the new 275,000-square-foot multi-level Tangram retail center in the heart of the revitalized Queens-Flushing International Market District. The world’s first Angry Birds -themed retail café will open July 8, 2023, in Flushing, Queens.

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