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“We’re in a scale-up phase”: $80m of growth on the horizon for Eco Outdoor

Inside Retail

Australian lifestyle and furniture brand Eco Outdoor has undergone a multi-million-dollar revitalisation program off the back of its accelerated growth over the last few years. The business – which specialises in architectural surfaces and outdoor furniture – launched a $4.5

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Barbeques Galore launching third-party outdoor marketplace

Inside Retail

Barbeques Galore is looking to expand its range to areas outside of its traditional lineup through an upcoming third-party marketplace offering, bringing tableware, outdoor products, rugs, lighting, toys and yard games to the table: while driving online sales by a predicted 300 per cent.

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An outdoor park and walking track: Inside Aeon’s latest mall in Cambodia

Inside Retail

Phnom Penh’s reputation as an up-and-coming retail hub took another stride forward on Thursday, 15 December, when Japanese retail and shopping centre giant Aeon staged a soft opening for its third mall in the Cambodian capital , in the southern district of Meanchey.

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Backcountry Bolsters Digital CX to Manage Outdoor Recreation Shopping Surge

Retail TouchPoints

Fueled by consumers’ desire for safer, socially-distant-friendly entertainment during the pandemic, the increased interest in outdoor recreation has driven growth for outdoor gear and apparel retailer Backcountry.com.

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More People Than Ever Are Exploring the Outdoors. Here’s the Opportunity for Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

While COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of many new shopping behaviors and expectations, there is another trend that the pandemic has pushed forward: interest in the outdoors. This has created significant opportunity for outdoor and sporting goods brands alike. . “I

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Meet Outer – the US outdoor furniture brand curing ‘wet butt syndrome’

Inside Retail

Direct-to-consumer furniture company Outer aims to disrupt the outdoor furniture market with its cleverly designed sofas, chairs, and coffee tables that are made to stand up to the elements without adding to the world’s growing waste problem.

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Product Searches Reflect Indoor-Outdoor Split: Headphones, Stationary Bikes and Lipstick Pique Shoppers’ Interest

Retail TouchPoints

So even though shoppers spent plenty of time outdoors, their overall habits still reflect the way they spent most of 2020. The intersection of at-home and outdoors is impacting electronics sales as well, with headphones particularly popular.

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Best Outdoor Restaurant Seating Options of 2022

Small Biz Trends

One of the best ways to attract customers to a restaurant is to give them more dining options, whether indoors, outdoors, or to go. And this means having quality outdoor seating for restaurants in place so they can sit comfortably and enjoy their meal. Best Outdoor Furniture Material.

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Karl’s Fishing & Outdoors Opens First Brick-and-Mortar Store

VMS

A NGLERS OF ALL AGES, both novice and seasoned, have long turned to digitally native Karl’s Fishing & Outdoors (Chicago) for all things related to fishing. In-store shopping guides also assist guests along their journey through the store. Karl’s Fishing & Outdoors, Catch Co.,

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Chadstone Shopping Centre to add fresh food precinct and office tower

Inside Retail

Just weeks after confirming a new entertainment zone and dining area, Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre has now revealed plans to add a fresh food precinct and office tower as part of another $485 million development project.

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Bass Pro Shop Parent Acquires Sportsman’s Warehouse

Retail TouchPoints

Great American Outdoors Group, parent company of Bass Pro Shops , Cabela’s and White River Marine Group , will acquire Sportsman’s Warehouse for $785 million in cash, according to The Street.

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JD Outdoors open succession of new stores as Britain spends more time outside

A1 Retail

JD Outdoors , the name behind iconic brands such as GO Outdoors, Blacks and Millets, is bucking the gloomy trend seen elsewhere in retail, with the opening of over a dozen new stores by the end of the summer. It comes amid a huge spike in demand for outdoor products, as Britain spends more time outside in the UK and Europe. Traffic on the GO Outdoors website for “camping” so far this year is up +44% vs 2019, alongside “walking” (+69%), “cycling” (+21%) and “fishing” (+72%).

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How Kathmandu plans to become the world’s most loved outdoor brand

Inside Retail

From switching its focus on hardcore sporting adventures to inspiring joy in the great outdoors, Kathmandu is changing things up as it primes itself for global ambitions. We’re about being more inclusive and making the outdoors more accessible to everybody.

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The rise of livestream shopping

Inside Retail

From TV shopping channels to online shopping, videos have demonstrated that they are the best method to connect with customers at the convenience of their own home. We’re experts in the outdoors,” Barrett continued. “As Measuring livestream shopping success.

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Selfridges launch 2021 Christmas shop

Retail Focus

With 12 weeks to go to Christmas, Selfridges London opens its Christmas Shop helping customers to plan and prepare for festive moments to dream of. opens its Christmas Shop?helping?customers?to One of the first customers pictured in the Christmas shop this morning.

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Ocean Outdoor carries action from Tokyo Olympics and builds official Team GB fan zone

A1 Retail

Premium digital out of home (DOOH) media owner Ocean Outdoor will carry highlights of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics across its UK portfolio as part of its official partnership with Team GB. There will also be a draw to win a £500 Westfield shopping spree and signed Team GB merchandise for those who share their photos on their chosen social media channels using the #BirdsEyeWestfield.

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Why brands are closing their doors, and not offering sales on Black Friday

Inside Retail

With about a quarter of Christmas shopping completed during the week of Black Friday, as per the ARA report, a number of companies have gotten in on the act. Specialty outdoor retailer Rei Outdoors is another that has denounced the tradition.

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DICK’S Sporting Goods to Open Its First Southeast and Northwest Public Lands Locations

Retail TouchPoints

DICK’S Sporting Goods will open four new locations of its outdoor specialty retail brand Public Lands this fall, including its first locations in the Southeast and Northwestern U.S.

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How Auckland Airport is transforming outlet shopping for New Zealanders

Inside Retail

nawa Bay premium outlet shopping destination in 2024. Our vision,” says Mark Thomson, GM property and commercial at the airport, of this $200 million-plus investment, “is to inspire New Zealanders with the best imaginable outlet shopping experience”. .

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Karl’s Fishing & Outdoor Casts New Line into Brick-and-Mortar

VMS

A NGLERS OF ALL AGES, both novice and seasoned, have long turned to digitally native Karl’s Fishing & Outdoors (Chicago) for all things related to fishing. In-store shopping guides also assist guests along their journey through the store. Karl’s Fishing & Outdoors, Catch Co.,

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Amtek opts for Zytronic’s touch sensors for all its outdoor installations

A1 Retail

The Italian manufacturer of specialist vending machines now depends upon Zytronic’s projected capacitive technology (PCT ) for the touchscreens in all its outdoor kiosk designs.

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Westfield Square to host outdoor Film Club and screen Wimbledon and Olympics this summer

A1 Retail

Westfield London is reopening its Bar W12 and Film Club on Westfield Square this summer, screening family favourites and date night classics outdoors in West London. Bar W12 and the outdoor cinema will welcome visitors until Sunday 12 th September. .

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Yuko Nagayama & Associates creates trapezoidal glasses shop and community hub

Retail Focus

Named JINS Park, the shop in Gunma Prefecture was designed to act as a space for the community to gather whether they are shopping in the store or not. Yuko Nagayama & Associates has created a glasses shop in Maebashi. ” The shop contains a cafe.

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Homebase’s Christmas online shop is now open

Retail Times

This year, Homebase is opening its online Christmas shop earlier than ever before so you can start your festive preparations ahead of time.

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Christmas Tree Shops Opens New Location in Sarasota

VMS

Christmas Tree Shops (CTS; Middleboro, Mass.) The 49,398-square-foot space is located in University Town Center and features “spacious aisles” and large displays for a comfortable shopping experience, CTS said in a release. Headlines Christmas Tree Shops store openings

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Trafford Centre launches spectacular Tinsel Town outdoor experience for festive period

A1 Retail

Customers will also be able to enjoy late night shopping alongside the Tinsel Town event, making it a compelling destination, day or night. Manchester’s Trafford Centre has pulled out all the stops for Christmas with its sensational Tinsel Town experience.

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The Cheesecake Shop boss retires, new MD appointed

Inside Retail

Ken Rosebery is leaving The Cheesecake Shop (TCS) in January after 13 years heading up the dessert retailer. He will remain on The Cheesecake Shop Board Advisory Committee. Who will be The Cheesecake Shop boss? The same is true for The Cheesecake Shop as it is for me personally.

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Frasers Group signs at St Anns shopping centre in Harrow

Retail Focus

Railpen, the investment manager for the £35bn Railways Pension Scheme, has announced the signing of a major new occupier, with Frasers Group, set to open Sports Direct, the British sports clothing retailer, at St Anns Shopping Centre in Harrow.

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Carnaby will be home to the first ever retail destination plastic recycling concept shop, Are You Mad

Retail Focus

They collect plastic waste from local businesses, shoppers and their growing community, which is then sorted, shredded, and turned into new objects, including the build of the shop itself. Shaftesbury announces Are You Mad – the first visible recycling unit on Carnaby Street.

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JLL Brokers $20.7 Million Sale of Valley Crossing Shopping Center in Hickory, North Carolina

Shopping Center

million sale of Valley Crossing, a 191,431-square-foot shopping center located in Hickory. percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Academy Sports + Outdoors,… The post JLL Brokers $20.7 Hickory, N.C. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $20.7

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Squad shopping and self-improvement: Five consumer trends to watch in 2023

Inside Retail

Developed in response to research finding that just two hours a week in green spaces can boost mental wellbeing, the campaign highlighted the emotional and mental impact of outdoor activities, or wilderness-for-wellness adventures.

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Yuko Nagayama & Associates creates trapezoidal glasses shop and community hub

Dezeen

Named JINS Park, the shop in Gunma Prefecture was designed to act as a space for the community to gather whether they are shopping in the store or not. Yuko Nagayama & Associates has created a glasses shop in Maebashi. "We The shop contains a cafe.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods’ preps new outdoors concept for city dwellers

Retail Wire

Dick’s Sporting Goods is launching a new outdoors concept called Public Lands with two stores: one in Columbus, OH, and the other in Pittsburgh. Shops within the store will feature products for dedicated activities such as biking, camping and hiking. The new stores will occupy two former Field & Stream stores each measuring about 50,000 square feet. Many consumers who do not engage in these types of activities still like to dress as if they do. “We’ve

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Post-COVID Shopping Center Strategies: ‘Digital Districts’ and Landlord-Tenant Collaboration

Retail TouchPoints

The pandemic has weighed heavily on brick-and-mortar retail in general and shopping centers in particular, but the industry is now emerging into a new world with new opportunities. They wanted to get out and didn’t linger in stores, or walk around aisles or window shop.

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Ciguë imagines car-free city inside Cowboy's electric bike shop in Paris

Dezeen

Limestone blocks and crushed earth feature in this electric bike shop in Paris , designed by local studio Ciguë to visualise how a car-free city of the future might look. is Cowboy's first shop without direct access from the street, Cigue? Retail all Interiors France Paris Ciguë Shops

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Why it’s time to bring back the social side of shopping

Inside Retail

This is what we mean when we talk about the social side of shopping. Social shopping, while existing in the digital world of Facebook, Instagram and influencers, has a different meaning in the three-dimensional world of physical shops.

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How to Make the Most of Free Google Shopping Listings

Retail TouchPoints

Fortunately, not long into the crisis, search behemoth Google paid attention to these companies’ needs, announcing in April that merchants would be able to list products on its Google Shopping platform for free. Adding Products to Google Shopping.

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Westfield Mt Druitt adds new precinct in $55 million expansion

Inside Retail

The new rooftop precinct at Westfield Mt Druitt will connect to the existing rooftop car park, adjacent to Hoyts cinema, creating an integrated indoor-outdoor experience for the community to enjoy. Shopping centres & malls Stores Top Stories Scentre Group Westfield

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Selfridges launches the Christmas Shop

A1 Retail

With 12 weeks to go to Christmas, Selfridges London opens its Christmas Shop helping customers to plan and prepare for festive moments to dream of. Selfridges Christmas Shop boasts an edit of beautiful decorations that are desirable, unique and more planet friendly.

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State Regulations for In-Store Shopping

Independent Retailer

Guidelines including indoor capacity and mandatory facial coverings are lightening up, so retailers can soon expect to go back to the normal shopping patterns. Effective March 26, the capacity limit for indoor gatherings will increase to 50%, and outdoor gatherings to 75%.

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Burberry and Tencent collaborate on interactive WeChat shop in Shenzhen

Dezeen

The British fashion brand and China's largest social media company collaborated to design a shop that suited Shenzhen 's growing reputation for technology. Shoppers use WeChat, a Chinese messaging and social media app, to engage with the shop in Shenzhen's MixC development.

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Selfridges launch 2021 Christmas shop

365 Retail

With 12 weeks to go to Christmas, Selfridges London opens its Christmas Shop helping customers to plan and prepare for festive moments to dream of. opens its Christmas Shop?helping?customers?to One of the first customers pictured in the Christmas shop this morning.

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Finnish Design Shop creates forest-set logistics centre to enable "a more sustainable future"

Dezeen

Avanto Architects and Joanna Laajisto have designed a logistics centre for retailer Finnish Design Shop that features warm timber, a foraged-food restaurant for staff and visitors, and views of the surrounding forest.

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