Store Concepts
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Instagram celebrates Shop anniversary with New York City pop-up
Instagram celebrates 1 million followers on its Shop account as the social commerce industry is expected to grow.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 18, 2022 -
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Google opens second retail store
The tech company says its new Brooklyn location is the first of its "neighborhood stores," meant to be more intimate and community focused.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • May 17, 2022 -
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The latest in experiential retail
With customers returning to in-store shopping, retailers are testing out new store concepts, exiting others and otherwise refining their brick-and-mortar touchpoints.
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Ikea to invest more than $3B in stores
Ikea's largest franchisee, Ingka Group, will work to update its physical locations across 32 markets to support the retailer's online operations.
By Caroline Jansen • May 10, 2022 -
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Savage X Fenty plans 6 more stores
The lingerie brand opened its first store in January, followed by four others. Now, the company plans to more than double that footprint.
By Cara Salpini • May 5, 2022 -
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United By Blue started in wholesale, expanded to DTC and now sells other sustainable brands. Here's why.
Over the last 18 months, the company has grown its collection of third-party brands "really rapidly" to account for 20% of its assortment.
By Cara Salpini • May 3, 2022 -
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Inside the Store: Amazon Go's new suburban format
The Mill Creek, Washington, store features an expanded selection of grocery products, a customer service desk and a made-to-order meal counter.
By Jeff Wells • April 27, 2022 -
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Meta to open its first retail store
The location opens next month in Burlingame, California, and will showcase metaverse-related products.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • April 26, 2022 -
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Francesca's expands Franki tween brand with 9 stand-alone stores
The 1,200- to 1,600-square-foot locations will be found in A malls where the flagship banner does well, the company said on Monday.
By Daphne Howland • April 26, 2022 -
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Whole Foods continues checkout tech makeover with Amazon One
The Amazon-owned grocery chain added the technology to a newly opened store in Austin, Texas, and plans to bring it to six other area locations in the coming weeks.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • April 26, 2022 -
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What Lululemon is prioritizing in the years ahead
From the retailer's plans for Mirror to what international markets it's planning to enter, here are some takeaways on the company's new strategy.
By Cara Salpini • April 21, 2022 -
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Champs Sports opens experiential 'Homefield' concept
The store features a basketball and multisport court, a virtual reality system, a try-on treadmill for running shoes, and community programming.
By Cara Salpini • April 18, 2022 -
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Sponsored by ChangeUpThe infinite possibilities of physical retail
If the future is being defined as digital, what is a physical retailer to do? Explore three key themes that should frame your next move.
By Caitlin Neyer, Director of Strategy at ChangeUp • April 18, 2022 -
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Sponsored by Retail Innovation Conference & Expo3 pillars driving the future of store experience
The acceleration of digital behaviors is encouraging many brands and retailers to rethink the role of the store. As you develop your goals for 2022 and beyond, refer to these best practices.
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From physical stores to the metaverse, what retail execs are thinking about in 2022
Executives at Shoptalk shared insight on how companies are navigating fast-moving industry changes.
By Stephanie Arnold • April 12, 2022 -
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Scotch & Soda to open 20 stores in the next 6 months
After announcing plans to open 22 stores by the end of 2021, the brand is looking to expand its presence further in major cities like Boston, Milan and Shanghai.
By Caroline Jansen • April 12, 2022 -
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Is Petco positioned for long-term growth?
The specialty pet retailer introduced new store formats, inked partnerships with major retailers and leaned hard into health and wellness services. But it hasn't always been a smooth ride.
By Caroline Jansen • April 4, 2022 -
Five Below looks to triple store count by 2030
Coming off a year of strong sales growth, the discounter is looking to double its sales and add 1,000 new stores by the end of 2025.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 31, 2022 -
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ColumnThe Weekly Closeout: Petco to test a new store concept, and Balance Athletica rebrands
Petco will open stores with products for pets and livestock, while the athleisure brand changed its name to Vitality following a lawsuit with New Balance.
By Retail Dive Staff • March 25, 2022 -
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Continuing with its DTC pivot, Nike plans stand-alone Jordan stores
Wholesale is still key to the company's strategy, CEO John Donahoe said, emphasizing that Foot Locker is "a large and important partner."
By Cara Salpini • March 22, 2022 -
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Target, Amazon debut sustainable store concepts
Target introduced its first net zero energy store, while an Amazon Fresh store is pursuing a net zero carbon certification.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 21, 2022 -
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ThirdLove's founders on its re-entrance into physical retail
The DTC brand closed its New York pop-up at the start of the pandemic. Now, the company is jumping back into brick and mortar.
By Caroline Jansen • March 15, 2022 -
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Ulta plans to open 250 more Target shop-in-shops this year
2021 was a year of growth, as net sales at the beauty retailer surged more than 40% over 2020 and expanded by over a billion dollars from 2019.
By Cara Salpini • March 11, 2022 -
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Target plans $5B investment in operations, including 30 new stores
After growing its sales and stealing market share in recent years, the retailer is still hungry for new markets and customers.
By Ben Unglesbee • March 2, 2022 -
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Aurate is opening stores again. Here's how the brand is thinking through brick and mortar
Like others in the DTC space, Aurate closed its stores once the pandemic hit. Now it's returning to the channel with two new stores and more on the horizon.
By Cara Salpini • March 1, 2022 -
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Soma debuts self-adjusting 'Bodify' bra
The new tech-enabled bra comes just a couple of years after the brand released a patented measurement bra with fit tech company Like A Glove.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 23, 2022
