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Thrift Finds a New Groove
It is well known that product placement in popular songs is one tool in the marketing department’s tool chest for increasing awareness and acceptance for brands. This is especially true for luxury brands. Having a celebrity endorse your product or be seen in public carrying complementary merchandise gets the brand noticed. Culturally, music permeates our…
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Affordable Style with Holt’s hr2 at Dix/30’s The Square
A few weeks ago Holt Renfrew opened its new affordable luxury concept hr2 in The Square (pronounced Sqaarr) at lifestyle centre Dix/30 in Brossard, Quebec, near Montreal. We have taken the time to visit the store on a couple of occasions since it has opened. The experience in the store is very consistent with the…
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The Devil is in the Details – AllSaints Opens Its Doors in Canada
To the delight of Canadian consumers, who have long been envious of their counterparts to the south, major Canadian cities are rapidly becoming home to several foreign retail brands. And it’s not only to American retailers like Target, which are expanding northwards. Popular U.K. based AllSaints Spitalfields, who have been in the U.S. for four…
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News Headline: JCPenney Sales for 2012 Down 25.2% for Comparable Stores and $985 Million Loss for the Year
Walking into the newly renovated Victorville, California JCPenney store was literally a jaw-dropping moment. Totally gone is yesterday’s JCPenney. In its place is an astonishingly contemporary store that looks fabulous. The build-out is terrific, simple, and white. Lighting is “right-on.” Displays look great and merchandise presentation is definitely shopper friendly. Departments are well signed and…
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The UK is the Canary in the Coal Mine for Cross-channel Retail Effects
London in January is not really at its best from a tourist’s point of view. Since ICSC chose to have its Global Research Conference there this January, it gave us an opportunity to see this amazing city from a different point of view. We were also able to see the impact of the internet that…