The beauty industry is booming: in 2017 the US beauty market was valued $532 billion, and it is expected to reach $806 billion by 2023. Being part of the huge wellness mega-trend that started to spread in our society a decade ago, this growth is characterised by all the contemporary trends that we also find in other areas of consumption: online sales growing exponentially, consumers … Continue reading Retail Design Stories: the BEAUTY industry
This morning you’ve probably had your coffee while reading the news from an online newspaper, been commuting while listening to Spotify, once in the office you’ve commented with your colleague the last episode of that series on Netflix. Without even noticing we are totally immersed in the subscription economy. Subscriptions have been on the rise in the past few years, and today they occupy almost … Continue reading Subscribed-everything: the subscription-based business model continues to grow
Welcome back to another ICYMI episode! January is gone, discounts season is over (is it ever?) and we welcome the shortest , and the less money-worth, month of the year. While redacting an article on San Valentine’s layout and windows’ designs, we just leave you here a few inspiring bits from past week news! Hope you enjoy it! 1.Bad news first: a list of retailers that … Continue reading ICYMI: 28th of Jan – 3rd of Feb
Good morning everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend, here in Berlin the weather was not the best to hang out, meaning it was the perfect one to stay at home with coffee and some good readings. We leave here the most interesting news we bumped into! Enjoy and have a good week! 1. Some data and bright ideas directly from Harvard to all … Continue reading ICYMI : 21st – 27th January
Good morning! second working week of the year, second post with news you’ve possibly missed from the last days! Enjoy! 1.Self-disruption as a must-go, predictions from BoF: https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/intelligence/the-year-ahead-the-digital-landgrab 2. Brands with a soul: why it is important to support mission-driven companies https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/why-its-more-important-than-ever-to-support-mission-driven-companies 3. Subscription-model is getting bigger, is 2019 the year is going to expand to clothing? https://www.forbes.com/sites/callyrussell/2019/01/10/will-2019-be-the-year-clothing-subscription-takes-over/#7a04215d2675 4. E-commerce growth means … Continue reading ICYMI : 7th – 13th of January
Guten Morgen! Last working week before Christmas holidays! YAY! Here a few links with some inspo from past week retail and fashion news. Have a good week everyone! RTP identified the best and worst retailers of 2018 : https://retailtouchpoints.tumblr.com/post/181049911817/year-end-review-retails-top-success-stories-of 2. Starbucks opens the 4th Reserved Roastery https://www.businessinsider.de/starbucks-reserve-roastery-compared-regular-starbucks-2018-12?op=1 3. Amazon’s Whole Foods purchase, one year later: an analysis https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardkestenbaum/2018/12/16/amazon-whole-foods-supermarkets-grocery-massive-change/#79f947f469cc 4. Fashion and racism: here we are, … Continue reading ICYMI : 10th – 16th Dec
Officially, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. It was born as the day in which, thanks to great discounts, retailers were able to write in black numbers that before were in red (loss) on the salesbook. Black Friday marks now the beginning of the festive season and festive shopping, and it is the most important day of the year in retail, online and offline. … Continue reading Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Singles’ Day: are discounts the new full price?
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