Retail Trends

What is changing in physical retail: how brands use short-term space, what shoppers respond to, and where the next wave of pop-ups is heading.

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How Pop-Up Stores Are Revitalizing Neighborhoods Across the U.S.

Every neighborhood faces different circumstances. And with 2017 hitting a record-setting number of retail store closings, high vacancy rates are a reality that many property owners face even without unexpected destruction. Fear not, pop-up stores are kickstarting revitalization in areas across the U.S. Making Neighborhoods Business-Friendly Pop-up shops can be retail’s answer to helping revitalize

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Sharing is Caring: The Success of Shared Pop-Up Stores

At the height of the sharing economy, brand synergy and visibility make a strong case for shared Pop-Up Stores. 2016 continues to herald major societal changes. We are truly immersed, as consumers and citizens, in a participatory culture. The sharing economy reigns supreme. Businesses like Airbnb and Uber are now integral to our daily happiness

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Storefront and Oui Open merge to become the world’s largest Pop-Up real estate marketplace

We have long sought a partner whose passion about the short-term retail market matched ours, and we have finally found that in Storefront,” explain Oui Open co-founders Mohamed Haouache and Adrien Kerbrat Revolutionizing Retail: A marriage of Pop-Up minds and marketplaces A few years ago, half a world apart, a few men had the same idea

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From Nutella to Nike, Pop-Up Stores are Boosting Hong Kong Retail

Brands capitalize on falling rents to open Pop-Up Stores in Hong Kong’s high-end shopping districts, and brands appear in malls they cannot typically afford  Why is Lorraine Lam waiting in line for two hours at a tony Hong Kong mall to buy the same Nutella spread that grocery stores sell for much less? So she can get her friend’s

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Mirror, mirror on the wall: omnichannel strategies are the fairest at the mall

A in-depth look at omnichannel retail strategies for Pop-Up Stores One of the biggest trends in retail, and soon for Pop-Up Stores is, in fact, something most consumers aren’t even aware of. Known as “omnichannel,” it’s a new approach to retailing that is transforming the way that retailers do business. For consumers, omnichannel means being able to shop

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Millennial shopping habits

Millennials’ shopping habits are reshaping the retail industry

Accenture predicts that by 2020 Millennials will account for nearly $1.4 trillion in spending power. However, their spending does not currently follow traditional patterns. Millennials use their disposable income to pay for experiences – travel, entertainment, technology – rather than tangible goods with shorter lifespans, like clothes. And when they do shop for more traditional

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