New definition of effective retail.

The web-project Worldchanging recently gave some new interpretations of effective retail, beyond ancient rules like space-efficiency, low staff-costs and huge product margins. Here is the post to be found.

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Slowretail goes XING.

Slowretail has recently founded it’s own group at the online-network-platform XING. The slowretail-group addresses customers, traders, producers, manufacturers, real estate people, city-governments, individuals – who believe in different retail-worlds co-existing with uninspired mainstream reality. Who know about the chances for profit generated by creativity, not just with “fast moving consumer goods” and discount concepts. Group [...]

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100 worldwide stores to visit.

The british business magazine Retail Week currently lists 100 of the most exciting stores allover the world on it’s website. The stores had been recommended by retail insiders, the writers and editors built their own best-of: THE RETAIL WEEK TEAM’S SUGGESTIONS Abercrombie & Fitch London Tim Danaher, editor Murder One Charing Cross Road, London George [...]

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Innovative guild places.

A remarkable idea becomes more and more true: Die Zunft AG, translated something like ‘The Guild, Inc.’ realizes innovative places which combine tradition and modern lifestyle in a unique way.

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‘I love Cool Stuff’ in Berlin-Mitte

Major brands and big retail chains have already discovered the ”hot spot” Berlin-Mitte for themselves and displace the independent stores in the side streets. There they are naturally more difficult to find, the masses follow travel guides first, even in Berlin. 

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