Future Retail Newsletter #100

As we celebrate the release of our 100th Future Retail Newsletter, I would like to thank all of our subscribers for joining us on the mission to shape the future of retail. Each week our team works together to bring you the most current news about innovation in design, technology, and future retail. We hope you have enjoyed receiving our newsletter as much as we have enjoyed creating it! Here’s to 100 more!

– Ariel Haroush, Outform CEO

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retailgazette.co.uk RETAIL // Consumer Confidence Increases For 3rd Consecutive Month UK consumer confidence has increased for the third month in a row, although sentiment overall remains negative, according to an index. Read More fashionunited.com RETAIL // Vegan Fashion Continues To Gain Momentum As the vegan trend continues to grow both inside and outside of the fashion industry, brands and retailers are jumping aboard the movement and cutting down on the use of animals in their products to meet ever-growing consumer demand. Read More marketwatch.com RETAIL // Retail Sales Will Rise To More Than $3.9 Trillion In 2020 With gains in household income and wealth, lower interest rates and strong consumer confidence, we expect another healthy year ahead. Read More jingdaily.com RETAIL // Can China’s Mixed-Use Development Model Save US Department Stores? As traditional US department stores continue to shutter, China may have a solution for them in mixed-use development projects. But can they work stateside? Read More retailgazette.co.uk RETAIL // Milton Keynes’ Biggest Shopping Centre Perhaps the best known of the 20th Century “new towns”, Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire is much loved by its residents, and Centre:MK, the biggest shopping centre in the town, is a place that “helps gather locals”. Read More trendwatching.com TRENDS // The Future of Purpose Three trends fueling the search for a more ethical and sustainable consumerism! Read More intelligence.wundermanthompson.com CONSUMER INSIGHTS // New Trend Report: Generation Z: APAC Connected, engaged and coming of age in Asia Pacific. New report examines APAC consumers that are shaping the modern world. Read More springwise.com TECH // 360-Degree Hologram Ads Promote New Puma Trainers The athletic shoe giant tapped into growing customer interest in holograms and out-of-home advertising to build momentum for its latest trainers. Read More retailwire.com TECH // How Can Retailers Bring The Best Of Digital Commerce To Physical Stores? There are many benefits to e-commerce — speed to market and the ability to quickly react and optimize merchandising strategy and rich data to personalize the customer shopping experience, to name a few. Read More burberryplc.com BRAND HIGHLIGHT // Burberry Brings Products To Google Search Through Augmented Reality The AR tool allows consumers to experience Burberry products embedded in the environment around them, enhancing their research and shopping experience online. Read More retaildive.com BRAND HIGHLIGHT // Target Plans 6K Sq Ft. Store As It Ramps Up Small Format Expansion The retailer is deepening its reach in urban markets while remodeling larger stores, all in an effort to boost its brick-and-mortar center of gravity. Read More outform.com OUTFORM // Get More Innovation News Check out previous editions of the Future Retail Newsletter for even more on tech, innovation, design, and retail. Read More