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Target Beauty Studio, US
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Retail

Target turns beauty retail into a discovery destination

Target is launching Target Beauty Studio in more than 600 stores and through Target.com, bringing over 1,600 products from 90 prestige and emerging names – including global brands – to a dedicated discovery environment.

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Stat: Gen Z shoppers are checking resale before buying new luxury items

More than 80% of Gen Z and Millennial shoppers are checking the secondary market before buying new luxury items, Rati Sahi Levesque, CEO of online marketplace The RealReal, said in an interview.

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Stat: Consumers in-store are seeking pleasure over calm

A survey of over 5,000 consumers across 10 cities by retail design agency YourStudio has found that pleasure (32%) narrowly outranks calm (28%) as the feeling consumers most want from in-store experiences.

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Fashion

Stat: Use of AI for luxury shoppers increases with wealth in the US, but…

AI assistants are reshaping luxury shopping, influencing how consumers discover, compare and choose products, according to Face to Face With Luxury Clients produced by BoF Insights and McKinsey & Co.

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Retail

Stat: Shopper loyalty depends on instant value, not habit

More than half (52%) of UK consumers would switch retailers for better loyalty rewards, according to new research from fintech company SumUp, highlighting growing pressure on brands to rethink customer retention strategies.

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Placemaking & Property

New Codes of Luxury: The Rise of The Branded Residence

An executive’s guide to capitalising on brand equity.

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Fashion

Salomon turns product development into a public exercise

Salomon has launched the 2026 edition of its Road to the Future programme at its Anfu Road concept store in Shanghai, turning product development into a public-facing design exercise.

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Retail

Relational Retail

As retail spaces become cultural infrastructure, The Future Laboratory sits down with Maria Tsaousis, chief new concepts officer at Mecca, to talk about why community and experience now define flagship stores.

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Retail

Audible re-imagines retail as immersive audio discovery space

Audible has opened Audible Story House, a permanent public space in New York dedicated to audio storytelling.