宜家首间“小型”店铺开进市中心
Ikea's first small-format store is opening in New York. Here's a look inside
原文作者：Lauren Thomas 来源：CNBC
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4月15日，宜家的第一间小型门店在纽约上东区开业。新店位于第三大道，邻靠购物中心Bloomingdale’s，家居零售店Home Depot，CB2等。面积也从以往超过30万平方英尺的大型商店，缩小到了1.7万平方英尺（约1580平方米）左右。
“小型店”共有三层，宜家将其定位为“规划工作室”（IKEA Planning Studio），专为城市居民打造。店内设置了一些电脑区域，方便店员和顾客坐下来进行一对一的咨询。
在规划区还放置了瓷砖、木板等建筑材料，方便消费者根据自己的喜好和需求来进行选择，并定制相应的方案。
尽管在这间小型店在面积上“缩水”了，但店内的功能却是丝毫不打折扣。比如说提供了很多节省空间的方案、根据当地特色设置的样板间等等。品牌希望能够让消费者在这里感受到“家”的氛围。
Ikea is looking to expand in the U.S. but not in the way you might suspect.
The Swedish furniture and home goods retailer, known for its massive stores spanning more than 300,000 square feet, will open its first "city center" location ever, in New York's Upper East Side, on Monday.
Situated along a stretch of Third Avenue, home to Bloomingdale's, Home Depot and CB2, Ikea's first small-format shop is meant to serve as a "planning studio" for shoppers to pick out items they want delivered to their homes.
It will offer lower-priced shipping and delivery, in addition to assembly services, help with financing and a buy online, pick up in store option. On the lowest level of the three-story space, which spans about 17,000 square feet, Ikea has three private rooms and a handful of computer stations dedicated to design planning sessions that can be booked by customers by appointment.
Here's a look inside the new store.
When shoppers walk in, they're greeted by grids on the walls that map out possible design scenarios.
The walls of the store are filled with organizational pieces, from top to bottom, encouraging shoppers to think outside the box about using that space.
The store has a handful of prototype apartments, like this one of 333 square feet, mimicking the space shoppers probably have in New York.
Downstairs, in the planning area, shoppers can look at tiles, cabinetry and other materials to customize their spaces.
美妆连锁店丝芙兰首进韩国市场
French beauty chain Sephora to open 1st Korean store in October
来源：The Chosunilbo
奢侈品集团LVMH旗下美妆连锁店丝芙兰Sephora将于2019年10月24日在韩国开出首家店铺。
韩国首店选址于首尔的富庶之地江南地区。品牌表示，到2022年时，将在韩国开出十几家门店。
Sephora, the world's largest beauty products chain operated by French luxury label LVMH, will open its first store in Korea in October this year.
Slated for a grand opening on Oct. 24, the first branch in Korea will be located in the affluent Gangnam area of southern Seoul.
Sephora, founded in France in 1970, pioneered the practice of allowing customers to try products before purchasing them.
It plans to open a dozen more stores in Korea by 2022.
亚马逊无人商店将支持现金支付
Amazon’s checkout-free stores are planning to accept customers’ cash
原文作者：Trevor Mogg 来源：DigitalTrend
亚马逊于日前表明，旗下Amazon Go无人商店将开始接受现金消费。
亚马逊于2018年正式推出Amazon Go无人商店，商店通过传感器计算顾客有效的购物行为，并在其离开商店后，根据顾客的消费情况在亚马逊账户上结账收费。
无人商店在提供便利的同时，也被许多人诟病这种购物方式歧视了那些没有银行账户或智能手机的人。根据2017年的一项研究表明，无银行账户的低收入者占美国家庭总数的6.5%（约840万人）。
由此，美国越来越多的地区正在制定相关法律，要求商店必须接受现金，以满足这部分人群的消费需求。
接受现金的做法虽然会扩大客户群，但在一定程度上影响了消费体验。亚马逊目前在全美各地拥有10家Amazon Go商店，预计到2021将增长至3,000家。
Amazon’s cashless stores are making preparations to accept cash.
Amazon Go launched in 2018 and uses an array of sensors, cameras, and artificial intelligence technology to track what you put in your bag as you make your way around, with your selected items automatically charged to your Amazon account as you exit the store.
The shopping experience is super-simple, but there has been increasing criticism that the system discriminates against those without a bank account or smartphone, both of which are needed to shop at the high-tech store. A 2017 study categorized around 6.5 percent of U.S. households (about 8.4 million people) as unbanked.
News of the company’s move toward accepting cash at its Go stores came via a CNBC report on Wednesday, April 10, and was later confirmed by Amazon, though the company declined to offer details of a timeline for the rollout.
While the move to accept cash payments means Amazon would be able to open its Go stores in places where cashless outlets are banned, it’s likely to frustrate executives who had their sights set on offering a checkout-free experience for all of its shoppers.
It’ll also mean that Amazon, a company that’s been investing heavily in robot and A.I. technology to reduce its human workforce across its business, may need to employ more people to work at the registers — unless, of course, it installs self-checkout machines.
Adding such facilities also has the potential to create lines during busy periods, which could impact the shopping experience.
Seattle-based Amazon currently operates 10 Amazon Go sites across the U.S. — four in its home city, four in Chicago, and two in San Francisco, though it reportedly has plans to open as many as 3,000 stores by 2021.
英国食品零售商Fortnum & Mason首次开设海外分店，落地香港
Fortnum & Mason to open first overseas store in Hong Kong
原文作者：Chloe Taylor 来源：CNBC
今年9月，英国高档食品零售百货Fortnum & Mason宣布将于9月进驻香港尖沙咀，这也是该品牌首次在海外开设分店。
新店面积约7,000平方英尺，共有两层，包括零售区域和一个供应英式下午茶的餐厅。零售产品包括茶叶、茶具、香槟等。
品牌表示，首次开设海外分店一方面是为了满足消费者日益增长的购物需求，另一方面意在补充现有的零售伙伴关系。
Fortnum & Mason于1707年在英国伦敦创立，距今已有300年历史。起先是间杂货铺，后来开展到售卖茶叶、茶具、点心等，还开设了餐厅。Fortnum & Mason不仅受到皇室与当地人的喜爱，也是游客必定打卡的地标之一。
British luxury retailer Fortnum & Mason is set to open a store and restaurant in Hong Kong this September.
Fortnum & Mason was founded in London's Piccadilly in 1707, and while it has expanded its international presence with small retail outlets, the Hong Kong location will be its first flagship store and restaurant outside of the U.K.
The new store will be situated in the heart of Hong Kong's $2.6 billion Victoria Dockside redevelopment. The move comes amid growing international demand for Fortnum's products, with the opening intended to complement existing retail partnerships across Asia.
The Hong Kong store will be a 7,000 square-foot space selling Fortnum's most popular products including tea, champagne and tea ware. A Fortnum's restaurant will be located upstairs above the retail space with views across the harbor.
服装零售商Primark开出全球最大门店
World’s biggest Primark store opens with Disney-themed cafe
来源：The Scotsman
4月11日，爱尔兰快消品牌Primark全球最大门店开门迎客，开业当天吸引了上千位消费者排队进店购物。
新店共有5层楼，占地16万平方英尺，包括三个美食馆，一个迪斯尼主题的咖啡馆，一个迪斯尼购物区，美容工作室以及哈利波特周边区。
品牌提供许多新的服务，比如可以定制个性化的图案印在衣服上；还提倡环保理念，让消费者可以将任意品牌的旧衣物、鞋履等带到店内，用以回收再利用。
Primark于1969年在都柏林开设首间店铺，2015年进入美国市场，并在波士顿开出门店，目前品牌已经遍及12个国家。
Thousands of shoppers queued this morning to get into the five-floor building, which has three food venues, a Disney-themed cafe, a Disney shopping area, beauty studio and Hogwarts Wizarding World section.
Spanning 160,000 square feet, it is the biggest of the high street retailer’s 365 stores across Europe and the United States.
The store also offer shoppers the opportunity to donate pre-loved clothes and shoes – of any brand – for recycling. A custom lab also prints personalised t-shirts and other garments.
Irish ‘fast-fashion’ brand Primark has stores in 12 countries across the world, having opened its first in Dublin in 1969. It branched out to the US in 2015 with the opening of a store in Boston.
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