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The Future of Retail Innovation: Pop-Up Store & Art Gallery
TNW: “A Startup Store Launches In Beta: Retail May Never Be The Same” by Courtney Boyd Myers.
Who: Rachel Shechtman (Retail Consultant) whose clients include: Gilt Groupe, Toms Shoes, Bliss Spa, AOL.
What: Launching a new startup (no name yet) which will have a monthly exhibition, the concept of the store will combine Pop-Up & Art Gallery. The first exhibition will feature 6 NYC start-ups that sell to online consumers:
- Birhbox
- Bauble Bar
- Quirky
- Joor
- Artspace
When: Official launch will be Feb 1 201. The store will open up as a “love” story.
Where: 10th Avenue & 19th Street NYC (Not Surprised, 5 more stories to come!)
Promotions: Daily parties (free champagne- Oh hell yes!) and trunk shows.
The Role of Social Media: Check in with Foursqaure & get a mystery gift. Its time to really reward your consumers for making an effort.
Future of Retail: (According to Rachel Shechtman)
- Consumption with a high emphasis on content & community
- Untapped platform for advertisers (sponsorship) with the opportunity for great exposure.
Watch that space!
Insightful and invaluable advice from Jon Steel.
Source: http://invisibleinkdigital.com
Title: “7 Points On Planning by Jon Steel of WPP” by Tom E
- Be useful. The real value of a planner is problem solving and coming up with simple solutions. Cleverness is simply a means to an end.
- Bring out the best in other people. Act as a catalyst for others by providing the conditions for informed creative thought.
- Be a linchpin, not only between people but also between brands and the audience they connect with.
- Have a deep understanding of human motivations and instincts.
- Have an experience of real life. Get out of the office to experience the real world and understand the people you want to experience.
- Create a working timetable both within and outside the office to best generate ideas and insights.
- Whether analogue or digital, the main task of any planner is understanding basic human communication.
Controversial Advertising: Did these advertisers go too far with this message? Or was this a perfect vehicle to provoke discussion?
Benetton tears down pope-kissing ads after Vatican legal threat
The Vatican is taking legal action to prevent further distribution or publication of an image of the pope kissing a Muslim leader, after it was used as part of an advertising campaign for clothing company Benetton.
The poster, which briefly appeared in various locations around Italy before being hastily withdrawn after the Vatican’s outcry, carries a picture of Benedict XVI doctored to show him kissing Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand sheikh of al-Azhar mosque in Cairo.
There has been tension between the two religious leaders since January, when Egypt recalled its ambassador to the Holy See for what it called “unacceptable interference in its internal affairs” when the pope appeared to criticise the government for failing to protect Christian minorities.
In uncharacteristically swift fashion, and in forthright language, the Vatican condemned the picture hours after it surfaced and announced a crackdown on its wider use.
Press secretary Father Federico Lombardi said: “We cannot but express a resolute protest at the entirely unacceptable use of a manipulated image of the Holy Father, used as part of a publicity campaign which has commercial ends.
“It is a serious lack of respect for the pope, an affront to the feelings of the faithful and an evident demonstration of how, in the field ofadvertising, the most elemental rules of respect for others can be broken in order to attract attention by provocation.”
