PSFK's Future of Retail Report

PSFK has released its forecast for the retail industry called PSFK presents Future of Retail. The free 80-page report features 10 key trends that will impact the retail sector in the next 3 to 5 years.

Key trends outlined are:

World As Retail Experience
Pre-view Shopping
Tablet Enabled Service
Selling The Ideal
Every Store As Flagship
Complementary Curation
Revolving Decors
Taking The store The Customer
Instant Show & Tell
Group Clout

You can request a free dowload here http://www.psfk.com/future-of-retail

thx wb

Sweat Shop store concept in Paris

http://www.sweatshopparis.com/

Like an internet cafe but for sewers and DIY enthusiasts. Set up with sewing machines, materials and with expert advisers, the Sweat Shop in Paris enables you to come along and pay by the day or hour and make stuff with others.

Brilliant, brilliant idea.

The People's Supermarket

http://www.peoplessupermarket.org/

An empty supermarket in central London has been reopened as a cooperative food store by two entrepreneurs seeking to bring quality food to deprived communities.

The People's Supermarket in Holborn will sell a mix of brand-named, artisan and organic products to cooperative members and the general public.

It will keep prices affordable by requiring its members to volunteer to keep staffing costs down.

More than 100 people have joined the People's Supermarket, raising £2,500 for the project. Members pay £25 per year and give up four hours a week in return for 10% discounts on stock. The shop stocks 2,000 different lines, with products sold chosen by members.