Double Retail Impact Report 2022.
How We’re Helping Tackle Empty High Streets
With so many empty retail units dotted around, it was a fantastic opportunity for us when approached by Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council to look to help breathe some new life into two of their central Bath properties.
Top 5 Retail Material Trends for 2022
After a recent visit to the Surface Design Show to see the latest in material trends and innovations. These are our predictions for the year ahead.
Better business drives resilience & growth in the West
Over 90% of B Corps in Bristol and Bath predicting growth in 2021
International Women’s Day 2021 – A year on, a year stronger.
Laura and I haven't seen each other for almost six months, instead living and working at home in our local areas some 50 miles apart. But still our strength, fight and determination to be the best partners, mothers, sisters, daughters, business owners, leaders and friends continues.
Double Retail X Future of Retail
If we are going to show the consumer why the high street and physical retail spaces are a key anchor to the retail experience, 2021 is the year. As a cohort we need to now put in the effort to ensure that physical retail post covid 19 is what the consumer has been demanding.
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Responsible Retail Spotlight: Waste & Recycling
We’re certainly aware that our work has a significant effect on the environment and that as an industry, retail has a throwaway culture that reflects that of fashion and consumable goods.
Responsible Retail Spotlight: Energy & Processes
For every retail programme, we have to consider the environmental impact it has, including delivery from the factory to your store(s) or distribution center.
Sustainable Retail Spotlight: Materials
Raw materials and their extraction source are the most opaque area of data for reporting on retail fixture sustainability. We make every effort to understand where our materials come from, but it isn’t always possible to trace to the root source.
Carbon offsetting your retail project. What you need to know.
So, what can be done about a projects emissions, and how can offsetting play its part?
Why we report on carbon and how?
As we move ever closer to trying to reach ‘net zero’, it’s important to understand where our biggest impacts are, to help us make the most informed decisions....
The future of the high street
Our high streets are in rapid decline. Once bustling avenues of activity and commerce – a walk in any city center across the country is evidence enough that these have degraded to characterless corridors of cookie-cutter store templates slowly declining into obscurity.
#StartTheRestart
January 7th 2020 Covid-19 has been announced as a new coronavirus, January 7th 2020 I hand in my notice to start a new career at Double Retail.
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Double’s View – International Women’s Day 2020
The team at Double gives their take on Eurosop 2020. Describing the main themes on display and their impact on the retail design industry.
Double take on Euroshop 2020
The team at Double gives their take on Eurosop 2020. Describing the main themes on display and their impact on the retail design industry.
Today we wave goodbye to our lovely Cal.
It's been an absolute pleasure mate and we can't wait to hear…
Our very own Matt Tipping recently gave a talk on building ‘better businesses’ at the @futureeconomyn event – The B-Corp Journey. His talk is nearly summarised in the following article, so if you’re interested, tap ahead!
https://doubleretail.com/do-you-believe-in-building-a-better-business/…
Do you believe in building a ‘better business’?
Business isn’t just about making money. The current overarching aim for the primacy of shareholders is a broken one; the system simply isn’t working. In terms of the industry we are based in, retail has always been a thing and will always be a thing - but the journey has got to change.
We’ve just hit the button for B-Corp! A really important moment…
What better way to introduce our newest Double Team member ?
Ollie joins us this week as our brand new, New Business Lead!…
Double design team hard at it again this week. Stay tuned for…
A big Happy Birthday to our lovely Pols ??? We hope you had the best day @missgrinnell
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How great is the @scoopwholefoods_uk store on Whiteladies road?
We couldn't contain ourselves enjoying the tasty healthy treats…
And it starts…?♀️?♂️? Some of our lovely team are running the Bristol 10k in May. Watch this space for training updates and where to head if you’d like to sponsor us ?
Who else is running it???
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Merry Christmas to all at Double and everyone that’s worked…
Merry Christmas from us to you ?
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Throwing it back to last week. We spent the day in the fresh air planting some trees ?
@valleyfest thanks again for such a great day!
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Make every unit work harder.
We’ve been out planting trees this week ????. Many thanks to…
Sketching time in the studio - the design team are at at their…
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Design with circularity.
A guide to working in…
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Keep design consistent.
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Provide Flexibility for the Future.
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Plan Time Effectively.
Low carbon retail design. What’s that?
With global temperatures rising faster than ever due to human-induced warming, it’s more important now than ever before that we start to understand, measure and rapidly reduce the environmental impact of the built environments we create.
Back to Work Without a Bump
“I’m pregnant!”
From the moment you tell your boss you’re pregnant, things change. Suddenly you both know that there’s something bigger than your day job that’s stealing away your attention and you both know that, at some point in the not so distant future, you’ll be taking some time out of the business.
From the moment you tell your boss you’re pregnant, things change. Suddenly you both know that there’s something bigger than your day job that’s stealing away your attention and you both know that, at some point in the not so distant future, you’ll be taking some time out of the business.
A guide to working in…
Printemps Haussmann
Materials matter… so what are the alternatives to PVC foamboard?
Closed-cell PVC foamboard is the go-to material for most internal and some external signage. Here are 3 less toxic, more easily recyclable and sustainable alternatives.
Materials matter… so what are the alternatives to MDF?
Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) is everywhere and because it's cheap, smooth, and relatively strong it's become the go-to sheet material for shop fixtures and furniture. Let’s take a look at 3 less harmful and more sustainable alternatives.
Beautiful natural cork flooring freshly installed in our office.…
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NK Stockholm
It's not every day we get water jet cutting done but we had to…
Canada Goose
Shop In Shop
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Canada Goose
Shop In Shop
Paris
The future of retail will be experience – we already know that. But at what cost?
I was asked this week, by a student, what I really thought about the death of the high street, and what ultimately might happen to retail. My answer was clear in my mind; Retail will always be around, I feel sure of that - It will just be lead by experience. Consumers may well focus on purchasing online and we may see stores (as we know them) become showrooms to their products, but it will always exist in some form.
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