Gilly HIcks Sydney open in the UK with a splash!

The Abercrombie & Fitch owned lingerie, beach and nightwear brand, Gilly Hicks, Sydney has this week featured on a live screen in the retailers new store at the St David’s Centre in Cardiff.

The Gilly Hicks, Sydney logo is incorporated within the screen and the film this morning was of Bondi beach. The store entrance was patrolled by trim young men and women in beachwear – the norm for the brand.

Internally, the store is similar to the branch that opened in Westfield London last year, but the exterior features a double-height digital video screen carrying film and images of beach and ocean, a first for the brand in the UK.

Eat, browse and shop on Barney's digitalised table top

Barneys opened its new interactive floor cafe, genes @ CO-OP, where shoppers can grab a meal while checking out what’s new and of note at Barneys on a digitized tabletop. The restaurant has room for just 30 diners, each of whom are spread across a communal table with a glass top under which there are 30 computer screens allowing diners to digitally order off the menu and scroll through Barneys’ digital content.

Mark Lee, Barneys newest CEO explains the goal behind the rennovations:
You don’t need to leave your house to shop in today’s world. So if you’re going to go out and spend time in a physical store, the experience of that — the entertainment aspect, the social aspect, shopping with your friend or significant other of the same or opposite sex — is all part of the experience. It just enhances the opportunity.