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Frame Awards Judging - March 2022
Frame has been an ever-present resource throughout many of our careers at Quinine, so it was great for our Research and Strategy Director, Alex Whitlow, to be part of...
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World Interior News Awards 2021
Alongside an international panel, Quinine’s Research and Strategy Director, Alex Whitlow was recently invited to judge at the WIN Awards, with hundreds of entries from consultancies around the world...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 11
Are society’s ideas about discrimination in retail too simple? Can physical retail environments discriminate or exclude, this is a question that has led to some great discussions and insights at...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 10
As we examine retail in a social context, we start to understand the powerful and positive role it plays in today's society that goes way beyond shopping.
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 09
Businesses should take a holistic approach to value engineering, examining every part of the retail ecosystem to maximise their investment and ensure nothing gets lost in translation.
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20 ways retailers can make the physical store experience more local
Of the many emerging retail trends of recent years, few resonate as deeply today as an authentic and localised store experience. The disruption brought about by the pandemic has reminded...
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Transatlantic talks with Spieckerman Speaks Retail
In this multi-topic interview retail thought leader and Forbes columnist, Carol Spieckerman talks to our Founder and Creative Director, Ian Johnston. The podcast is now available to download or listen...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 08
With inclusive design front of mind, we continue to understand more about the complex topic of neurodiversity, and how we can make retail spaces more inclusive to those who often...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 07
Being sustainable is no longer a ‘nice to have’, it must now be the foundation that every business builds upon and those businesses with a physical retail presence are uniquely...
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Download the key trends and insights for retailers to consider for 2021
Research is at the core of everything we do at Quinine. Understanding the world around us through a variety of lenses, using multiple design research techniques, helps us formulate effective...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 06
Being virtuous is rising as the one attribute consumers value above all others in brands, and where better to embody and share your values than through your physical retail environment.
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 05
What learnings can we take from the short term consumer behaviour and retailers tactical reaction to COVID-19, that will inform our longer term strategic planning for the future of retail?
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 04
The importance of considering the ‘value gap’ when designing your store experience is huge, as brands that exceed their customer’s expectations by delivering more value than expected will leave the...
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Research report Retail's Response to COVID-19
With the fluid and dynamic situation forced upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic, we see the world around us constantly changing. It’s really important to continually observe how these changes...
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PSFK’s Festival of Retail
Our Founder, Ian Johnston took part PSFK’s ‘Festival of Retail’ as a member Store Experience Design Industry Panel. The panel hosted by Retail and Consumer Trendspotter, Sandy Hernandez, also included...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 03
When you put engaged and inspirational store staff into a thoughtfully designed store, this is where the real magic can happen, this is where brands can stand out.
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Comcast and Quinine present at EuroShop 2020
John W Giacomazzi, VP Retail Merchandising and Store Design Xfinity, part of the Comcast Corporation and Ian Johnston, Creative Director of Quinine talk about designing the right retail experience.
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Euroshop 2020
On the third day of EuroShop 2020, our founder and creative director, Ian Johnston was joined on the store design stage by John Giacomazzi, VP of Retail Merchandising and Store...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 02
You need to do more than just create a ‘good’ retail experience. Designing the ‘right’ experience demands that it is ‘works’ for the business, the brand, the customer and the...
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Monthly Tonic - Issue 01
Driven by a shift in consumers’ expectations, Diversity and Inclusion are becoming increasingly more important for businesses globally. There are opportunities for physical retail to bring awareness, educate and inspire...
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Quinine wins Silver at the DBA's Prestigious Design Effectiveness Award
We are very excited to share that we have won a highly prestigious Design Effectiveness Award for our work with EE.
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Retail Expo 2019 Student Awards
We are happy to share that our Founder Ian Johnston has been invited to join the judging panel for the Student Design Awards 2019.
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What is Experiential Retail?
The retail sectors' latest buzzword ‘experience’ has been over used and under qualified. What does it actually mean? How do you define the retail experience that is right for you...
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Rogers Smart Home Monitoring Goes Live
As Rogers Communications expanded their Smart Home Monitoring offer, they needed a strategy and merchandising solution to be retro-fitted into their existing retail stores throughout Canada. The intent of this...
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New store formats to reflect the connected world
In May 2017, global media and technology giant Comcast launched Xfinity Mobile online. This new service offers a truly connected service, with the US’s largest 4G network and 17-million WiFi...
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EE's Showcase Store Design
We’ve been busy designing a series of ‘showcase’ stores the UK’s biggest mobile operator, EE. Following the success of these stores, including winning a coveted Silver DBA Design Effectiveness Award...
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Ten years of design thinking
To celebrate 10 years of strategic retail design, our team came together to recall their time spent at Quinine, documenting some of our key achievements and challenges solved.
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Ten Year Knees Up
To celebrate 10 years of successful retail design we opened the doors to our studio to have a party!
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10 Insights from Retail Design Expo 2017
Quinine took centre stage at Retail Design Expo 2017. We explored and introduced pioneering experiential retail trends and welcomed visitors to our innovative, interactive exhibition stand over two hugely stimulating days.
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5 Insights from Retail Week's Interiors Summit
Quinine shared the stage with some of the leading retail industry names during Retail Weeks’s Interior Summit on 3 November 2016 to discuss leading industry trends, including experiential retail.
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Retail Design Expo 2017
Quinine is sponsoring the Retail Design & Branding Theatre at Retail Design Expo 2017, 8 - 9 May.
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