Building the Stores of the Future (Imran Amed, Sandrine Deveaux Richard Found and Stuart Miller) | BoF VOICES

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4.6 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Consider the mobile opportunity, but don't employ technology for technology's sake... A panel of retail space experts gathered on stage at #BoFVOICES in December 2016 to share their predictions on what stores of the future might look like.

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0:00.0	There's no shortage of discussion on the future of retail, especially when stores are closing around the world,
0:09.2	retailers are heading into bankruptcy protection, and new technologies are reshaping the retail environment.
0:16.8	But a lot of the conversation we have about the future of retail ends up talking about
0:22.0	gadgets and gizmos.
0:24.6	And not enough conversation is about creating the kinds of spaces that inspire us for a new
0:30.5	kind of retail.
0:32.4	So, I'm really pleased to share this conversation with Sandrine DeVoe from Farfetch, the architect
0:38.7	Richard Found, and Stuart Miller of QIC Global Real Estate, three people who helped to create
0:45.7	spaces for new retail in building the stores of the future. This conversation took place at
0:52.8	Voices 2016, and keep in mind it took place in front of a live audience.
0:58.0	So please excuse any audio issues.
1:01.0	We're going to talk a bit about the future of retail. Inevitably when that phrase comes up, people start talking about technology. Like what gadget are you going to put into the store,
1:13.6	how are you going to design screens?
1:15.6	And I actually think there's a much more interesting conversation as well that layers on top of that,
1:20.6	which is about how you build and transform physical spaces for the new age of retail.
1:26.6	And to discuss this topic, we have three amazing experts, each coming with their own perspectives.
1:34.3	Sandrine DeVoe is the managing director of Store of the Future at Farfetch.
1:39.3	Richard Found is an architect and designer, and Stuart Miller is the Director of Investment Management at QIC Global Real Estate.
1:47.0	So please join me on stage.
1:49.0	Thank you. So let's get right into it because we've only got 20 minutes on the clock and I'd like to cover
2:09.1	as much as we can.
2:11.1	The idea of designing new spaces, the idea of designing retail spaces in the
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