Ep.4: Experience with Paul Firmin and Adam Scott Retail Is Dead

Welcome back to Retail is Dead.  A podcast started through lockdown as our answer to all the negative press around retail. We are fed up hearing that “retail is dead”, when in our opinion it’s just getting exciting.


Our fourth episode spotlights Experience – another retail buzzword. We talk about brands and places that get it right and for the first time we have TWO guests talking about the theory and the practice: Adam Scott, Global Creative Director of experience masterplanners Freestate Studio www.freestate.co.uk and Paul Firmin (@paulfirmin) co-founder of Earl of East (@earlofeast), a fabulous London-based homeware brand you can find online at www.earlofeast.com or at one of their stores in Hackney, King’s Cross or Birch Community in Waltham Cross.


As ever, thank you so much for all your support & feedback, we really appreciate it. Don’t forget to follow us on Insta @retailisdead_ or drop us a line at info@isretailisdead.co.uk, and please don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on Apple or Spotify.


Leanne, Erin & Bex

Brands:
H Beauty & Youth @h_beautyandyouth  https://store.united-arrows.co.jp/shop/hby/default.html
X Bank @xbank.amsterdam   https://xbank.amsterdam/
END Clothing @endclothing https://www.endclothing.com/gb/
Farfetch @farfetch https://www.farfetch.com/uk/shopping/women/items.aspx
Le Labo @lelabofragrances www.lelabofragrances.com/uk

Places:
Bicester Village @bicestervillage  www.tbvsc.com › bicester-village
Muji Hotel & Store in Ginza @ateliermuji_ginza @muji_hotel  hotel.muji.com › ginza shop.muji.com › ginza
Austin – South Congress Neighbourhood @southcongressat

Tom's Shoes - www.toms.com @toms
Daikanyama - https://www.gotokyo.org/en/destinations/western-tokyo/daikanyama/index.html
Tsutaya @daikanyama.tsutaya 


Bonjour Records – Tokyo @bonjourrecords
Paris 13th arrondissement – https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/paris13/?hl=en
French National Library @labnf www.bnf.fr

Adam’s Brands:
@Nike www.nike.com
@Patagonia www.patagonia.com
@Aesop www.aesop.com
@Retrospecsandco www.retrospecs.com

Paul’s Brands:
@Aesop www.aesop.com
@Libertylondon www.libertylondon.com
@FermLiving www.fermliving.com
@Outdoorvoices www.outdoorvoices.com

The Drop:
www.haileymenzies.com  @haileymenzies