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From PSFKs 2019 London Retail Innovation Guide, these four stores and activations are must-sees for tech-loving tourists and Londoners alike

As detailed in PSFK's London Retail Innovation Guide 2019, the fashion-forward city's top names leading the next generation of brick and mortar range from digital-native startups to longstanding department stores

The upscale members' club is diversifying its brand offering with a thematic motel & diner establishment featuring rates from £50 per night as well as app-enabled checkin and access

Primark is enhancing the apparel shopping experience with value-added hair services like blowouts and braiding

Calling the space an "experimental store," the brand behind the pocket-sized computer is opening a hands-on physical location in its U.K. city of origin

Helping drive foot traffic while promoting children's education, Clarks is the first retailer to implement a U.K. government initiative that helps kids learn language and social skills through interacting with trained store associates

A U.K. bank is helping customers better organize their transaction records while reducing environmental waste and toxins with digital loyalty cards instead of paper receipts

Iceland's London location has been covered in synthetic ice, letting customers can trade in their shoes for skates while grocery shopping in a holiday activation

The British brand's holiday art display and vending machine will travel to its various stores this holiday season, prompting customers to share and hashtag their photos of the experience to unlock merchandise

The service aims to make package delivery more convenient by holding customers' items and employing self-driving robots to deliver when they're ready, wherever they are

The brand's recently opened Miami space provides both shared and private rooms, with updated food and bar amenities that cater to the trend surrounding upgraded hostel accommodations

The U.K. supermarket chain will use consumer data to better understand what healthy options are in demand, and accordingly curate recipes and promotions for shoppers

The retailer created the Planning Studio to assist and advise online shoppers before making their final purchase, offering a personalized and more informative alternative to IKEA warehouse browsing for bedroom and kitchen items

The U.K. grocery chain is working to enable a safe and convenient in-home delivery service that would allow employees to stock customers' fridges while they're out