NEW ERA X SELFRIDGES

2025

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Retail Activation

Retail Activation

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Shop-In-Shop

Shop-In-Shop

To celebrate the MLB Subway Series, New Era took over the Design Street Room at Selfridges with a bold, high-impact pop-up bringing New York’s fiercest baseball rivalry to London.

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Branded retail activation for New Era MLB Subway Series at Selfridges, showcasing sportswear collections through immersive pop-up design and visual storytelling

New York Energy, London Drop

To celebrate the MLB Subway Series, New Era took over the Design Street Room at Selfridges with a bold, high-impact pop-up bringing New York’s fiercest baseball rivalry to London. We designed a destination that fused sports energy with streetwear edge, putting the Yankees vs Mets clash front and centre for a whole new audience.

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Retail Activation

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Concept Design

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3D Design

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Development Design

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Client Service

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Project Management

  • Retail pop-up concept visual for a sports-inspired brand activation featuring themed merchandising displays, product showcases and experiential retail design
  • Retail pop-up concept visual for a sports-inspired brand activation featuring themed merchandising displays, product showcases and experiential retail design
  • 3D retail activation render showing custom display fixtures, branded environments and immersive pop-up retail design
  • 3D retail activation render showing custom display fixtures, branded environments and immersive pop-up retail design
  • Retail activation design development board featuring graphics, visual merchandising concepts, materials, branding elements and experiential retail planning
  • Retail activation design development board featuring graphics, visual merchandising concepts, materials, branding elements and experiential retail planning
  • Experiential retail pop-up concept with sports-inspired displays, product presentation areas and customer engagement features
  • Experiential retail pop-up concept with sports-inspired displays, product presentation areas and customer engagement features
New Era retail pop-up activation featuring branded apparel displays, themed merchandising and immersive customer experience design
Lifestyle apparel display within a retail activation showcasing sportswear merchandising, branded graphics and pop-up retail design
Sports apparel display featuring branded clothing, themed merchandising
Customer shopping through etail activation display with sportswear merchandising, product storytelling and immersive pop-up experience design
Branded cap display within a retail pop-up activation featuring product merchandising, sports-inspired storytelling and experiential retail design

From Concept to Culture in 6 Weeks

Create a culturally rich retail moment – fast.

The challenge was to turn a transient space into a compelling, shoppable brand world in under 6 weeks. The activation had to speak to baseball fans, fashion consumers and curious passers-by – with equal pull. It needed to feel local but rooted in the legacy of NYC. Everything had to flex: design, install, and disappear again within a month.

MLB Subway Series floor graphic within a sports retail activation, creating an immersive pop-up experience through branded wayfinding and environmental graphics
Sportswear and cap display within a retail pop-up activation featuring themed visual merchandising, branded fixtures and product storytelling
Experiential retail pop-up featuring sports apparel displays, branded graphics, custom merchandising fixtures and immersive activation design
Sports retail pop-up activation featuring apparel displays, branded graphics, custom merchandising fixtures and experiential retail design inspired by baseball culture

"This project was all about capturing the raw energy of a New York rivalry and translating it into a space that felt alive inside Selfridges. We had to move fast, think modular, and stay true to New Era’s brand language while injecting a real sense of street culture and fan pride. It was one of those projects where everything clicked – bold concept, clean execution, and a killer location."

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Creative Director, Whiteroom

Sports retail pop-up activation featuring apparel displays, branded graphics, custom merchandising fixtures and experiential retail design inspired by baseball culture

"This project was all about capturing the raw energy of a New York rivalry and translating it into a space that felt alive inside Selfridges. We had to move fast, think modular, and stay true to New Era’s brand language while injecting a real sense of street culture and fan pride. It was one of those projects where everything clicked – bold concept, clean execution, and a killer location."

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Creative Director, Whiteroom

Sports retail pop-up activation featuring apparel displays, branded graphics, custom merchandising fixtures and experiential retail design inspired by baseball culture

"This project was all about capturing the raw energy of a New York rivalry and translating it into a space that felt alive inside Selfridges. We had to move fast, think modular, and stay true to New Era’s brand language while injecting a real sense of street culture and fan pride. It was one of those projects where everything clicked – bold concept, clean execution, and a killer location."

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Creative Director, Whiteroom
Customer trying on sportswear apparel within a retail pop-up activation, showcasing interactive shopping experiences, branded merchandising displays and experiential retail design
Branded cap display in a sports retail pop-up featuring product merchandising, lifestyle styling and experiential activation design

Project Value

From the tiled white walls and bold graphic signage to the orange-and-blue bench nodding to New York’s subway system, every detail was dialled in. Custom fixtures, clean sightlines and visual merchandising zones brought the story to life without clutter. Visitors explored, tried on, photographed, and shopped – with social content and retail performance exceeding expectations.

Sportswear retail environment with branded apparel displays, feature graphics and immersive pop-up activation design
Retail activation signage and branded display wall featuring large-scale graphics, sports-inspired storytelling
Sports retail pop-up activation featuring apparel displays, themed merchandising, branded fixtures and immersive customer experience design