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Ethical fashion label Arnsdorf closes

Inside Retail

“My energy is being directed to other places and it’s time to make space in my life for this.” ” Arnott founded Arnsdorf in 2006 and established a following across Australia, North America, and Europe. Arnott temporarily closed the company in 2012 and relaunched it in 2016.

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Melbourne’s Design A Space to shut up shop after 17 years

Inside Retail

Melbourne retailer Design A Space will close its stores next month, calling time on a retail model which allowed rural and regional small businesses the chance to stock their products in the city centre. We know so many of you have put your support behind Design A Space and for this, we are very grateful.” Elsewhere Co.,

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Walmart enters the Roblox metaverse to “sell toys to children”

Inside Retail

The virtual spaces are said to offer unique interactive content and entertainment for customers and bring the “best of Walmart’s isles” into the digital realm. Roblox started as an online game for kids in 2006 and eventually grew into a global community of over 52 million users daily.

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Louis Vuitton overhauls stores with Yayoi Kusama polka-dots and life-like animatronics

Dezeen

The space was blanketed in yellow and covered in black polka dots of varying sizes across its walls, floors and ceiling. A pop-up space in Harajuku, Tokyo continues the yellow and black theme. The pop-up spaces were used to display the limited edition collection. Pop-up stores were opened across the world.

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Sheike to enter South Australia in major bricks-and-mortar push

Inside Retail

It’s a really vibrant space, and we’re so excited to open,” Sandra Kennedy, Sheike’s general manager, told Inside Retail. The brand launched online in 2006, and e-commerce is now a major contributor to the business, Kennedy said. The new site is expected to launch in the middle of this year.

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Astley Clarke selects Seven Dials for its UK flagship store

Retail Focus

Founded in 2006 by Bec Astley Clarke MBE and headquartered in London, the brand began its journey as an online-only retailer. Spanning just over 900 sq ft at 31 Monmouth Street, Astley Clarke’s first bricks and mortar home will stock the fine and demi-fine elevated jewellery that has become synonymous with the brand.

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Yakusha Design creates earthy interiors for Antwerp's Faina Gallery

Dezeen

The retail space, named Faina Gallery, is set inside a 500-year-old building. Matching green furnishings are displayed throughout the space, including Faina's angular Toptun armchairs and three of its knobbly hand-sculpted Soniah floor lamps. Victoria Yakusha established her eponymous studio in 2006 before launching Faina in 2014.

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