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Forte Forte's Tuscan boutique features subtle nautical details

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We also had an opportunity to work on unprecedented balances and harmonious contrasts. The rear of the store is lined in gold leaf. But at the rear of the store, the material palette turns more decadent with gold leaf lining a boxed-in mezzanine level as well as a door leading to the back-of-house facilities.

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Bunnings MD Mike Schneider: “I have the best retail job in the country”

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When I joined Bunnings back in 2005 our full year revenues were around the $4 billion mark and it’s certainly grown significantly since then, you know, it was 2015 as a business, we hit a billion dollars on the bottom line for earnings. But it’s a really unique business. It was funny, you know, it was Christmas.

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Forte Forte's first US store features golden changing rooms and balancing stones

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Light fixtures inspired by James Turrell artworks, balancing stones, and a circular golden changing room feature in the interiors of fashion brand Forte Forte 's Los Angeles boutique. Vattilana called the design "an ineffable balance of the geometric and the organic". The store features a sage green enamelled metal facade.

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