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New Balance opens its first ‘Grey Store’ in Asia Pacific

Inside Retail

Sports footwear and apparel manufacturer New Balance has opened its first Grey Store in the Southern Hemisphere – at Sydney’s The Galeries shopping centre. New Balance recorded worldwide sales of US$5.3 The post New Balance opens its first ‘Grey Store’ in Asia Pacific appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Forte Forte's Tuscan boutique features subtle nautical details

Dezeen

The boutique is rich with decorative features, which the pair says were informed by its location in Forte dei Marmi – a seaside town in northern Tuscany that's popular for its pristine beaches. We also had an opportunity to work on unprecedented balances and harmonious contrasts.

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

Dezeen

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". Each Forte Forte location follows a different rhythm," he concluded.

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Why the Kmart-Target back end merger has been a decade in the making

Inside Retail

The business briefly considered rebranding all its Kmart locations to Target stores due to the retailer’s long-standing heritage. In 2002, however, the business’ managing director Larry Davis, himself originally from North America, refocused Target on bringing US-based brands into Australia.

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The fall of Debenhams and Arcadia was inevitable: both shackled by earlier financial engineering.

Nelson Blackley

They raised £1.1bn of debt to pay for Debenhams and then quickly shifted it onto the balance sheet. They sold off 23 of Debenhams’ store freeholds – including those in such prime locations such as Oxford Street, Manchester, Cardiff and Chester – for £495m.