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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Virgil Abloh, artistic director at LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White, died on the weekend. Abloh trained as an architect and engineer in his early life, and transitioned to designing clothes in 2012. In 2013, he founded Off White, and he became the men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton in 2018.

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How Chinese toy giant Pop Mart thinks local, dominates global

Inside Retail

When Chinese collectables retailer Pop Mart launched a pop-up store at London Westfield in January of last year to test its concept in the UK, it expected the Asian diaspora to be its largest potential market demographic. We initially assumed it might not be easy to enter the UK market. The merchandise and the market.

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How Aussie gumboot brand Merry People is taking on industry giants

Inside Retail

Melbourne-based gumboot label Merry People was born in 2012 after founder Danielle Holloway found the that she couldn’t find a pair of gumboots suitable to her needs. DH: I started out working with some retailers and selling at markets. Doing the markets was hard, but I learned so much about my customer.

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How Bo & Luca’s founder navigated warfare whilst remaining true to her purpose

Inside Retail

After officially launching in 2012, Pittman recently opened Bo & Luca’s first store in Brisbane, Australia, after years of building its global presence. We managed to have all of the gowns remade and sent out in time for all of our brides’ wedding dates. It’s the more commercial side of our business.

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Where Will Networking Events be in the Next 100 Years? 

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In 2012, the popular music festival Coachella literally brought back to life one of the most inspirational and popular music artists of a generation, Tupac Shakur. As you can imagine, after the success of a holographic performance like Coachella 2012, holographic technology will advance into the business sector. And who knows?

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Why the NBA is going green and opening stores Down Under

Inside Retail

While we currently do not have plans to open additional locations, our stores in Melbourne and Sydney offer extensive physical retail experiences for our fans to come together and celebrate their shared love of the game, and shop at the widest range of NBA and WNBA products in the market.

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Proudly made in China: How Chinese consumers are reclaiming domestic brands

Inside Retail

A demand for counterfeit goods was thus sparked, fuelling a boom for local manufacturers and leading China to become the top global market for the production and sale of fake goods. These brands, often unique or even unknown to the market, satisfied the desire for individuality. Subsequently, it took off in the West.

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