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Inside the rise of the ‘art-lennial’

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The US-based company offers more than 350 different prints from over two dozen artists, including Takashi Murakami, KAWS, Yoshitomo Nara, Shepard Fairey, Hebru Brantley, Matt Gondek, Madsaki and Futura. And it recently announced a multi-year partnership with contemporary New York artist Daniel Arsham. . A booming market. “As

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The return of Sephoria and what it means for the future of beauty festivals

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Brand founders such as Danessa Myricks, of Danessa Myrics beauty, and makeup artist Patrick Ta participated in live panels, where they discussed and demonstrated both core products and new releases. Sephoria survives rain out Prior to the event, the Sephoria team was expecting to welcome 6,000 in-person attendees and over 40,000 virtual ones.

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Retail appointments of the week

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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

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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

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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

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After officially launching in 2012, Pittman recently opened Bo & Luca’s first store in Brisbane, Australia, after years of building its global presence. SP: Temple is the sister brand of Bo & Luca, created to fill a need in the market during Covid-19. 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?