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How boutique retailers won by discarding the department store playbook

Inside Retail

While household-name department stores are downsizing and closing their doors, multi-brand retail boutiques are succeeding by focusing on personalised shopping experiences. Multi-brand retail boutiques like Melbourne’s Filly Stable are reviving and reimagining the in-person retail experience. “We

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Aje adds four more stores, including two Athletica boutiques

Inside Retail

The stores are part of Aje’s expansion plan, which began last year with the opening of nine new boutiques across Australia and New Zealand, taking the network of Aje and Aje Athletica stores in the two markets to 23 and 11, respectively. . Aje Noosa Pop-Up Boutique. Aje Miranda.

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Luxury boutique Marais opens men’s store at Melbourne’s QV

Inside Retail

Luxury fashion retailer Marais has launched its first location for men in QV Melbourne, which it dubs a “fashion lab” for menswear design. The boutique ranges from well-known brands including Givenchy, Off White, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Loewe, Mason Margiela and Palm Angels. .

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D415 reimagines mundane materials for Bratislava boutique Som Store

Dezeen

Set inside the Nivy shopping centre, Som Store gives each featured fashion brand an equally-sized space in which to showcase its work with the aim of helping the region's designers reach a wider audience. When entering the store, the entire space has an introverted character," D415's Peter Gonda told Dezeen.

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David Chipperfield Architects designs minimal Akris boutique in Washington DC

Dezeen

The Milan office of David Chipperfield Architects has designed a minimalist boutique for fashion brand Akris in Washington DC , featuring pleated walls and displays suspended from thin wires. The boutique debuts a new design concept for the brand's retail spaces. The Akris store is located on I St NW in the US capital.

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Geometric metal fixtures feature in Wuhan's QYF fashion boutique

Dezeen

Chinese design studio Sun Concepts Office has accented the pale interior of the QYF boutique in Wuhan with straight, curved and squiggly metal fixtures. Accessories are presented on tiered platforms that run along the outer edge of the store, or on circular metal stands that are affixed to the central bench. Chief designer: Liu Zheng.

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Cult fashion brand Dissh opens first NSW store with pre-loved furniture

Inside Retail

Opened in late 2023, it marked the state’s first store, followed shortly after by a second boutique in Warringah Mall, on December 16. Pre-loved consciously curated boutique fittings At the intersection of Gould and Hall Street, the Bondi Beach store is situated in a sought-after location on the suburb’s premier shopping strip.

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