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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Located on the first floor of a building surrounded by skyscrapers in Central Beijing, White Cave is a retail and gallery space that not only sells clothes but various designer pieces such as furniture and paintings. m deep display space that draws passers-by in. A display space runs along the façade.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Fashion house Bottega Veneta has opened a boutique designed by its creative director Matthieu Blazy inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade in Milan. There are different experiences of space in the store," said Blazy. "I

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Retail Focus

MARCH 19, 2024

It’s new location is in the capital’s St James Quarter , which opened in 2021 and is now a landmark destination offering the largest retail and leisure district the city has ever seen. Old Meets New Edinburgh is one of the most historic and picturesque cities in the UK and the perfect contrast of old meets new.

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JULY 6, 2021

Morris Moor, a buzzy new precinct in Moorabbin, is bringing Melbourne’s foodie culture to the suburbs with some of the city’s biggest hospitality businesses taking up space in the $100-million mixed-use development from Up Property. The suburbs in contrast are booming. Get people off the couch and into stores.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Chinese architecture studio FOG Architecture has completed a shop for local fashion boutique Xiaozhuo on Julu Road in central Shanghai that features oversized buttons and zippers. The 300-square-metre shop features tactile surfaces and playful motifs that reference the process of tailoring.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Leading outdoor sportswear brand Helly Hansen has unveiled its new concept store at Chadstone Shopping Centre. An elevated display featuring sharp angles, contrast materials, and impactful lighting. Located centrally within the store, it draws the customers attention into the key products on display at that time,” he said.

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

The quality of a shopping mall gets expressed through a broad menu of attributes: tenant mix, mall design, navigability, ease of access and egress, parking spaces, safety, how clean the toilets are, and so on. Platinum Group, owner of Platinum Fashion Mall in downtown Bangkok, has presented us with a starker contrast than usual.

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JULY 30, 2021

Bally’s new London flagship on 106-112 Regent Street is located on the city centre’s famous thoroughfare and housed in a historic Regency building. A focus on materials creates an open, flexible space with visual contrasts, a central Bally Haus feature. Bally Haus London opened its doors on July 13th.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Global streetwear brand Ksubi have opened their first UK standalone store, located in the heart of Soho on 10 Carnaby Street. The basement level will feature an exclusive private shopping space, created to host Ksubi’s VIP customers, as well as customer personalisation workshops.

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APRIL 9, 2021

Designed as an inspirational place to meet, explore and shop; Frasers boasts a range of beauty, fashion, premium and contemporary accessories and designer childrenswear. Located in the Mander Centre, in a unit once home to a Debenhams, Frasers Group have invested millions to transform the building into a premium shopping destination.

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MAY 26, 2023

The restaurant, which sold cockney dishes such as jellied eel and pie and mash, had been located on the east London street since 1900 but was given a modernist update in the 1930s. Pale yellow tiles bordered by bands of contrasting blue and turquoise tiles decorate the walls.

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MARCH 17, 2024

The store is located within Palazzo Carcassola Grandi, which was originally built in the 15th century and now occupies a prime spot on Milan's Montenapoleone fashion street. A sensual theatrical setting, where the scenic screen is luxuriously elevated and used as a backdrop and space dividing element at the same time." "The

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Halleroed designed the store, located on Mount Street in the upmarket Mayfair area, together with Totême founders Elin Kling and Karl Lindman. A metal sofa by Marc Newson is among the sculptural details in the store Halleroed drew on the space itself when designing the interior, focussing on how the light falls. "We

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Phnom Penh’s reputation as an up-and-coming retail hub took another stride forward on Thursday, 15 December, when Japanese retail and shopping centre giant Aeon staged a soft opening for its third mall in the Cambodian capital , in the southern district of Meanchey. The mall, on a 1.74 Aeon 1 has 68,000sqm and Aeon 2 has 85,000.)

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A large pillar with a rough, textured surface dominates the 110-square-metre shop interior, expanding as it ascends before merging into the ceiling to create a cave-like space. Rather than being a cumbersome obstacle, the pillar helps organise the shop's circulation and movement of shoppers, according to the studio. "It

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APRIL 2, 2024

In fact, according to IBM, omnichannel is now the preferred way of shopping for a quarter of global consumers. Examining online, mobile app, and in-store shopping experiences, the findings underscore a pressing need for digital transformation among most brands to unify their commerce strategies.

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APRIL 4, 2021

Browns Brook Street, located at 39 Brook Street in the heart of London’s Mayfair, is an enchanting destination designed to immerse you in a curated world of fashion, fine jewellery, food and culture. The space is truly sensorial; sight, sound, smell, taste and touch – offering a unique experience through each visit.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

The studio reimagined the space as a retro-looking office complete with desk chairs, phoney bookshelves for makeup items and boardroom tables for other cosmetic products. AIM Architecture (AIM) chose a colour palette of muted yellows, oranges and browns that were popular during the 1970s for the 1,382 square-metre space.

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JULY 5, 2021

Situated in the heart of London’s luxury shopping district, the Chaumet boutique on New Bond Street reopens its doors this Spring. Dedicated to a selection of exceptional High Jewellery and the Maison’s iconic collections, this unique location is imbued with an intimate identity, bridging British elegance and Parisian distinction.

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JULY 18, 2022

Located on Broadwick Street in London's Soho, the two-storey boutique is the brand's second outpost and first international flagship, designed in collaboration with London-based West Architecture. Aimé Leon Dore's first international flagship is located in London's Soho. Much like the main retail space, Cafe?

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Used books are displayed in supermarket-style crates at the Deja Vu Recycle Store in Shanghai , which local studio Offhand Practice has designed to counter the "shabby" image associated with second-hand shops. The Deja Vu Recycle Store is located in Shanghai's Anfu Road. Second-hand books are displayed in supermarket-style crates.

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JULY 26, 2021

Located two blocks away from Place Vendôme, the Off-White Paris store extends over three floors of a 19th-century corner building. The space was designed to be a node within the city, not just a self-serving retail store. Black terrazzo floors are contrasted against Sottsass veneer display cases.

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JUNE 25, 2021

Designed by local firm Studio Edwards , the first flagship store by optometrist Vision Studio is housed in a shopping centre in the city's Glen Waverley suburb. To accommodate these functions, the floor plan is split into two zones with the store and display area at the front, and the optician and consulting spaces at the rear.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

Located within a Grade II-listed Edwardian building on New Bond Street – a luxury shopping destination in the city's West End – the new flagship store has a floor area of 466 square metres dedicated to men's and women's accessories, ready-to-wear and fragrance collections. Fragrances are displayed within an octagonal room. "It

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APRIL 12, 2024

We are keen to present the collaboration and synergies with our partners in spaces designed for communal work, activities and events." Set within a 1930s metal factory in the resurgent Skøyen district, the understated interior was designed to contrast the industrial structure and set the base for the brand's curated furniture collections.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With many Americans working from home at least a few days per week, consumers are craving accessibility, one-stop shopping and easy parking. Traditionally, retail shopping centers outside of malls included one or more large anchor tenants (e.g., As a result, strip malls are seeing an increase in foot traffic during weekdays.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Located on Sloane Street, a luxury shopping destination in West London, the flagship store debuts Balenciaga 's new concept for its retail locations. Spread across two floors and totalling 722 squares metres, the newly renovated space was informed by building sites, according to the brand. "It

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MARCH 23, 2023

American fashion brand Khaite has opened its flagship store in SoHo , New York City – a cement-trowelled and steel-lined interior with an evergreen tree planted into its shop floor. Holstein and Frazen wanted to encapsulate the cultural legacy of the SoHo location with the area's connection to the founding of the brand.

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MAY 24, 2022

The 600-square-metre space is split over two levels and six different rooms, including a bathroom and a kitchen set-up much like a real residence. Although not typically included in a cabinet maker's showroom, these spaces are designed to help customers visualise the furniture in their own homes. The photography is by Michael Rygaard.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

American beauty brand Glossier has opened its first international flagship store in London's Covent Garden neighbourhood, featuring an ornate logo designed to reflect the shop's historical location. The Glossier "G" logo has been given an ornate twist. The boutique has pink and brown hues.

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AUGUST 12, 2023

The shop in the El Born district features walls, floors and stuccoed ceilings all covered in soft, tranquil tones of seafoam green, creating an immersive experience designed to challenge the eye. "So The result, according to El Departamento, is "a vibrant space that swings between the soft and the hard, the rough and the velvety".

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APRIL 2, 2023

Designed by the company's in-house team, the permanent Glossier Boston location on the city's bustling Newbury Street follows a pop-up at the Seaport in 2019. With our 10th Glossier location, we wanted to bring something special to the city that honors its metropolitan and scholastic personality," said the team.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

From shops that display books on tree trunk columns to stores that reflect books all over the walls, we've rounded up ten bookshops in China that exhibit books in non-traditional ways. The 452-square-metre bookstore is made up of interconnected cave-like spaces for relaxing and admiring the many plants dotted around the shop.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Oversized signage, large props and pink hues feature in Glossier 's new location in Los Angeles , designed by the beauty brand's in-house team. For the new space, the company's in-house design team turned to classic Hollywood studios for inspiration. The first reference is visible on the shop's eye-catching exterior.

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JUNE 6, 2021

The Forte Forte store is located on Via Borgognona, a street in the heart of the Campo Marzio – the 4th rione, or district, of Rome – that was once full of artists. The duo wanted to create a store interior that would sit in contrast with the building's traditional travertine facade. Top: green onyx covers the interior of the store.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Burberry's flagship store is located on New Bond Street The flagship store has a minimal open-plan interior that is characterised by stark white floor, walls and ceilings which are offset by pops of gold, blue and tones of brown.

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JULY 24, 2023

Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a shop for fashion and lifestyle brand Holzweiler in Chengdu , China, informed by its Norwegian heritage. Located in Taikoo Li mall in central Chengdu, the 130-square-metre store is Norwegian brand Holzweiler 's first outpost outside of Scandinavia.

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