As China‘s consumer market, at least in its top-tier cities, has reached maturity level, the retail landscape is keeping abreast with an ongoing wave of new store openings catering to a more refined and diversified taste level of its savvy dwellers. Needless to say, Shanghai‘s retail arena has always been receptive to trends, and the …
As a veritable jack of all trades, Ramdane Touhami has not only created a legacy in retail, but also in branding, marketing, and last but not least, style. A little while ago, the prolific self-taught entrepreneur and designer has embarked on a new retail adventure, one that’s close to his heart. Enter Words, Sounds, Colors …
In the final glory days of Jonathan Anderson‘s tenure as creative director at LOEWE, the fashion house has raised its retail profile in Sydney, opening a second standalone boutique. Situated on the premises of Westfield Sydney, the leading high-end shopping centre in the heart of the city, the LOEWE store occupies a double unit, measuring …
During this year’s edition of Milan‘s Salone del Mobile, the house of Missoni inaugurated a standalone boutique exclusively dedicated to its home collection. Situated in the leafy Brera district, on the lofty ground floor of one of the area’s many historic buildings, the Missoni store features an interior design by architects Rudy Faissal and Riccardo …
Thinking MU is a sustainable fashion brand founded in 2008 by Barcelona-based entrepreneurs Pepe Barguñó and Miquel Castells. Interestingly, the brand opened its first store only three years ago in the Catalan capital, and ever since, the retail network has gradually expanded in its home market. The latest Thinking MU store, its third, has recently …
Following last Summer’s high-profile store opening in Tokyo‘s plush shopping district of Ginza, an event we’ve covered in a previous post, Onitsuka Tiger has inaugurated a retail space on Omotesando dori, arguably the city’s most prestigious shopping artery. The store occupies four floors of a building erected in 1975 which has been fully revamped by …
After opening up shop in Los Angeles in 2020, things were somewhat quiet on the retail front for Dries Van Noten. Well, that was yesterday. This Spring season, it’s full throttle for the Antwerp-based fashion house, as a new outpost has opened its doors Brussels a little while ago, and now, the newest retail space …
Based in New York City, high-end fashion brand rag & bone first opened an outpost on the other side of the Big Pond little over a decade ago in London. Expansion in Europe has long been put on the back burner – well, at one point there was a standalone boutique in downtown Oslo, but …
Founded by Rawin Kanathananon, Truffle Originals is a Thai apparel brand that blends urban outdoor fashion with Japanese-inspired designs and sewing techniques. The Bangkok-based brand recently aligned its existing retail space in the city’s Watthana district with its merchandise by way of a major revamp executed by local architecture practice Studio Nomatter. Situated on the …
Indeed, KITH is betting big on the Land of the Rising Sun. Following the arrival of a flagship store in Tokyo almost five years ago, the first overseas outpost of the New York City-based brand, a large flagship store officially opens its doors today in Osaka. KITH has secured a ground floor unit encased in …
