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Shop idols
Sometimes it takes just one retailer to unite an entire neighbourhood and restore an old-fashioned sense of community. Here are five doing just that. Things to improve your life
- Writers
- Ivan Carvalho, Jackie Dent, Zeva Bellel
- Producer
- Gillian Dobias
- Camera operators
- Paulo Mantero, Elizabeth Tadic, Benoit Faiveley, Johnny Saunderson
- Editor
- Edurne Bargueno
- Narrator
- Saul Taylor
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Winter Top 10
December 2008
Two weeks away from Christmas, we are knee deep in the winter chill, so Monocle brings you two generous handfuls of festive joy to keep you (or your partner) warm this December. Don’t blame us if it leaves you asking Santa…
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As 2012 draws to a close, Monocle has laid a spread of gifts to make Christmas a cracker.
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Christmas Gift Guide 2011
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The countdown to Christmas has begun and it’s time to find something special for your loved ones. From toys to keep the kids quiet to knitwear to curl up in, Monocle fills its sleigh with a selection of presents for under…
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THE MONOCLE BRIEFINGS: Part Six
March 2011
A look at vinyl revival in Montreal, a new concept store in Beirut and a new way of selling tea in the UK. A film from the Monocle television series on Bloomberg.
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Christmas Gift Guide 2008
December 2008
In the days leading up to Christmas we have compiled a last minute gift list for budding baristas, bag ladies and gents and terminally obsessed typographers.
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Beymen Nişantaşı
September 2011
Beymen is the original Istanbul department store and still sets the benchmark for retail in Turkey. First started as a small menswear line, it now has locations around Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, and is beginning…
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Things to improve your life
July 2008
From a good froth to a lazy day-bed, the perfect bathing club to the saintliest apothecary, here is our personal pick of some of the best things we’ve found to improve your life. For the complete Monocle Top 50, visit Issue…
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Christmas Shopping in Vienna
December 2012
From sachertorte to strudel, Vienna is the ideal festive destination so Monocle Films took a closer look to discover the city’s best creative retailers and heritage craftsmen.
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Retail Stars
March 2010
Monocle's retail and service survey chronicles companies and people who are setting benchmarks we should all take note of. Saul Taylor reports on three entrepreneurial ventures doing just that.
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