Business / Retail
In the first lane
In July the world woke up to how rich Japan’s Fast Retailing Co had become when it tried to buy Barneys. Now the group is set on making its Uniqlo brand a powerful – and very Japanese – global brand.
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Business / Retail
Speed merchant
As president of Japanese company Fast Retailing, the parent company of Uniqlo, Tadashi Yanai is the richest man in Japan. After record sales in 2008, he is taking his low-cost chain to Paris and Singapore and hunting for…
Culture / Publishing
Shelf satisfying
Faced with the recession and competition from retail giants and online sellers, small bookshops have been disappearing fast from our high streets. But there’s one London gem that’s a textbook example of how to buck the…
Design / Food & Drink
Fast Finnish
In Finland, organic produce makes up just 1.5 per cent of the food market. One deli is feeding this nascent movement by creating a new fast-food retail concept that combines fresh, healthy fare with well-thought-out design…
Business / Fashion
Monocolumn
Wednesday 30 September
A match made in retail heaven
This morning, Jil Sander’s ‘+J’ collection for Uniqlo finally had its international launch in London.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Tuesday 9 August
UK Riots Part 2: Learn to love your high street
As the London riots rolled into their third day, businesses across the capital were shutting up shop.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Thursday 3 September
How the high street was conquered
It’s not only the Japanese (see Thursday’s Monocolumn on Uniqlo) that have a retail model that’s fit for these straightened times.
Design / Fashion
Monocolumn
Saturday 31 July
The wrong trousers
Do you feel that you have been seeing a little more gentleman’s ankle than usual this summer?
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Thursday 19 November
Moscow – where have all the shoppers gone?
More St Moritz than Moscow, the Mercury Luxury Village shopping precinct has become the Russian capital’s one-stop spot for everything from a Maserati tune-up to Tom Ford suits and Balenciaga gowns.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Friday 18 February
Japanese brush up on their English
Verb conjugation; adverbial clauses; the future progressive: forget financial jargon, these are the words that may soon be found flying around the offices of Japan’s banking world.
Design / Architecture
Monocolumn
Tuesday 22 March
The real renaissance of King’s Cross
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel is the exclamation point to decades of rejuvenation and billions of pounds in private and public investment in London’s decaying King’s Cross neighbourhood.
Design / Fashion
Fashion briefing
Monocle enjoys São Paulo fashion week Tomorrowland collaborates with Belgian designer Jean-Paul Knott, plus Prada platforms, Incotex trunks and Banana Republic comes to London.
Business / Emerging Markets
Spot the shopper
China’s booming economy has triggered a luxury-mall boom. Packed with the best brands, they lack just one thing: shoppers with money. While some companies have found success, many more could soon be packing up and heading…
Design / Property
Paradise in the city
Visit Munich or Melbourne, Seattle or Singapore and you’ll come across ‘almost perfect’ places to live. However, at Monocle we’ve created the ideal mansion block, with nothing omitted in its design. Now, who’s going to…
Business / Small Business
Business Briefing
Estonian robots, Lebanon's Maxime Chaya and wine sales in South America
Design / Retail
Shopping heaven
Tokyo’s Ginza district is already one of Japan’s top spots for department stores and upmarket shopping. Now it has two very different new additions.
Business / Small Business
20 to watch
From a Nigerian newspaper to a Swiss software firm, we shine the light on 20 companies whose great ideas and products are about to go global.
Business / Business Hubs
Business briefing
Why vineyards could be a wise investment, the pioneering Japanese store Lawson, and a Q&A with the president of the Geneva Motor Show.
Design / Fashion
Thriving threads
The various strands of the fashion industry spent the past year pulling themselves together after a tough 2009. Monocle speaks to the brands that are now planning to spread their wings in 2011.
Edits / Travel
Treats in store
One-stop shopping in the Japanese capital gets a luxurious makeover as the owners of the prestigious Midtown spruce up their offer.