While you’ve been easing into the New Year we’ve been minding the shop – literally. That’s why we think governments left wondering how to stimulate consumer spending should try creating a new merchant class that’s focused…
Syria is moving away from the staunch socialist principles that dominated the country for decades. President Bashar al Assad has created a new merchant class and forged business links with neighbour Turkey. Nowhere has…
Are co-living spaces the answer to loneliness? Reza Merchant’s Collective in London’s Old Oak has proved a hit and now he’s primed to make his social experiment a global endeavour.
Northern Spain has long been overlooked by visitors and entrepreneurs but there’s a glint of revival to be seen in its under-the-radar restaurants and inns. We pack a trunk for a roadtrip to meet the food folk doing things…
Monocle has drawn up a shortlist of 20 people – from politics, business, music and design – who we want to hear more of in 2009. By overcoming the odds, finding gaps in the market and thinking creatively, they’ve already…
Where tacky souvenir shops once reigned, a high-class retailer has now landed: the OMA-designed DFS department store T Fondaco dei Tedeschi. Its home, the 13th-century palazzo at the foot of the Rialto Bridge, has assumed…
From the merchants of the Middle Ages to today’s leading fashion brands and specialist shops, Italians have long excelled in the
art of retail. We share some of our favourites.
The past few years have revolutionised Chengdu’s hospitality scene, with the addition of a few standout properties that have redefined the aesthetics of high-end hotels in the city. This bustling centre has been chosen as…