Retail
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Best in Class: Big ideas
Hidden inside an imposing townhouse, Graanmarkt 13 is a step ahead of routine retail.
No big thing
What do you do when you can’t find a neighbourhood to suit your needs? Make your own.
Editor’s Letter: Meet and greet
Tyler Brûlé reveals our plans to bring even more of the Monocle experience to you.
Retail rewards
The neighbourhood-building power of retail shouldn’t be underestimated. We go on an inspiring global tour with the shopkeepers, designers and business owners who know a thing or two about physical retail.
Happy place
Womenswear designer Rabih Kayrouz gives us a tour of his serene new boutique, housed in a fantastical 19th-century mansion.
Arch rival
When it comes to orthopaedic comfort shoes, there’s a new German contender stepping up.
Flex time
Stretch your sports style beyond the functional and feel the burn of these go-faster brands.
Still head over heels
Pierre Hardy, Hermès' shoe supremo since 1990, argues that the high heel's rumoured death is premature — and that women now wear them purely for themselves, not for anyone else.
Kit for purpose
The great outdoors has its minor niggles but these trusty allies will spare you.
