Retail
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Crowd pleasers
Italians, even in the smallest of towns, make big demands on their luxury fashion emporiums. A special network gives them a helping hand.
Business
A new fashion retail school in Hong Kong and a Spanish trucking company adding colour to the roads.
Insider guide
Buying gifts in the Danish capital this Christmas? Local purveyor of shoes, bags and accessories, Yvonne Koné, has an itinerary.
Hidden talents
Tokyo furniture shop Bullpen is one of the few outlets focusing on handmade pieces by lesser-known design talent.
Winning Toulouse
Meet the French duo who are showing the fashion world how to do retail – and they’re not even based in Paris.
Shop, read, listen
Unique boutiques offering covetable homeware, exquisite candles and canny storage, plus a few absorbing page-turners and delights for your eyes and ears.
Fashion
A stellar new men’s brand from New York, Prada gets sporty and Olsen twins brand The Row makes its move into menswear.
Best in class: Mexico City
Handsome interiors shop Taxonomía caters to a discerning clientele who shun the traditional in favour of contemporary homegrown products and Mexican manufacturing finesse.
Editor’s letter
From a rooftop in Rome, our editor makes the case for print's survival — and calls out the kiosk operators replacing magazines with fizzy drinks and self-serve coffee machines.
Class of their own
Top-flight trainers and upbeat tunes to get you up and out, and tasteful homeware, thrilling reads and film tips if you want to cosy up at home as the evenings draw in.
