Retail
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Fashion
An Armani fashion-and-furniture flagship, monogrammed French sandals and national style stereotypes.
Sales force
Ever innovative in its approach to stock, shops and staff, Pauw has now diversified to dominate Dutch high-fashion retail.
Young and in luxe
Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.
Retail therapy
From covered arcades to century-old curtain shops, Osaka's shoppers favour face-to-face commerce over convenience — proof that Japan's second city still prizes conversation as much as consumption.
Wardrobe directions
Our editors have toured the showrooms, interrogated the buyers and been to the shows. The following pages offer up our picks of the spring/summer 2018 season.
Going up
Rome finally gets its own grand department store: a €250m gamble by Thailand’s Central Group that turns archaeology, ambition and 800 brands into the city’s newest must-visit address.
Business
Canada launches a space-age carbon counter and Sweden unveils the world’s first shopping centre selling exclusively upcycled and repurposed items.
Heart of glasses
In between fashion weeks, Milan plays host to Mido: the world’s biggest stage for eyewear.
Core strength
Apple's retail chief on swapping fashion for tech, rebuilding a demoralised global workforce and why leadership, not gadgets, defines her tenure at the world's most valuable brand.
