Retail
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Intimate trade
It’s the tiny retail gems we remember, not the chain stores. We look at how small retail spaces are an entrepreneurial trigger for urban success in cities around the world.
Waxing lyrical
From the Turkish candle-maker redefining holiday souvenirs to the travel trade shows reinventing the wheel, here is this month’s global round-up.
Inventory: March must-haves
From spicing up your lettercraft to adding class to your condiment cupboard, plus timeless additions to your kitchen, wardrobe and workspace, here are this month’s most covetable commodities from issue 81 of Monocle.
Perfect tenor
Inspired by La Scala, Caruso’s Milanese flagship blends finely tuned tailoring with a decorative visual score. The new menswear destination is designed to put its discerning clients firmly in the spotlight.
Inventory no. 81
From spicing up your lettercraft to adding class to your condiment cupboard plus timeless additions to your kitchen, wardrobe and workspace, here are this month’s most covetable commodities.
Attention seekers
From growing their first ventures to exploring new horizons, crafty entrepreneurs know it’s the small touches that make businesses stand out – from London spectacles to tableware in Nagoya.
Fashion police
Japanese retailer Beams has an ‘internal affairs’ styling department to help shop staff find their personal look. It also believes in practising the perfect bow. This is hospitality Tokyo-style, designed to inspire customers.
Inventory no. 80
In this hospitality special we bring you colourful coasters from Brookyln, eye-catching tableware from Tokyo and the perfect saké for raising a toast.
Give a dog a home
Marking a shift away from high-rise mall culture is community-focused dog sanctuary The Barkyard Bangkok, which has set about adding bite to Thailand’s retail scene.
Small but perfectly formed
People have moved back to urban centres and we no longer do a ‘weekly shop’, which has prompted a surprising revival: the corner shop.
