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Caleb and Natalie Ebel believe that they can use the power of paint to reshape your home, with a transformational approach to the business of selecting, buying and using the product. This husband-and-wife team explain how and why they started on the journey to make buying paint a better informed…
Eureka 283: The Restory
Vanessa Jacobs is co-founder and CEO of The Restory, the world’s first aftercare platform for fashion. The Restory helps the world’s biggest brands to offer care, repair and restoration services to their customers around the world. It has aftercare partnerships with celebrated stores, such as Harvey Nichols and Selfridges, and…
Value Retail
Value Retail founder and chairman Scott Malkin calls in at Monocle’s Zürich HQ for a discussion with editorial director Tyler Brûlé. Picking up a conversation that they began in early 2020, Malkin reflects on retail, property, great brands and the status of luxury – and explains why he remains positive…
Eureka 282: Fueguia
Inspired by the wilderness on his family’s estate in Argentina, artist Julian Bedel became intrigued by the natural scents of Patagonia and soon found himself concocting fragrances in his kitchen. In 2010 he founded Fueguia, a niche luxury perfume brand that he has since moved to Italy, where he oversees…
Hodinkee
Ben Clymer is the founder of Hodinkee, which began life as an online watch magazine but is now the leading platform for enthusiasts, collectors, novice buyers and anyone passionate about watch-making. In an industry dominated by heritage brands that are conservative by inclination and generally resistant to market challenges and…
Eureka 281: Bursa
Vasily Grogol is the founder of Bursa, the first art hotel built in Kyiv since the 2014 Maidan revolution. Grogol talks about why, despite conflict and uncertainty, opportunities abound for entrepreneurs in the city.
Moscot
The eyewear brand was founded in New York more than 100 years ago by Hyman Moscot, who emigrated to the US from Eastern Europe in 1899. He began what his family describes as his own American dream by selling ready-to-wear spectacles from a pushcart. By 1915, having garnered a loyal…
Eureka 280: Morty
Nora Apsel is the founder and CEO of Morty, an online mortgage marketplace and licensed broker where homebuyers can shop for, compare and close on a mortgage. She explains how and why the firm set out in 2016 to provide for consumers who were underserved by both traditional mortgage companies…
De Tomaso
For more than 60 years, De Tomaso has been a name to stir the blood of automotive aficionados, racing enthusiasts and historians of everything from design to manufacturing and engineering. The ingenuity and innovations of its eponymous founder, and era-defining cars such as the Vallelunga, Mangusta and Pantera, have captivated…
Eureka 279: Nio cocktails
Started in 2017, Nio, which stands for Needs Ice Only, is an Italian drinks brand that has come up with a clever solution to revolutionise the habits of consumers of alcoholic beverages. It sells ready-to-drink cocktails in single-serving packets that can be easily made at home and at events when…
