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Shop Front

17 February 2007

We take a look at the record store that helped to form the Dead Kennedys, Aquarius Records, now attracting the musically adventurous from all over the world. We also explore treasured independent book shops Athenaeum Nie…

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Big ideas

15 August 2019

Hidden inside an imposing townhouse, Graanmarkt 13 is a step ahead of routine retail.

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Shop idols

17 June 2009

Sometimes it takes just one retailer to unite an entire neighbourhood and restore a sense of old-fashioned community between residents and other shop owners, restaurateurs and civil servants. We’ve found 10 doing just that…

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Observation

15 August 2013

A trip to the shops sells editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé on the notion that the future of retail lies at the heart of communities.

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Best in class: Imadeya

21 September 2017

The friendly neighbourhood liquor store taking Japan’s small-batch saké, shochu, wine and whiskey around the world.

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A new chapter

23 March 2017

Independent bookshops in China are operating with a new lease of life. We find a quiet corner in three of the best to find out how they keep customers coming back.

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Little shop of wonders

21 June 2012

In a world of bland city centres, a shop full of interesting and unusual magazines and music that’s staffed by experts is a joyful discovery. And what’s more, they make your neighbourhood special.

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Let’s talk shops

20 September 2018

Is it game over for stores, malls and high streets? Not according to these developers and place-makers who believe they have the formula that makes bricks-and-mortar retail work.

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Melbourne retail special: Gertrude Street

19 February 2016

Australia is a country that knows how to shop and its canny citizens want more than the colourless clicks of an online spree. Melbourne’s Gertrude Street, once overlooked, is now one of the city’s most vibrant high streets…

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Christmas shopping in Helsinki

16 November 2017

The first stop-off in our three-part sleigh tour brings us to the Finnish capital for festive finery.

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Home comforts

23 February 2017

In the fashion world, ‘Made in Germany’ sort of falls flat – but A Kind of Guise is determined to raise the country’s profile.

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Secrets of the city

15 September 2016

In the second outing of our Retail Safari we look beyond the big-brand-but-boring retailers to some of the Argentine capital’s finest independents. From designers turning out appealing Angora jumpers to a rethought makers’…

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Their bright materials

25 April 2013

Functional meets beautiful in Taiwan’s cultured capital, and its independent shops are abuzz with creativity. We’ve been taking a fresh look at its wares, from cycling to ceramics, and talking to those lighting up the lives…

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Retail briefing: shop, read, listen

19 October 2017

Pretty porcelain, superb stationery and great gifts for book lovers.

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Seoul patch

20 April 2017

South Korea’s independent retailers are gently shaking up a market that matches peerless homegrown brands and well-pressed European perfection.

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Briefing fashion

19 April 2016

A world tour of wardrobe wonders, lingering a while at the Bangkok International Fashion Fair.

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