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Retail

18 May 2017

Thrilling reads, unmissable shops, hot tracks and enticing products.

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Monocle on Design - Reinventing retail

29 August 2017

Can Arket reimagine the way we shop? We take a tour of the H&M Group’s latest all-encompassing retail experience and consider how to revive the department-store model. Plus: we ask whether cities have been too quick to…

Radio

Monocle on Design - Slow retail

27 February 2018

In a world of fast fashion, Venetian brand Slowear’s CEO speaks out on the importance of taking one’s time. Plus: Monocle’s Jamie Waters on Milan and Paris’s respective fashion weeks and highlights from Madrid’s inaugural…

Monocle Minute

Rethinking retail

23 September 2015

An e-commerce boom and the arrival of fast-fashion brands have hit Australia’s department stores where it hurts – the till. But the 115-year-old department store Myer is hoping it can shake off the gloom by enlisting the…

Monocle Minute

Future of retail

10 March 2017

Köln-based Rimowa has been making quality luggage since 1898 – a good investment for the French LVMH Group, which bought an 80 per cent stake of the company for €640m last year, instating Alexandre Arnault as Rimowa’s co…

Monocle Minute

Retail realisations

6 February 2017

The Australian retail market is in flux: fashion brands David Lawrence and Marcs have been the latest to find themselves in voluntary administration, following in the footsteps of Payless Shoes and Howards Storage World.…

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Taipei Retail

17 May 2013

Taipei has long lived in the shadow of its glitzier neighbours when it comes to retail. But now the range and quality of products on offer are firming up the Taiwanese capital’s place on Asia’s shopping map.

Film

Handmade retailers

5 January 2013

We love to champion retailers who make a point of differentiating themselves from other stores on the high street. Monocle films travels to Buenos Aires, New York and Budapest to visit specialist shops where "making" is…

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Retail Stars

29 March 2010

Monocle's retail and service survey chronicles companies and people who are setting benchmarks we should all take note of. Saul Taylor reports on three entrepreneurial ventures doing just that.

Monocle Minute

Retail refresh

31 May 2016

At Shinjuku station – the world’s busiest railway terminal – East Japan Railway (JR East) has a dominant presence with more than 3 million people boarding and alighting trains on its rail network. But the company isn’t…

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Retail therapy

22 March 2018

In this age of online shopping, why is bricks-and-mortar retail still popular and relevant? We assess the challenges specific to three cities – Sydney and gentrification, Madrid and Spain’s power brands, and Osaka with its…

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Art of retail

15 March 2016

Andreas Murkudis embodies the serenity that permeates his conceptual retail spaces. With the possibility of another Berlin outpost on his mind, we discover how the unflappable pastor of fashion and design manages his staff…

Film

Retail rewards

18 July 2019

The neighbourhood-building power of retail shouldn’t be underestimated. We go on an inspiring global tour with the shopkeepers, designers and business owners who know a thing or two about physical retail.

Radio

Asia Pac Unwrapped - Thai retail buys big

14 June 2015

As Thailand’s largest retail conglomerate leaps into the world of German luxury department stores, we cross to Bangkok to find out why. Plus: our bureau chief in Singapore runs through this year’s MasterCard Global Desti…

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Monocle on Design - The future of fashion retail

25 April 2017

We take a look at fashion start-up Farfetch’s plans to harness digital data to change bricks-and-mortar shopping. Plus, we explore the often hidden interiors of Singapore’s ubiquitous HDB housing blocks, talk mobile arch…

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Retail therapy

17 March 2009

In the wake of bank bail-outs and car industry rescue plans, retail giants could find themselves standing next in line with begging bowls in hand. But it’s a re-think that’s really needed to keep the high street healthy.