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Business

Business

A letter from London on the temperature of the UK’s post-Brexit creative industries. Plus: news reports and Q&As from Hong Kong to the US.

  • Issue #142
  • 11 min read
Business
Retail

Let’s talk shop

The future of retail has never seemed so uncertain – so who is staging a successful fightback and what have they learnt along the way?

  • Issue #137
  • 1 min read
Modern coffee bar with illuminated Bar Atlantic signage, blue tiled counter, and digital menu displays overhead
Fashion

Custom made

Department stores have been around for 150 years but their standing has slipped of late. Yet, as the best of their kind still show us, it’s a versatile format that can deliver the goods.

  • Issue #135
  • 5 min read
Black and white illustration of a cross-section view of an ornate multi-story department store with shoppers
Business

Business

Business big-hitters, how Austria’s retail landscape is evolving and selling tea to coffee lovers in Italy.

  • Issue #131
  • 4 min read
Business
Sport

Well kitted out

We visit the shops that are getting us moving, from skiing to surfing – all while looking our very best in athletic wear.

  • Issue #130
  • 4 min read
A surfer rides an artificial wave at an indoor surf facility while an instructor crouches beside the pool, with spectators watching from tiered seating.
Fashion

Talking threads

We brought together a fashion designer, a PR guru and a menswear buyer to discuss the fashion industry's direction and challenges, from sustainability to the fate of runway shows and department stores.

  • The Forecast #10
  • 1 min read
Talking threads
Fashion

Fashion

A Stockholm sportswear emporium, a new Milan flagship for Tod’s and pulling on Portuguese socks.

  • Issue #128
  • 7 min read
Fashion
Business

Talking shop

From Tokyo's Isetan to Bogotá's design studios, the world's most forward-thinking retailers are proving that bricks-and-mortar shopping remains indispensable — for neighbourhoods, culture and commerce alike.

  • Issue #122
  • 40 min read
Illustration of a person on a ladder hanging a blue arrow sign in an urban storefront setting.
Retail

Texans in town

Dallas’s department-store stalwart Neiman Marcus and leading fashion boutique Forty Five Ten have rolled into the Big Apple with huge new spaces. It’s a bold move when bricks-and-mortar openings are a risk.

  • Issue #122
  • 6 min read
Texans in town
Retail

Little treasures

We're having children later in life, which hopefully means our bank balances are more handsome. The outcome: a lot of money to spend on our kids.

  • Issue #117
  • 7 min read
Child wearing colorful Gucci childrenswear including plaid coat, blue hat, and floral boots against wooden paneling

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