retail design
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Time for change
On a visit to Swiss watch-maker Omega’s new flagship, we find an inviting take on retail design and smart staffon hand to give museum-style tours.
Design Briefing
A unique retail concept for fashion giant Maison Margiela and a conceptual Japanese space that has made the most of a modest budget.
Make your shop sing
Extraordinary retail is rooted in strong design that showcases products rather than sidelining them. Interiors firm founder Teo Yang explains what makes an inspiring shop.
Food & Drink
Food finds from an architecturally inclined quesería in Madrid to a bolthole in Kyoto. Plus: two fail-safe recipes to whip up at home.
The opener
Japanese discount chain Don Don Donki expands across Hong Kong, filling prime retail spaces with maximalist chaos that locals embrace despite—or perhaps because of—the city's economic downturn.
Holiday snaps
We focus on a selection of the planet’s finest new hotels and drop in on the shop that sells everything you’ll need to capture the moment once you get to them.
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.
Fashion
An all-star Norwegian collaboration between Holzweiler and Snøhetta, plus the top summer T-shirts.
Business
Venezuelans in Madrid, the future of duty-free shopping and a spinning start-up in Mexico.
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.
