Retail Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Performance footwear and apparel brand, HOKA® launched in 2009 and has been disrupting the running industry ever since. The Covent Garden store unveils the brand’s new design concept for the first time, blending modern design with natural elements, that embody the brand’s heritage.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2023

Back in 2009, industrial designer Meindert Wolfraad identified a gap in the market for practical, comfortable and stylish commuter bikes that would enable Sydney-siders to get around, similar to what he saw growing up in the Netherlands. Meindert Wolfraad: Lekker Bikes started back in 2009, in Sydney. Can you elaborate on this?

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Meindert Wolfraad launched Lekker Bikes in 2009 while living in Australia as a backpacker, and over the years, he grew the brand into a successful global cycling business. Meindert Wolfraad: I started Lekker Bikes back in 2009, in Sydney. In 2018, he stepped down as CEO to take on a more strategic role.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2022

Iconic design brand Koskela has opened the doors to a stunning new concept store and headquarters on Sydney Harbour as part of a comprehensive brand refresh that includes a new website and virtual design service, as well as new product ranges for workplaces and schools. . It was harder to personalise things as well.”.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Born of a collaboration in 2009 between Marc Chaya and perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, Maison Francis Kurkdjian has become a major player in the luxe fragrance industry, and is sold across more than 700 locations worldwide. There’s a lot of back and forth and once the concept is clearer, he starts working on the formula.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The concept of pop-up stores has a rich and diverse history, stemming from various cultural and commercial phenomena spanning centuries. Chanel’s Coco Game Center : Chanel introduced a traveling pop-up concept known as the “Chanel Coco Game Center”, where select locations were transformed into interactive gaming arcades.

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VMS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, well before high-end shops and boutiques graced the iconic retail corridors of Fifth Avenue, Champs-Élysées and Via Monte Napoleone, consumerism and desire became a driving force in Western culture. New York quickly became the epicenter of burgeoning new retail concepts.

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