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A shift in attitude: How Lekker Bikes is normalising e-bikes in Australia

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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.

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HOKA® announces new London flagship store in Covent Garden

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Performance footwear and apparel brand, HOKA® launched in 2009 and has been disrupting the running industry ever since. The stores interior also features interactive displays that tap into the brand’s ethos of joyful movement and commitment to movement and motion for all.

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How Lekker Bikes’ founder transitioned from CEO to a more strategic role

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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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Studio Anne Holtrop creates gypsum walls that look like fabric for Maison Margiela store

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Located at 22 Bruton Street, the boutique is laid out across 190-square-metres and displays Maison Margiela's Co-Ed collections , with men's and women's ready-to-wear alongside accessories such as shoes, jewellery and eyewear. Gypsum partition walls separate the retail space.

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Bernard Dubois incorporates nightclub references into Courrèges' Paris store

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Only clothing displays provide a colourful contrast. Bernard Dubois set up his eponymous firm in 2014 after graduating as an architect from La Cambre in Brussels in 2009. The store is the larger of two Courrèges outposts in Paris. The other store in the Marais neighbourhood was also designed by Dubois.

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The Adoption of Pop-Up Stores by Luxury Brands

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The evolution of pop-up stores took another significant turn in 2009 when the concept expanded beyond retail to encompass industries such as food and beverage, capitalising on the principles of ephemerality and exclusivity.

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New store, new website, new vision: Here’s what’s next for Koskela

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Our old store evolved over the 10 years we were there, whereas this time, we have been able to design [the space] intentionally, and have a really nice display for all of the smaller products. And because it’s been around since 2009, people feel fairly confident about ordering that one online. ST: We started in 2009.

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