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Gentle Monster opens HAUS SHANGHAI

Retail Focus

In addition, various forms of collaged media art and aesthetic furniture provide a distinct F&B experience. Dessert of your dreams.”. HAUS SHANGHAI’s signature robot, the ‘Probe,’ roams the main area next to kinetic horses, capturing Nudake’s spirit of experimentation and fantasy.

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Wellness booms and so does the share price of pharmaceutical retailers

Inside Retail

It formed a health division in 2022, consisting of 73 company-owned Priceline stores, 396 Priceline pharmacy franchise stores and 89 Clear Skincare clinics and is also a wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical goods.

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“Great momentum”: Ebay launches fashion fund to empower circular economy

Inside Retail

We need new players to come in, and bring in new tools that can keep clothing in circulation for longer,” she said. Press expressed enthusiasm for the networking and mentorship opportunities that form part of the Circular Fashion Fund. The Ebay Circular Fashion Fund is a really exciting initiative.

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Offhand Practice designs second-hand bookshop in Shanghai to mimic greengrocer

Dezeen

Both levels have an open-plan layout with circulation routes defined by shelving and clothes rails. Mosaic tiles made from stone off-cuts were used to form decorative wainscoting in the same creamy beige colour as the facade, which channels 1970s Shanghai interiors. Green mosaic tiles were used to frame the building's windows.

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Here’s what retailers need to know about central bank digital currencies

Inside Retail

A growing number of countries around the world are considering launching central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in a bid to keep up with the rise in cashless payments, even as companies like Tesla get behind Bitcoin and Facebook develops its own form of currency.

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Natural materials create "a sense of refuge" in Kyiv boutique Friends of Fashion

Dezeen

Curved forms and soft, textured materials were used throughout the store "Our goal was to create a space that not only highlighted their fashion pieces but also provided comfort, warmth and a sense of refuge for customers – especially significant given the context of the ongoing war," she added.

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Weddings in Asia are serious business. Here’s what it means for retailers

Inside Retail

So much so, that the phrase “Marrying my true love wearing Vera Wang” has become a popular catchphrase circulating on Chinese social media sites. The ever-growing wedding market shows there is still tremendous opportunity in the industry, but perhaps in a less traditional form in line with Gen Z’s shifting values.