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...A retail reckoning has seen the closures of high-end boutiques such as Colette, Barneys, Opening Ceremony and, most recently, Matches. 10 Corso Como’s New York outpost also shut its doors, following the...
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...But even when they do, I wonder whether big luxury stores — where the selection of items is always more meagre than the brands’ own boutiques and more expensive than the internet — will really rebound....
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...on watch and jewellery stores: chic spaces in muted shades....
...Amid the recent collapse of British retail institutions, from department-store chains Debenhams and House of Fraser to luxury retailer Matchesfashion, the idea that a fashion boutique could welcome a million...
...I don’t have glitter in my shop at any other time of year,” says Amanda Brooks, founder of Cotswolds lifestyle boutique Cutter Brooks....
...Matches employed 533 staff across its head office and three stores in London and primarily sells its goods online in 170 countries....
...Messika opened its first boutique in 2013, in Paris. This year’s launches include stores in St Mark’s Square, Venice, and Sydney — its first boutique in Australia....
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...There are also big shopping strips, such as the Ku’damm, which have all the luxury stores, but for me Berlin is a city for vintage boutiques....
...A clever edit of the kinds of products you’d expect to see in a department store, but with a bookish focus, Andelman’s wit and taste will include the brilliantly ironic “cooking bookends” by Harry Nuriev...
...to sell in their own stores....
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...Aside from the magazine, which is available in Chaumet’s boutiques and is distributed to clients, the Paris-based brand has stepped up its publication of books, to mark the launch of annual high jewellery...
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