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1. The National Geographic
National Geographic’s 1800sqm London flagship store has been 120 years in the making...
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2. Suit Supply
Savile Row is the home of fine tailoring for gentlemen in London.
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3. Bergdorf Goodman
It’s probably the world’s most exclusive full-sized department store. But even dogs are welcome...
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4. Who.A.U
Korean-based
retailer Who.A.U has its sights clearly set on the corner of the
fashion market dominated by Abercrombie & Fitch and its subsidiary
brand Hollister.
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5. Tokyu Hands
Tokyu Hands is cramped, crowded, bewildering - and almost impossible to categorise.
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6. KaDeWe
Berlin
department store KaDeWe (full German name Kaufhaus des Westens or
‘Department store of the West’ in English) has become a retail legend.
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7. Topshop
The British have taken their edgy fashion franchise to New York and the result is a stunningly designed retail experience which has captured the hearts and wallets of New York shoppers.
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8. Apple store
The
basic concept of the Apple store may not be new, but the constant
fine-tuning ensures it is still cited by presenters throughout the tour
as the best of the best in experience, customer focus and image
building.
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9. Story boards
Story-telling is one of the recurring themes of this year’s Westfield World Retail Study Tour and nowhere is the concept more easily illustrated than in Timberland’s new London store in the Westfield London City.
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10. Whole Foods
If there is a single gaping opportunity for a retail concept in Australia it’s the widening niche that Whole Foods fills.
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11. All Saints
All Saints is a retail environment that could be described as part Dickensian London, part horror movie set.
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12. Aeropostale
While its peers struggle to maintain sales, let alone any profitability, teen-focussed Aeropostale is trading off the scales.
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13. Daimaru
Japan's Daimaru may not have performed memorably in its decade-long foray into Australia which ended in 2003.
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4. Swarovski
Glass is a material modern day designers love to work with.
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5. Jump
On the surface, it's as American as can be: edgily designed sports-inspired shoes, Soho chic and fashionably urban.
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16. Restir
Restir is exclusive. Very exclusive.
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17. Selfridges
Never has the word Pantone been promoted so boldly in the public domain.
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18. Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton has many stores in Japan, where carrying one of its branded bags is almost a right of passage.
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19. Uniqlo UT
Appliance stores anywhere in the world are all too often utilitarian and uninspiring.
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20. Saturn, Berlin
Japanese t-shirt retailing brand turned broader affordable fashion house Uniqlo is one of Asia's greatest retail innovators.
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