Author: Tim
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Spanish Impresario: Stradivarius’ Virtuoso Performance
Stradivarius makes its first public performance in the biggest venue in town, Westfield Stratford, as the Inditex family sends forth another member making “bridgeheads” and “inroads” into the UK mainland. As with all consummate professionals Stradivarius can’t fail to impress and delight its audience as it pitches the high notes of current fashion, with…
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Tipple Point: A Storming Tea Cup
In the trend soaked streets of Shoreditch an avant garde angle on the traditional cup of tea is putting on the proverbial and literal kettle in anticipation of your next visit. Where Whittards once was, T2 is now the fresh from the tea fields’ package, adding its own individual flavour, refined to the taste of…
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Selfridges Cinema Paradiso: An Everyman Exclusive
It pays never to take your eyes off the showcase stage that is Selfridges Oxford Street for too long, for fear of missing an exclusive premier or the return of a timeless classic. To illustrate the point the retailer is collaborating with Everyman Cinemas and has installed a sixty seater cinema in its basement…
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Relax and enter Foyles’ Third Space: A Literary Statement
On a street synonymous with literature a new chapter has been written in the tumultuous tale of the traditional bookstore. Foyles may have physically moved only metres, but as a concept it has made a journey that brings it into a new century and a completely different world. Join us there!
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Foyles Literary Statement: Where Actions Speak Louder than Words
On a street synonymous with literature a new chapter has been written in the tumultuous tale of the traditional bookstore. Foyles may have physically moved only metres, but as a concept it has made a journey that brings it into a new century and a completely different world. No more so than in the…
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Seasonal Selfridges: Winter in a Tourist Wonderland
Christmas comes but once a year, and so do tourists. So, with this in mind, and with the usual indomitable Selfridge’s spirit, the Winter Wonderland has already arrived in anticipation of those seasonal September sales. Globetrotters in search of gifts and glitter are falling over themselves heading for the fourth floor to immerse themselves…
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Defining Desigual: Putting a Price on Personality
Always the unashamed showcase for unique creativity and distinct colour combinations and designs, Desigual sometimes felt like the awkward overdressed guest at the party that was the hugely successful Spanish high street. Against the mass market commercial appeal of its rivals, their fast fashion footwork, and intelligent interpretations of the catwalk, Desigual had many admirers,…
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Pharmasuckables: Happy Pills for your Retail TIlls
In a Barcelona backstreet no wider than a hospital cubicle, Happy Pills provides the confectionary cure for tired tourists and sickly shoppers. An antidote for a sterile sweet sector, Happy Pills combines a cute brand, acid whit, pristine packaging and a whole new perspective on pic ‘n’ mix. The passing pedestrian can see this is…
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Home Successaries: Zara puts its House in Order
The attraction of Zara Home could never be denied for the fashion conscious householder with a desire to decorate their rooms with a stylish mix of distinctive design and a spectrum of colour basics. In line with Inditex’s clothing concepts, Zara home combined eye catching image makers with a core assortment of products appropriate for…