{"id":8588,"date":"2010-11-24T21:37:37","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T13:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=8588"},"modified":"2023-04-06T21:52:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:52:12","slug":"showcase-of-inspirational-concept-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/showcase-of-inspirational-concept-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Showcase of Inspirational Concept Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In times of economic grief, the world of retail becomes a battlefield to attract customers and with so many brands on the market, it takes bold strokes to prevail from the rest. Every few months it seems a new flagship has opened, and brands are making their mark on the map with a radical and explosive architectural vision.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers constantly hunt for established architects and designers to apply their academic sensibilities to elevate a brand in order to create an impressive design. <strong>For emerging firms and designers, the chance to create a cool concept store for an establish brand is the way to brand your name on the global design stage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing here is \u201cI\u2019m here\u201d. It is all architectural landmark, and the following <strong>25 creative and inspirational concept stores<\/strong> are just a peak at the invigorating and competitive world of 21st Century retail design.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>24 Issey Miyake  (Tokyo, Japan)<\/h2>\n<p>Count on Japanese designer Nendo to pack the punch with his contemporary, minimal designs. Drawing from the design and aesthetic of Japanese convenience stores, his restrained sensibilities work well to emphasize the power of the product, while at the same time emphasize innovative and creative design solutions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/24-Issey-Miyake-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/24-Issey-Miyake-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\"><\/p>\n<h2>66 Gallery and Botas (Prague, Czech Republic) <\/h2>\n<p>66 Gallery and Botas Store by A1Architects is a seamless fusion of a shoe store for their vintage inspired Botas shoes, and also a contemporary art gallery. The layout references the number 66, and is contrasted using colorr, characterizing the gallery in stark white, and the concept store in black, allowing for optimum presence of the products on display.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/66-Gallery-and-Botas-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"554\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/66-Gallery-and-Botas-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"461\"><\/p>\n<h2>Alexandre Herchovitz (Tokyo, Japan)<\/h2>\n<p>Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchovitz does not shy from loud prints or bold designs, and Arthur Casas helps make the statement with his design for the Flagship store in Tokyo\u2019s Daikanayama district. Featuring a double-edge razor blade design on the fa\u00c3\u00a7ade, the building is engineered to literally open and close to the public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Alexandre-Herchovitz-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Alexandre-Herchovitz-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"585\"><\/p>\n<h2>Ami-e-Toi  (Arnhem, Netherlands)<\/h2>\n<p>The playful concepts behind Maurice Mentjens\u2019 design of Ami-e-Toi, reinvents the retail experience into a fashionista\u2019s private funhouse. Embracing a \u201cNothing is quite as it seems\u201d theme, Mentjens\u2019 creates a surreal landscape of Art Deco inspired luxury, beautifully marrying boldness and simplicity to echo the contrast between the fashion diva and the women who make the fashions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ami-e-Toi-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ami-e-Toi-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\"><\/p>\n<h2>Ann Demeulemeester  (Seoul, Korea)<\/h2>\n<p>Located in the Gangham district of Seoul, Korean architect Minsuk Cho creates a stunning organic vision for the Ann Demeulemeester Shop lining the fa\u00c3\u00a7ade with living walls of greenery. Located in a highly dense urban area. The design is a dialogue between natural and artificial, interior and exterior, and lastly amalgamation and confrontation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ann-Demeulemeester-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ann-Demeulemeester-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\"><\/p>\n<h2>Ayres  (Buenos Aires, Argentina)<\/h2>\n<p>Located in the El Solar de la Abada Mall in Buenos Aires, this retail project from Dieguez Fridman is an exploration in form and its effect on the function of a space. Using a multi-faceted feature that runs throughout the space, the large white form unfolds, carving the space to make openings for clothes, displays, and fitting rooms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ayres-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ayres-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ayres-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/p>\n<h2>BAPE  (Los Angeles, USA)<\/h2>\n<p>Japanese street wear brand BAPE makes kills it with their ultra-futuristic Melrose Avenue location in downtown Los Angeles. This corner store makes a huge presence on the strip, with a brightly lit interior, neon tubing, and a dramatic 4.5 meter high glass cylinder in the centre of the space, featuring a rotating sneaker conveyer belt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/bape-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/bape-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\"><\/p>\n<h2>Barbie  (Shanghai, China)<\/h2>\n<p>Slade Architecture tackles the 35,000 square foot Barbie Flagship Store for Mattel with all the drama and character you would expect in this temple dedicated to the world\u2019s most famous diva. Unapologetic feminine and expression of Barbie\u2019s dynamic fashion forward sensibilities, the store\u2019s feature is the spiral staircase enclosed by 800 different Barbie Dolls, encasing the viewer like the doll itself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Barbie-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Barbie-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Barbie-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Barbie-04.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<h2>Brown Thomas  (Dublin, Ireland)<\/h2>\n<p>Toronto firm Burdifilek explores luxury on a modern level with their design for the Brown Thomas Flagship Store in Dublin. Bringing a progressive sensibility to the luxury retail experience, Burdifilek combines exclusive custom furnishings, unexpected material choices, bold colour and form to conceptualize high end shopping for the 21st Century.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Brown-Thomas-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"246\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Brown-Thomas-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Brown-Thomas-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<h2>Camper  (London, UK)<\/h2>\n<p>Spanish shoe brand Camper enlisted the help of Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka for their flagship store in London. Adhering  the brand\u2019s red signature, Yoshioka summons upon the beauty of nature, creating a blossoming red wall from distressed suede, with matching Bouquet Chairs, referencing the ever-changing expression of forms in nature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/camper-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/camper-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\"><\/p>\n<h2>Creme de la Creme (Vilnius, Lithuania)<\/h2>\n<p>One of the 170 shops occupying the award-winning Panorama Shopping Centre in Vilnius, Creme de la Creme\u2019s simplified lightwood interior subdues the user with a true feeling of free flow and weightlessness. Combining the ultra-luxury of Tom Dixon furniture with display cases made from shipping crates, Plazma Architects has created a sophisticated space that summons the spirits of the fields and forests without any clich\u00c3\u00a9.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Creme-de-la-Creme-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Creme-de-la-Creme-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\"><\/p>\n<h2>Derek Lam (New York City, USA)<\/h2>\n<p>Stripped back, and refined like Derek Lam\u2019s sensuous designs, SANAA creates an intimate space built upon the designer\u2019s aesthetic sensibilities.  Creating transparent organic forms that house each separate collection, the transparent bubbles create dazzling auras as light bounces from one bubble to the next.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Derek-Lam-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Derek-Lam-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Derek-Lam-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/p>\n<h2>Dunhill Men (New York City, USA)<\/h2>\n<p>In an installation bringing the ghostly cut out of Dunhill\u2019s London Flagship Store, Campaign defines all the elegance and refinement of the British menswear label in a vacant warehouse in New York\u2019s Meat-Packing District. Using aluminum panels and projection technology, Campaign\u2019s approach allows for a caravan-like showcasing of the brand, bringing Dunhill\u2019s luxurious take on retail to any corner of the globe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Dunhill-Men-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Dunhill-Men-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"254\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Dunhill-Men-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"386\"><\/p>\n<h2>Issey Miyake \u2018Pleats Please\u2019  (Tokyo, Japan)<\/h2>\n<p>Tokujin Yoshioka\u2019s redesign for Issey Miyake\u2019s \u2018Pleats Please\u2019 Boutique in the Aoyama district of Tokyo, is a tour-de-force of contemporary, minimalist, concept-based design. Yoshioka\u2019s conception of the space includes transcending time by conserving the existing space with recycled aluminum, and an expansive light wall to accentuate the product and infuse modern technology into the retail experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Issey-Miyake-Pleats-Please-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Issey-Miyake-Pleats-Please-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"507\"><\/p>\n<h2>Kymyka  (Maastrich, Netherlands)<\/h2>\n<p>Award winning designer Maurice Mentjens is well known for his conceptual and innovative takes on retail design. Mentjens lends his signature quirks to the boutique shoe store, displaying the store\u2019s designer shoes and bags balanced on pins and needles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Kymyka-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"460\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Kymyka-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\"><\/p>\n<h2>Longchamp  (New York City, USA)<\/h2>\n<p>Creating an undulating landscape seen through a large glazed core cut on the building\u2019s facade, Heatherwick beckons customers from street level up a waterfall of rubber and steel ribbons. The gorgeous incline up to Longchamp\u2019s Soho Flagship Store is a striking work of art, and marks a radical departure from the brand\u2019s traditional image, and has solidified itself as a landmark in creative design solutions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Longchamp-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Longchamp-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"541\"><\/p>\n<h2>Lucien Pellat-Finet (Osaka, Japan)<\/h2>\n<p>The fine cashmere and knit items of Lucien Pellat-Finet were the jump-point for Kengo Kuma when designing for the high profile Osaka boutique. Attempting to express the tenderness of cashmere, Kuma creates an organic pattern using plywood to mimic the coziness of the fabric.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Lucien-Pellat-Finet-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Lucien-Pellat-Finet-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"394\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Lucien-Pellat-Finet-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\"><\/p>\n<h2>Lurdes Bergada  (Barcelona, Spain)<\/h2>\n<p>Taking a thousand pieces of beech wood, Deardesign creates a dramatic igloo-like structure to emphasize the hangar-like size of the Lurdes Bergada Flagship Store in downtown Barcelona. Each piece of wood is unique, visibly numbered, and draws attention to the construction of the wall, ultimately relating back to the minimal and industrial design aesthetic of the brand itself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Lurdes-Bergada.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\"><\/p>\n<h2>Munich (Barcelona, Spain)<\/h2>\n<p>Barcelona based shoe brand, Munich, enlists the help of Dear Design to cement their place on the global retail market with the design of their Flagship Store in downtown Barcelona. A joyous devil may-care configuration of mirrors, dark glass, metal trees, and metal cages from which the shoes have escaped make for a truly energetic and fun space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Munich-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Munich-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\"><\/p>\n<h2>Neil Barrett  (Tokyo, Japan)<\/h2>\n<p>Zaha Hadid\u2019s conceptual take on the design of the Neil Barrett Flagship Store is an elegant physical interpretation of Neil Barrett\u2019s own designs.  Using cut-outs, folds, pleats, and fixed points as inspiration, Hadid creates an experience that melds architecture with the realm of sculpture and fine art.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Neil-Barrett-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Neil-Barrett-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Neil-Barrett-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Cox  (Tokyo, Japan)<\/h2>\n<p>Winner of the JCD Design Award for its achievement in the design of futuristic commercial environments, designer Chikara Ohno\u2019s Patrick Cox Shop is a stand-out in the world of conceptual retail spaces. Focusing on the relationship between light and the product, Ohno shapes the space with a lush canopy of cylindrical steel pendants that hang above the product displays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Patrick-Cox-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Patrick-Cox-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<h2>Prada  (Tokyo, Japan)<\/h2>\n<p>Compromised of 840 diamond shaped glass panels on an iron structure, the Prada Store in the Aoyama district of Tokyo is a revelation in retail concepts, and the potential of a retail building. Reaching four floors, the lacquered white interior is accompanied by a unique \u201cSound Shower\u201d installation from Fashion DJ Frederic Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Prada-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"495\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Prada-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\"><\/p>\n<h2>Reebok \u2018Flash\u2019  (New York, USA)<\/h2>\n<p>Fusing early 20th Century Vorticism with the vibrant spirit of the 1980\u2019s, Formavision plays with both perspective and depth, tricking the eye by extending three dimensional shapes into distorted graphic patterns. Much in the spirit of the brightcamouflaged battleships used by the Royal Navy in the First World War, Reebok\u2019s Flash Concept Store is anything but a flash in the pan in the world of creative retail design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Reebok-Flash-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"545\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Reebok-Flash-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\"><\/p>\n<h2>Ubiq  (Philadelphia, USA)<\/h2>\n<p>New York firm Architecture at Large goes for the bold, bringing a unique take on gentlemanly luxury to street wear with their remodelling of the Ubiq Boutique in Philadelphia. With a bold black and white colour story, and ultra-lacquered surfaces up and down, the concept is a unique fusion of cold retail showroom and inviting worldly elegance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ubiq-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ubiq-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"658\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/Ubiq-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\"><\/p>\n<h2> United Nude (Amsterdam, Netherlands)<\/h2>\n<p>Rem Koolhaas tackles the United Nude Flagship Store with all the gusto and moxie the world has come to expect from the famed Dutch architect. This time, designing for his own brand of shoes, the architect presents The Wall of Light. Apart from spanning walls of LED light to showcase the product, shoppers are literally left in the dark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/United-Nude-01.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/United-Nude-02.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/concept-stores\/United-Nude-03.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover innovative concept stores around the world. 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