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How EMERGE in Color’s Design Connected Black Creatives With Luxury Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

“Who better [to create this space] than a designer who was fighting the same battle, or someone who would come from marketing and had seen the same thing, and promote more Black businesses when putting these together.”. It can’t be dead stock or something that they had for two years. It looks like a permanent store.

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How EMERGE in Color’s Design Connected Black Creatives With Luxury Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

“Who better [to create this space] than a designer who was fighting the same battle, or someone who would come from marketing and had seen the same thing, and promote more Black businesses when putting these together.”. It can’t be dead stock or something that they had for two years. It looks like a permanent store.

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How charity shops became cool

Retail Gazette

The concept is the brainchild of Wayne Hemingway MBE, founder of British fashion brand Red or Dead and Maria Chenoweth, CEO of TRAID, and is a destination where people can shop the best of charity retail all in one place. The four-week London pop-up ran by volunteers was such a success it was extended for an extra two weeks.