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10 Corso Como to close Shanghai store

10 Corso Como is packing its bags and leaving China, WWD reports. The Italian concept store is set to close its retail space in Shanghai at the end of May because its partner in the country, Trendy Group, no longer wants to renew the license of the 10 Corso Como brand and the lease of the five-story building where the store is located since...

14 May 2019

Retail |OPINION

How to turn your store into the hottest destination

As 2019 kicked in, so did retail’s new reality on real-estate. Dutch media revealed that in large parts of the country, rental prices of retail units are in a nosedive. Except for the five largest cities. There, rental prices are skyrocketing. To total frustration of the local shopkeepers, since they are already dealing with other suffocating...

5 Mar 2019

Retail

In pictures: 10 Corso Como New York

Iconic Italian concept store 10 Corso Como opened last week in New York. Like all other 10 Corso Como shops around the world (the company also operates retail spaces in Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo), the New York store was designed by Kris Ruhs and offers a selection of products in the fashion, food, art and design categories, curated by...

12 Sep 2018

Fashion

10 Corso Como launches sunglasses and watches with Belgian brand Komono

Iconic Milanese concept store 10 Corso Como and Belgian accessories brand Komono have partnered up for a limited-edition capsule collection. Kris Ruhs, the American artist responsible for the décor of all 10 Corso Como shops around the world, has designed three sunglasses and two watches for Komono. The sunglasses are already available at the 10...

22 Aug 2018

Retail |IN DEPTH

Store, café or art gallery? The rise and rise of the concept store

These aren’t easy times for brick and mortar fashion retailers. As e-commerce grows and consumer behavior changes, the US has seen over 7,000 store closings in 2017. Investment bank Credit Suisse even predicts 25 percent of American shopping malls to close by 2022. The UK is no different, withan average of 16 high street stores closing every...

7 Aug 2018

Business

10 Corso Como seeks settlement to avoid insolvency

Milanese concept store, 10 Corso Como is seeking a court settlement to avoid filing Chapter 11, as the company which manages its distribution under a licensing agreement, Dieci Srl, owes the Italian state over 4 million euros in accumulated debts. Carla Sozzani, who founded 10 Corso Como in 1990 and holds a 99 percent stake in Dieci, maintains...

18 Sep 2015