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INTERNATIONAL

SPORTSWEAR GIANT ADIDAS UNVEILS NEW Y-3
FLAGSHIP STORE AT WESTFIELD SYDNEY

Y-3 is a permanent creative brand collaboration
between Adidas and renowned Japanese designer – Yohji
Yamamoto – which combines fashion sportswear into a
wide range of products including sportswear, outerwear,
weatherproof pieces, footwear and accessories. The
store design features the brand’s new “art gallery meets
sporting arena” concept launched late last year for
outlets around the world.
“The store design is about the simplicity of interior
architectural elements, materials and lighting,” the joint
venture explains on the Adidas Y-3 website. “Less is more
is the key and therefore the store design is successful in
providing a staging area for the garments to be the lead
actors in the space.” The store’s design incorporates
several eco-friendly and sustainably sourced materials to
its fitout such as cork columns and Rondo ceiling grid
system which are 100 per cent recyclable.

URBAN REAL ESTATE COMPANY REDEVCO IS STARTING THE REFURBISHMENT OF ITS GENERATIONAL ASSET, HELD FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS: A CONTEMPORARY PROJECT THAT
RESPONDS TO CURRENT COMMERCIAL PRACTICES AND THAT IS TAKING PLACE ON ONE OF THE CAPITAL’S MAJOR ARTERIALS, OPPOSITE THE BIG DEPARTMENT STORES AND IN A
MUST-SEE DISTRICT IN WHICH TOURISTS AND PARISIANS CONVERGE. PRINCIPALLY, THE REFURBISHMENT OF THIS ICONIC HAUSSMANN BUILDING ENTAILS THE REDESIGN OF THE
RETAIL UNITS, OCCUPYING MORE THAN 6,500SQ M SPREAD OVER FOUR LEVELS. THE PROJECT ALSO INVOLVES THE EMBELLISHMENT OF THE FACADES, INCLUDING THE PARTIAL
REFURBISHMENT OF THE LISTED MOORISH FACADE ON RUE DES MATHURINS. WORK ON THE REFURBISHMENT BEGAN LAST MONTH.
NATURE BABY LAUNCHES GLOBITE RETURNS HOME
FLAGSHIP SPACE WITH AIRPORT STORE

The sustainable New Zealand baby wares company Nature Baby has Globite, the luggage company, has launched its first Queensland
opened its first brick-and-mortar flagship location in Australia. store at Brisbane Airport, marking its return to the home market.
After two pop-up stores in Melbourne and Sydney, Nature Baby Located at the Domestic Terminal, near Gate 24, Globite offers
returns to Australia with a permanent store in Paddington, Sydney. school cases – carried by Australian children throughout most
The new store pays respect to Australia while also linking with of the 20th Century – suitcases and other bags. Globite was
the brand’s New Zealand flagship through features including the founded in the late 1890s and is recognised as one of the leading
community kitchen. makers of travel bags and accessories worldwide. Globite is the
The new Nature Baby’s design features nature-inspired curves newest store to open at Brisbane Airport, as part of the $40M
and earthy tones, as well as fixtures that pay homage to Australian Domestic Terminal retail upgrade project.
architecture. The store offers everyday necessities for newborns to “Globite’s heritage cases hold a great deal of nostalgia for
four-year-olds, with items created from ethical materials including travellers and it is wonderful to be able to offer customers the
organic cotton and pure merino wool, as well as organic bedding, chance to fall in love with their products all over again, or for the
natural toys and botanical skincare for moms and babies. very first time,” said Martin Ryan, Brisbane Airport Corporation’s
Co-Founder Jacob Faull and his wife Georgia founded Nature Baby Executive GM Commercial.
in 1998 with the goal of providing sustainable and ethically made The first Globite store was established by the Sherrington
baby essentials made in organic and chemical-free fabric to support family prior to 1900 at City Exchange, near the intersection of
babies’ health. Queen Adelaide and Edward Streets.

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