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Will the Brick-and-Mortar Boom Last?

Retailers are opening new locations at their fastest pace in years as shoppers visit stores again in numbers rivaling 2019 levels.
Re/Done's Los Angeles store on Melrose Boulevard. Courtesy.
Re/Done's Los Angeles store on Melrose Boulevard. Courtesy.

If the lockdowns exposed the flaws of a brick-and-mortar approach to retail, designer Nili Lotan took away the opposite lesson.

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