Tag: Shop

Idon’t know how to begin this story except with stark, terrible, simple facts. A 66-year-old woman is dead, gunned down for hanging a Pride flag outside her boutique clothing shop in Cedar Glen, a rural Southern California town known as queer friendly and welcoming. According to w...

What is it that makes a jar of pickles best before a certain date? Should a date really dictate the fate of gherkins? Or chocolate? Or even, dare I say, cheese? In a world swelling with food waste, items even just close to their date are thrown out, unsellable. It’s the result of a system that...

Six months since I started volunteering in an op shop in a Melbourne suburb. What’s an “op shop?” It’s short for “opportunity shop.” Same thing as a charity shop in the UK or thrift store in the US. Selling second-hand donated (and some new) clothes and househo...

As a child, I was obsessed with puppet making. My idols didn’t come much bigger than Jim Henson. So in 2003, when I had the opportunity to visit The Creature Shop in London, I jumped at the chance. Getting to the studio was a challenge. I live in Cornwall, nearly five hours away by train an...

My father was a shoemaker. He had a small shop in the historical center of Istanbul where he sold ready-made shoes for children to fund his real craft: making hand-made shoes for some select clients. He had a special bond with every shoe he made and every client he worked for. He had the most beauti...

As we all know, e-commerce has become a critical avenue for businesses to expand their reach and thrive. In this case study, I’ll share how my team and I took on an e-commerce project for a local flower shop called “T&C Blumen.” The project aimed to create a vibrant online pres...

I’ve been calling Amsterdam my home for eight years now, and there’s still nothing quite like it. After 3.5 years at The Next Web, I recently switched to a freelance lifestyle — which means I’m often hanging out in a cafe. Amsterdam has a great coffee cultur...