
Lauren Mang
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Freelance writer and editor. Flashy dresser, raging liberal, mediocre tennis player, devoted Bearcats fan.
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3 weeks ago |
vmsd.com | Lauren Mang
ESCAPING THE HUSTLE and bustle of city life might not be easy in Chengdu, China – the fourth most populous city in the country with more than 20 million residents – but Grid Coffee, a coffee shop with a compact footprint inside the sprawling six-story, mixed-use development The Ring, provides a scenic escape. “We tried to create a sense of being immersed in a relaxed [natural] ambience,” says Darren Xu, Founder of Shanghai-based design company Spider Creative, which designed the space.
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Feb 6, 2025 |
vmsd.com | Lauren Mang
ABOVE PHOTO: Wu Jianquan, Shenzhen, ChinaTHE NEW YEAR brings new resolutions, new perspectives – even new memes (looking at you, TikTok). But there are also plenty of new and emerging retail trends to keep on the radar as we get underway with 2025.
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Oct 15, 2024 |
vmsd.com | Lauren Mang
TOP PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTOKC, Here We Come!Mentions of Kansas City, Mo., likely conjure a certain football team with back-to-back Super Bowl wins, its tight end and his pop star girlfriend or maybe the occasional “Ted Lasso” reference.
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Oct 8, 2024 |
vmsd.com | Lauren Mang
ITALIAN MOUNTAIN GEAR and apparel brand La Sportiva planted its first U.S. flagship in Boulder, Colo., a city surrounded by the Rocky Mountains, recognized as a haven for hiking, climbing and other outdoor adventures. For the family-owned brand, which has created its wares in the foothills of Italy’s Dolomite Mountain range for more than 90 years, Boulder was an obvious choice.
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Aug 1, 2024 |
vmsd.com | Lauren Mang
WHEN DIXON, CALIF.-BASED hunting gear and apparel brand Kuiu was looking to open its latest flagship, a 4500-square-foot store in Dallas, it wanted to prioritize selling once-in-a-lifetime adventures, not products. From the outset, that meant greeting shoppers with dramatic images of mountain peaks, sweeping vistas and the brand’s wares in action via large lightboxes in the exterior windows.
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