— by Azrin Tan: What is it about a lifestyle space that makes it so enticing to enter? We know what to expect in regular stores — from retail to restaurant — all perfectly lined up in rows of shophouses or shopping malls. What we don’t expect, however, is to enter a retail store and catch glimpse of baristas working their magic behind a coffee counter. Or spy an assortment of cakes at the back of a bookstore. Enter the beauty of multi-concept stores; where you’ll find yourself constantly surprised by the myraid of activities after walking through the doors…
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