30 Global Retail Cities: Los Angeles

Executive Summary

With this series, 30 Global Retail Cities, we profile the world’s major shopping cities – from fashion capitals such as Milan to shopping hubs such as Honolulu and Bermuda. We curated the top retail stores in each city, along with must-see shopping districts, major retail events and innovative store formats.

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These are our highlights from Los Angeles:

• Nike By Melrose is a 4,000-square-foot, digital-meets-physical store, which the company refers to as a “Nike Live” store.
• Violet Grey stocks products used by makeup artists, while the company’s e-commerce site is part luxury editorial and part online store.
• The Warby Parker store has a green room in which customers can shoot 15-second videos using a variety of different backgrounds, such as a big pepperoni pizza, a palm tree-lined boulevard, an aquarium and more.