Assouline opens its first Hankyu Umeda boutique
The Paris-founded 'culture as luxury' publisher opens its first Hankyu Umeda boutique on 19 August, testing whether a department store's international luxury floor — built for apparel and leather goods — has room for a maison that sells books.
Assouline, the Paris-founded "culture as luxury" publishing house, opens its first boutique inside Hankyu Umeda Main Store on 19 August, taking space on the sixth floor's HANKYU LUXURY international boutiques section, according to a release from Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores.