Department stores and malls in Asia are still doing well and innovating. The extreme weather helps malls provide cooling in the summer and protection in the monsoons. Vancouver and Canada could get some tips for the former Bay stores. I wonder if Rubi Liu had them in mind with her idea.
Could Vancouver attract an Asian brand? like Lotte or Shinsegae. I do know from reading about some retail issues in Canada that some brands have exclusive rights with certain stores, so that can be hard for another store to be allowed to carry them.
Without The Bay Chanel and several makeup and fragrance brands no longer have a home to sell, I know a handful of Shoppers Drug Marts carry Chanel, but it's nothing fancy. Sephora gets some, but I really hate the whole Sephora experience, it's cramped, it's got pre-teens buying — they don't need lol etc. Really feels a little downmarket these days.
Anyway, this is something you are seeing over in Asia, shopping malls with "experiences" and Instagrammable spots and a lot of space to play or sit, etc. This just opened in Bangkok at Siam Mall, it's called Nextopia and has replaced the upper floors that were previously used as a convention centre. I have to give some kudos to Shape and what it does with Brentwood and Lougheed, they always have events going on and spots for photos etc.
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