Canadian fashion brand École de Pensée spent 250 hours creating the worn-out textured walls of its new flagship store in Montreal, which looks more like an apartment than a shop. More about École de Pensée opens "apartment-inspired" menswear boutique in Montreal
Designed to evoke the heat and scent of the freshly baked cheese tarts that it sells, this store in Japan, which just won Retail Interior of the Year at Dezeen Awards, is made from warm-toned galvanised metal. More about Fumitaka Suzuki designs a cheese tart shop made from gleaming metal
Shadowy arcades, cracked flooring and "desaturated sunset tones" form the setting for New York lighting brand Apparatus' first West Coast showroom in Los Angeles. More about Apparatus designs Los Angeles showroom to resemble moody paintings
Danish design brand Hay has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in North America, hot on the heels of the dedicated e-commerce platform for the region it launched earlier this month. More about Hay's first US store opens in Portland
A kaleidoscopic solar roof tops the courtyard of Foster + Partners' latest Apple Store, which opened on the Champs-Élysées in Paris over the weekend. More about Foster + Partners unveils Apple Store in Parisian apartment on Champs-Élysées
Architectural studio Designreserve has created a liquor store-cum-bar in Sanlitum, Beijing with three rooms that display rare bottles in increasingly intimate settings. More about Bob's Select bar decorated with liquor lettering
Nike's swoosh symbol and airbag technology informed the bubbly, slumped glass facade that encases the sports brand's new flagship store in New York City. More about Nike's rippled glass New York flagship aims to disrupt "concrete canyon"
Clay, granite and timber appear throughout the B-Raku ceramics store in Brittany, France, which connects to a Japan-inspired restaurant next door, named Otonali. More about Guillaume Terver uses natural materials for Brittany ceramics store and adjoining Otonali eatery
Pastel-pink plaster walls surround a red quartz staircase leading into the Glossier flagship store in New York, which has opened hot on the heels of the beauty brand's new HQ in the city. More about Glossier Flagship in New York includes soft-pink plasterwork and a Boy Brow Room
Lukstudio has designed a shop and cafe for fashion platform Dear So Cute in Haining, east China, with theatrical flourishes to engage with young shoppers. More about Lukstudio creates theatrical shop for Chinese fashion brand Dear So Cute
A pair of neon eyes stare out from the back of eyewear brand Ace & Tate's new Soho store, which creative agency Anyways have designed in reference to the area's risqué past. More about Ace & Tate opens "voyeuristic" glasses store in central London's Soho
Stockholm-based clothing brand Eytys's first London store has an interior that references Swedish brutalism and postmodernism. More about Eytys's London store pays homage to Swedish brutalism
Thomas Heatherwick's Coal Drops Yard shopping centre in London's King's Cross contains more than 60 retail spaces under its sinuous roof. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy has selected seven stores with the most striking fit-outs. More about Seven shops to explore at the Coal Drops Yard in London
Fashion concept store Dover Street Market has opened in a warehouse building with hardly any windows in Los Angeles, creating an industrial backdrop for high-end clothing and installations. More about Dover Street Market's sixth fashion destination opens in LA
Johannes Torpe Studio aimed to create the aesthetic of a "futuristic lab" within this bike store near Copenhagen, which features illuminated white walls and mechanical hoists attached to the ceiling. More about Johannes Torpe Studio creates laboratory-style bicycle store for United Cycling
Russell Sage Studio looked to the crops of Bangladesh to form the rich-hued interiors of this tea shop and bar in central London, which serves hot drinks by day and alcohol-infused tipples at night. More about Tea shop meets cocktail bar in London's Teatulia
With the holiday season on the horizon, brands are opening temporary stores across Manhattan to entice design-savvy shoppers. Here are five worth a visit ahead of the annual retail rush. More about Five New York City pop-ups offering design-focused gifts
Studio David Thulstrup combines pale pink panels, glass bricks and birch veneer in this minimalist store in Copenhagen for fashion designer Mark Kenly Domino Tan. More about Studio David Thulstrup designs minimalist boutique for Mark Kenly Domino Tan
A former house in Beijing's old town is transformed into a specialist fan shop with a minimalist oak-lined interior, in this project by Golucci Interior Architects. More about Golucci Interior Architects creates "simple and clean" fan shop in Beijing hutong
Studio Luca Guadagnino has used roughened stone, rosy marble and bundles of straw throughout Aesop's store in Rome, which is meant to visually echo the city's ancient buildings. More about Aesop teams up with film director Luca Guadagnino for interior of Rome store