# flagship (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover flagship. Page: Feed: --- ## [This Week in Retail: NikeSKIMS Launches Shop-In-Shop Experience, Salomon Opens Beijing Flagship With JISOO, PUFF Brings Drinkware To Nikki Beach, Guerlain Launches Ocean Rebirth Retreat](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/this-week-in-retail-nikeskims-launches) _2026-08-17 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Physical retail is becoming the ultimate proof point for brand relevance, from flagship immersion to milestone pop-ups. Retail is betting on place to build loyalty. ## [Why the first year of retirement is weirder than anyone tells you](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/why-the-first-year-of-retirement) _2026-08-16 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times: 'Here’s how to work out how much you really need for retirement' ## [This Week in Retail: Burberry Beauty Debuts in Shinsegae City, ALO Launches in China with Tmall $1.5M in Pre-Sales, Golden Goose Opens in Los Cabos, AMOUAGE Surges Past $360M in Global Sales for H1](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/this-week-in-retail-burberry-beauty) _2026-08-13 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Retail's growth engines are geography and category, not just new products. Fragrance houses and activewear brands are racing into underserved markets fastest. ## [This Week in Retail: Rare Beauty Launches New Fragrance at Sephora, Louis Vuitton's Cape Town Boutique Expansion, Gucci's Qixi Mini Dramas, Dior's Surreal Window Towers, ZARA's Tripled Almere Flagship](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/this-week-in-retail-rare-beauty-launches) _2026-08-12 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Luxury and mass brands are turning physical space into cultural theatre, from bar takeovers to tripled flagships. Retail's edge now is whether a store doubles as content. ## [Levi’s Joins Retail Repair’s First Movers as Primark Tops 730 Workshops, Uniqlo Reaches 75 Studios, and Zara Pre-Owned in 17 Markets](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/levis-joins-retail-repairs-first) _2026-08-12 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Levi’s is the newest major player in retail repair, using workshops and its Wear Longer Project to turn denim maintenance into a post-purchase customer relationship. ## [This Week in Retail: Chanel Opens Seasonal Mykonos Boutique, Tiffany & Co. Reimagines São Paulo with Brazilian Craft, Giorgio Armani Unveils Hamburg Flagship, Salomon Brings Film Campaign To Stores](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/this-week-in-retail-chanel-opens-14c) _2026-08-09 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Luxury retail is proving place matters as much as product, with openings built to reflect local culture rather than replicate a global template. Stores are becoming cultural statements. ## [Traditional Media's Fight Against AI Reveals A Deeper Fear About Holding Its Position. While Independent Media Is Using it to Build One.](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/traditional-medias-fight-against) _2026-08-09 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ AI is disrupting a legacy media built on gatekeeping and centralized distribution, while independent voices are finally gaining a chance to be discovered, trusted, and heard. ## [Retire from the job not from being challenged](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/retire-from-the-job-not-from-being) _2026-08-09 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times this week: 'Here’s how to work out how much you really need for retirement' ## [This Week in Retail: Jo Malone London Launches in Boots, SKIMS Opens Second UAE Store, On Opens Flagship in Copenhagen, Cult Gaia to Open in Dubai Mall, Adidas Opens First Originals Outlet in Korea](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/this-week-in-retail-jo-malone-london) _2026-08-08 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Retail leaders are turning stores into full sensory experiences instead of simple transactions. The throughline: physical retail is becoming every brand's most powerful marketing tool. ## [This Week in Retail: Van Cleef & Arpels Opens Geneva Flagship, Tiffany & Co. Stages Qixi Exhibition in Chengdu, Bvlgari Resort Dubai Unveils La Terrazza, Giorgio Armani Traces Island Life in Mare](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/this-week-in-retail-van-cleef-and) _2026-08-07 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Luxury houses are trading product pitches for lived experiences. From Geneva to Chengdu, retail now sells place and participation as much as product. ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KGePWj1ALEw7) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [I Attended Paris Haute Couture Week Front Row. Here’s What I Learnt.](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/i-attended-paris-haute-couture-week) _2026-08-06 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Today, most coveted fashion houses are rewarding consistent reporting over loud personalities, opening the door for discreet, faceless voices to sit front row. ## [This Week in Retail: New Balance Opens Flagship Store in Los Angeles, Wilson Taps Caitlin Clark for Chicago Flagship, FENDI Opens Vancouver Store, Copenhagen Fashion Week Takes Centre Stage](https://retailboss.substack.com/p/this-week-in-retail-new-balance-opens) _2026-08-06 · RETAILBOSS · RETAILBOSS_ Stores are being reimagined as storytelling canvases, from palazzo-like boutiques and heritage archives to sports and wellness activations, turning physical locations into culture-first experiences. ## [Where should your next £300 go? Mortgage, pension or ISA?](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/where-should-your-next-300-go-mortgage) _2026-08-02 · Epic Retirement UK_ An extra £300 a month could make a meaningful difference to your retirement. But the best place for it depends less on investment returns and more on the choices you want to create for your future. ## [Les Oiseaux du Mal – Inaugural Anthology Winners](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/les-oiseaux-du-mal-inaugural-anthology) _2026-08-01 · Nightingale Press & Publishing · Nightingale Press_ Anthology contest results! It’s a party. ## [Your brain needs a retirement plan too](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/your-brain-needs-a-retirement-plan) _2026-07-26 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times 'How to overcome the fear that ruins retirements' ## [The mid year financial checkin for those approaching retirement](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/the-mid-year-financial-checkin-for) _2026-07-19 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times last week 'How to overcome the fear that ruins retirements' ## [Who are you when the job title is gone?](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/who-are-you-when-the-job-title-is) _2026-07-12 · Epic Retirement UK_ And in The Times this week 'How to overcome the fear that ruins retirements' ## [Les Oiseaux du Mal – Birds of Evil](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/les-oiseaux-du-mal-birds-of-evil) _2026-07-05 · Johanna C. Eschwald · Nightingale Press_ Writing Contest Shortlist & Art Contest Winner ## [The thing most people don't realise they're buying when they pay for financial advice](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/the-thing-most-people-dont-realise) _2026-06-28 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: '‘We had to sell our home’ — the reality of retirement without savings' ## [The retirement tool the industry doesn’t want you using (but you already are)](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/the-retirement-tool-the-industry) _2026-06-21 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: '‘We had to sell our home’ — the reality of retirement without savings' ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Yb1Hy9zPa9NJ) _2026-06-21 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [The Nightingale Book Club, week 6](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/the-nightingale-book-club-week-6) _2026-06-20 · Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator · Nightingale Press_ A story about diplomacy ## [Nightingale News Update](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/nightingale-news-update) _2026-06-14 · Nightingale Press & Publishing · Nightingale Press_ Bumps in the Road, Burnout, and Total Transparency ## [Are you ready to retire? Depends which kind of ready you mean](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/are-you-ready-to-retire-depends-which) _2026-06-14 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: 'Your pension is primed to let you down at the worst possible time' ## [The Nightingale Grimoire | Craft Magic 3 (just between you and me)](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/the-nightingale-grimoire-craft-magic-3b4) _2026-06-13 · Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator · Nightingale Press_ Entry 3 — About those voices you hear in your head ## [Nightingale Press News | Story docs](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/nightingale-press-news-story-docs) _2026-06-11 · Nightingale Press & Publishing · Nightingale Press_ Because we've been going on about them ## [The Nightingale Book Club, week 5](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/the-nightingale-book-club-week-5) _2026-06-07 · Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator · Nightingale Press_ A story about diplomacy ## [New data out: What does a comfortable retirement cost now?](https://uk.epicretirement.net/p/new-data-out-what-does-a-comfortable) _2026-06-07 · Epic Retirement UK_ And, in The Times: 'Your pension is primed to let you down at the worst possible time' ## [Desperation in the Delta](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/06/desperation-in-the-delta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desperation-in-the-delta&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=desperation-in-the-delta) _2026-06-06 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ Cat Island, the fifth and final of my Privateers & Gentlemen adventures, has been re-released by Flagship Editions and is available on Amazon. The book is built around the long campaign to seize New Orleans for the British, and allows me to make use of the astounding number of extraordinary characters who were involved in \[…\] ## [Creepy Feet](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/06/creepy-feet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creepy-feet&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creepy-feet) _2026-06-06 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ I’ve been walking for exercise the last week or so. Which is not unusual in someone recovering from knee surgery, but I’ve had a foot so swollen that I couldn’t get a shoe on it, so walking was kinda out of the picture. Daily application of compression sox finally reduced my foot to something like \[…\] ## [The Nightingale Book Club, week 4](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/the-nightingale-book-club-week-4) _2026-05-30 · Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator · Nightingale Press_ A story about taking back what you're owed ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1xh1gcfagy3l) _2026-05-30 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [The Nightingale Book Club, week 3](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/the-nightingale-book-club-week-3) _2026-05-23 · Nikki | Nocturnal Narrator · Nightingale Press_ A story about a man and an entity and an entity and an entity ## [Clear Sky at Night, Fortnight’s Delight](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/05/clear-sky-at-night-fortnights-delight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clear-sky-at-night-fortnights-delight&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clear-sky-at-night-fortnights-delight) _2026-05-22 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ Another fortnight, another Privateers and Gentlemen release from Flagship Editions. These are coming in quick succession! This is The Macedonian, which is the name of a frigate captured by the Americans in 1812, and not a description of anyone in the book. This is the middle book in the Favian Markham trilogy, which opens with \[…\] ## [Nightingale Press News | Flagship manuscript](https://nightingalepressofficial.substack.com/p/nightingale-press-news-flagship-manuscript-897) _2026-05-19 · Nightingale Press & Publishing · Nightingale Press_ Reminder and poll about our Flagship Manuscript Pitch Event ## [Brig to Battle!](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/05/brig-to-battle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brig-to-battle&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brig-to-battle) _2026-05-09 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ Brig of War, the third re-release of my Privateers & Gentlemen series, is now available! Find it on Amazon. Flagship Editions is really cracking on with these. In the last month we’ve seen the release of To Glory Arise and The Tern Schooner, and now a third book is available on the virtual shelves. (If \[…\] ## [One Day More](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/05/one-day-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-day-more&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-day-more) _2026-05-08 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ What a difference 24 hours can make. Maybe I should have waited before making my last post. This morning I went to a doctor who specializes in veinology, or whatever the art is called. The first specialist I’ve been able to see. I was scanned again, and the blood clot is gone. Without a trace. \[…\] ## [Act of Kindness](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/05/act-of-kindness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=act-of-kindness&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=act-of-kindness) _2026-05-07 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ A complete stranger bought me lunch the other day. I never met her, and never spoke to her, and she’d left the restaurant before the waiter told me what she’d done. I guess she saw this geezer limping to the table with his cane, then dining by himself, possibly a lonely old pensioner with mobility \[…\] ## [Leaf Coral](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/05/leaf-coral/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaf-coral&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaf-coral) _2026-05-05 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ Palau 2016. ## [Arisen](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/04/arisen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arisen&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arisen) _2026-04-11 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ In what can be best described as a timely arrival, the new Flagship Editions copy of the first Privateers & Gentlemen adventure is now available at Amazon US and Amazon UK. It may be available in Australia and elsewhere in North America, but I haven’t checked. The books will be available on Kindle only, which \[…\] ## [The Trade Winds Blow Fair](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/04/the-trade-winds-blow-fair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-trade-winds-blow-fair&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-trade-winds-blow-fair) _2026-04-04 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ I’m pleased to report that I’ve just sold five books, Not new books, but books decades old. My Privateers & Gentlemen historical from the early Eighties. The sale is to Flagship Editions, a brand-new publisher dedicated to works with nautical themes. Flagship is based in London but the works will be available in North America, \[…\] ## [Beginning the Year of Pain and Mopery](https://www.walterjonwilliams.net/2026/03/beginning-the-year-of-pain-and-mopery/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beginning-the-year-of-pain-and-mopery&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beginning-the-year-of-pain-and-mopery) _2026-03-27 · wjw · Walter Jon Williams_ It’s well past time for this update, but quite frankly I’m tired enough of living it without having to recount it in narrative form. Plus I was deprived of Internet for over two weeks, as the local router resolutely refused to connect to the computer, until just couple days ago the Guy from IT turned \[…\]