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- 2018 has been a significant year for the
retail sector. Some of the nation's most established stores have learned that they have the unenviable choice to either adapt or die. - Many have taken lessons from the trendy young startups that have swooped in and redefined the way we shop.
- These are some of the brands that have exploded in popularity 2018.
2018 has been a significant year for the retail sector.
Wounded from the so-called retail apocalypse that defined 2017, some of the nation's most established brands have been faced with the fact that they either have to adapt or die. As a result, many have been forced to take lessons from trendy young startups that have swooped in and redefined the way we shop.
From Gucci and Balenciaga to Crocs and Glossier, these are some of the most explosively successful brands of 2018: