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HN comment orderSeveral hyper-specialist shops I know in Munich: - balloon shops seem to do really well because we have several here and every major city seems to have one - foam shop for when you need to fix your upholstery - venetian blind store which only sells the vertical kind - Ketten Wild was a chain shop that only sold chains but chains in all forms and sizes - la porcelaine blanche's slogan is "only china, only white" and that is…
I saw this article shortly before a trip to Berlin in 2019 and went by the button shop. It definitely felt like the guy was some kind of button philosopher, or lord of a button empire. I hadn't brought a picture, but I told him I was looking for some square buttons and he seemed upset - "buttons should be round, you might as well have a square wheel!" I didn't find the buttons I was looking for but it…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 406
- Total comments
- 223
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-29 | Are the hyper-specialist shops of Berlin the future of retail? | kawera | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-04-30 | The hyper-specialist shops of BerlinFirst breakout · Best thread | moreentropy | 294 | 166 |
| 2021-07-24 | The Hyper-Specialist Shops of Berlin (2019)Latest 20+ point return | suketk | 98 | 57 |
| 2021-07-26 | Are the hyper-specialist shops of Berlin the future of retail? | jdkee | 13 | 0 |