Retail design the middle of town. The first shopping centre in the Netherlands was built in the 1950s, as retail design ideas began spreading east. The next evolution of retail design was the creation of the boutique in the 1960s, which emphasized retail design run by individuals. Some of the earliest examples of boutiques are the Biba boutique created by Barbara Hulanicki and the Habitat line of stores made by Terence Conran. The rise of the boutique was followed, in the next two decades, with an overall increase in consumer spending across the developed world. This rise made retail design shift to
Biba Singh her parents. At seven she began singing at gurudwaras, and she released a shabad album titled "Desire for Truth-Saachi Baani" with Ustaad Taari Khan. She was discovered by Bollywood singer Daler Mehndi and then in 2009 was introduced to Santokh Singh. She worked with him to create her first pop album, "Biba", that year, and with Bappi Lahri on her second, "Biba For You", released in 2011. In November 2013 she released a single, "Akhian", based on the classic song "Akhiyan'ch tu Vasda" by Surinder Kaur. She has toured in India, the United States and Canada, and in the UK