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 of mail-order catalogues followed in 1968, which allowed customers to buy Biba style without having to come to London. The next move, in 1969, was to Kensington High Street, into a store which previously sold carpet. Again, it was unique; a mix of Art Nouveau decor and Rock and Roll decadence. On 1 May 1971 a bomb was set off inside the store by The Angry Brigade. They claimed responsibility for it in Communique 8, which was published in "IT" magazine. In 1973 with the backing of Dorothy Perkins and British Land, the store moved to the seven-storey Derry &