INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
On a recent Sunday afternoon in lower Manhattan, a small shop inside the Oculus, a soaring curvilinear mall at the World Trade Center,
stands out for the bustling crowd thronging its space.
“We’re out of stock,” more than one employee can be heard telling
customers.
This is not one of New York’s many top-brand boutiques but Pop Mart, a Chinese designer toy brand that has become a sensation
in the United States.
Its signature “blind box”, containing collectable figurines revealed only when the...
