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Daughter's TikTok videos revive father's Shoreditch shoe store

Daughter's TikTok videos revive father's Shoreditch shoe store
From near closure to ‘hidden gem’: Daughter revives father’s shoe store in London with TikTok; here's how · livemint.com

A man named Rachid Lazraq has a shoe shop in London called Rich Collection Italia.

He has run the shop for 34 years.

For a while, the shop was struggling because the neighborhood was changing and rents were getting very expensive.

His daughter, Zineb, wanted to help save the store.

She started posting videos of the shoes on an app called TikTok.

The videos became very popular with people on the internet.

One video called the shop a 'hidden gem,' and lots of people saw it.

Soon, many young people came to buy the shoes.

The shoes were just what young people wanted because old-style Y2F fashion was coming back.

Now the shop is busy again, with customers lining up to buy shoes.

Key facts

Store name
Rich Collection Italia
Location
Shoreditch, East London
Years in business
34 years
Owner
Rachid Lazraq, aged 59
Price of most shoes
Around $75
Viral 'hidden gem' video views
More than 300,000
Reason for revival
TikTok videos and the Y2K fashion revival

Quotes

Zineb Lazraq

Daughter of the shop owner, who revived the store on TikTok

“When I was younger, the business was doing well, but especially towards my teen years, the business started struggling.”
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