Currents | Closing: Moss, the SoHo Design Emporium, Is Closing
After 18 years in business, Moss, the SoHo design mecca, is shutting down its retail space on Greene Street, on Feb. 17.
A perfect storm of high overhead and lagging sales led Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell, the store’s owners, to conclude that they were running “a free museum” and that “the old paradigm wasn’t working,” Mr. Moss explained.
The new paradigm for Moss — a store that earned international cult status by simultaneously introducing cutting-edge designers like Maarten Baas and Hella Jongerius and reviving interest in old-school brands like Tupperware and Nymphenburg — involves moving to a smaller, more versatile space yet to be determined, from which the two partners will continue to exhibit and sell new design. They also plan to open Moss Bureau, a consultancy that will grant Mr. Moss to monetize his position as a design deity.
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Moss, the SoHo Design Emporium, Is Closing - NYTimes.comRIP, Moss Design Emporium - Blogs - Dwell
Moss Design Emporium Will Close After 18 Years | GalleristNY
Married at Moss: Observatory: Design Observer
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