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Chiara Bellini

Chiara Bellini writes about restaurants by way of the people who supply them. She reviews dining rooms and writes city food guides, edits the aviation feed from terminals to lounges, covers hotel design and materials that survive use, and reports store formats, markups and coastal rental economics.

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Independent editorial contributor covering restaurants, food travel, hotels and destination planning.

Articles by Chiara Bellini

How the $800 Duty-Free Exemption Actually Works — and Why Shipping Your Souvenirs Home No Longer Does

How the $800 Duty-Free Exemption Actually Works — and Why Shipping Your Souvenirs Home No Longer Does

Chiara Bellini

Who Really Makes Store Brands? Private Label vs Name Brands, Explained

Who Really Makes Store Brands? Private Label vs Name Brands, Explained

Chiara Bellini

How Warehouse Clubs Make Money on Memberships, Not Groceries

How Warehouse Clubs Make Money on Memberships, Not Groceries

Chiara Bellini

Does Cutting Out the Middleman Actually Cut Prices? DTC Brands, Explained

Does Cutting Out the Middleman Actually Cut Prices? DTC Brands, Explained

Chiara Bellini

What Is RFID in Retail? How Stores Track Every Item — and What It Means for You

What Is RFID in Retail? How Stores Track Every Item — and What It Means for You

Chiara Bellini

What Happened to the American Mall? Dead Malls, Conversions and the Survivors

What Happened to the American Mall? Dead Malls, Conversions and the Survivors

Chiara Bellini

Why Do Brands Build Flagship Stores They Barely Expect to Be Profitable?

Why Do Brands Build Flagship Stores They Barely Expect to Be Profitable?

Chiara Bellini

Why Stores Added Self-Checkout — and Why Some Are Ripping It Out

Why Stores Added Self-Checkout — and Why Some Are Ripping It Out

Chiara Bellini

The Secondhand Economy: Why Your Vintage T-Shirt Costs More Than a New One

The Secondhand Economy: Why Your Vintage T-Shirt Costs More Than a New One

Chiara Bellini

How Outlet Villages Actually Price Things: The European Outlet Mechanics Explained

How Outlet Villages Actually Price Things: The European Outlet Mechanics Explained

Chiara Bellini

Why Are Department Stores Disappearing? The Economics, Explained for Shoppers

Why Are Department Stores Disappearing? The Economics, Explained for Shoppers

Chiara Bellini