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    Retailers try luring shoppers with food

    by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Los Angeles Times Jan 18, 2018 3 minutes

    Retailer Mark Werts was dining in a Hong Kong restaurant a few years ago when he noticed that most people were doing more than chewing.

    "Of about 130 people, 129 people were on their phones," said Werts, who owns the brands American Rag Cie clothing and Maison Midi home goods. "So it struck me that there's an enormous opportunity while you're eating to combine selling decor in a restaurant."

    The epiphany led him to create Beau Soleil Kitchen & Bar in Huntington Beach, where people can buy home goods on display, colorful mismatched tiles

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