Cultural Appropriation

Hawaiʻi’s second-largest shopping mall, Pearlridge Center, is rebranding its buildings with Hawaiian names. As HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, this may be part of a growing trend among Hawaiʻi businesses – but getting it right remains a challenge.

Shoppers in Waik?k? can pick up designer bags and designer watches, but something more might be coming. A famous French designer is offering a familiar…