Store Design & Layout News
Expert: Retail sector undergoing extreme makeover
September 18, 2008
BUSINESS EDGE (Canada): Major Canadian retailers are redesigning their stores in a bid to become more service-oriented and tech-savvy. Anson Lee, director of…
read nowL.L.Bean to open retail store in Beijing
September 16, 2008
FREEPORT, Maine — L.L.Bean, a leading U.S. retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, says it plans to open its first store in China this month. According to a…
read nowDesigners need bigger role in customer experience: Brunner
September 11, 2008
DEXIGNER: The huge success of design-driven products like the iPhone demonstrates how the good design practice can drive business to new heights. Designers…
read nowTrail Mark store upgrades design
September 8, 2008
REjournal: Trail Mark, an 1,800-square-foot outdoor specialty retail store in the Edina, Minn., Galleria Mall, recently worked on refreshing its look with a…
read nowDeveloper tries airier feel for retail, office combo
September 8, 2008
The Globe and Mail: According to the stereotype, shopping center developers set out to cram as much retail floor space as possible onto the available land then…
read nowUrban Outfitters emphasizes 'cool,' lets employees design the store
August 26, 2008
Wall Street Journal: Amid the worst consumer-spending slump in years, Urban Outfitters Inc. has been racking up big sales and earnings gains without putting…
read nowCVS to test high-end beauty stores
August 24, 2008
REUTERS: CVS Caremark Corp. will begin testing a high-end beauty store concept this year, looking to tap into growing demand for skin care and cosmetics seen…
read nowToys 'R' Us rolling out new superstore concept
August 19, 2008
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Toys 'R' Us, a $13.79 billion company based in Wayne, N.J., is trying to run with the market leader — Wal-Mart — by building toy…
read nowVirgin opens Warner Bros. store-within-a-store
August 19, 2008
Video Business: Virgin Entertainment Group has opened a 400-square-foot store-within-a-store as part of a tribute to Warner Bros.' 85th anniversary…
read nowNeighborhood retail making a comeback
August 17, 2008
Springfield Business Journal: During the past 50 years, the commercial development industry has followed rooftop demographics as they moved farther out on the…
read nowLSG introduces LED-based retail display line
August 11, 2008
NEW YORK — Lighting Science Group (LSG), a global developer and integrator of intelligent and efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions, has announced…
read nowFuture Shop unveils quadrant-based layout, central hub
August 10, 2008
The Vancouver Sun: Future Shop has unveiled its first new store format in eight years with a feature that has taken a firm grip on the interior design world …
read nowInfosys tool tracks shopper, shelf activity in real-time
July 30, 2008
BANGALORE, India — Infosys Technologies Limited has launched ShoppingTrip360, a platform that enables a suite of managed-information services to create a…
read nowOft-quoted retail statistic doesn't give the full picture
July 30, 2008
NEW YORK — A new global shopper study, "Shopper Decisions Made In-Store" (SDMIS), reveals what's truly happening in the world's retail shopping aisles.
read nowFlagship stores vital for brand relationships
July 27, 2008
Business Day: Many run at a loss, but flagship retail stores play a big role in building a richer customer relationship with a brand, says global branding…
read nowShoppers want retailers to show how green they are
July 21, 2008
Boston Business Journal: A retail business may be green and sustainable, but unless those details are clearly communicated to shoppers, the store might not be…
read nowExperiential store environment leads to big sales boost
July 7, 2008
Display & Design Ideas: Caryn Lerner, president and chief executive of Toronto-based Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd., recently attributed a sales increase of…
read nowSurvey: Small stores, independents preferred over big names
June 30, 2008
Retail Week: On Friday, Retail Week published the "100 Stores You Must Visit" and a quick scan through the names reveals an uncanny fact: the great bulk of the…
read nowU.K. retail design suffering from neglect
June 24, 2008
Spring Fair: David Dalziel of top retail design consultancy Dalziel + Pow said that store design has been much neglected of late, and that shop owners…
read nowWincor people-counters measure shopper body heat
June 23, 2008
PADERBORN — Visitor numbers for Retail Solutions 2008 will be available in real time, thanks to Irisys people counters installed at the entrances of the ExCeL…
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