economic downturn

Help! Laid-off store designers are becoming too cute for words.

When Lucy Van Pelt hung out her shingle in the “Peanuts” comic strip, offering “Psychiatry - 5¢,” it was supposed to be...

Sector Spotlight: Retailers are re-examining what was once the “recession-proof” health, beauty and cosmetics department.

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, a fast-growing beauty and cosmetics retailer, is building a chain of supersized...

Muted and serene, or financially obscene? The design landscape needs both.

There’s a growing contingent of Americans who raise an eyebrow at any show of opulence, glitz or luxury at a time when so...

Ground beef? Check. Oil filter? Check. How are consumers shopping today? Check THIS list.

The challenges to store designers today are immense. One thing has never changed, though: Effective store design starts...

On the supplier side of the retail design equation, it’s anything but business as usual.

As always, June is our annual fixture issue. But this year, after the successful meeting-of-minds we coordinated for our...

Bain & Co. increases size of expected sales decline

Sales of luxury goods could plunge as much as 10 percent this year, according to a forecast to be released tomorrow, ...

Sin City seeks to reposition itself as a quick getaway.

The Las Vegas marketing slogan was “What Happens Here, Stays Here” – an invitation to visitors to come and let it all...

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