visual merchandising

Tom Natalini set corporate visual standards for the ages

My initiation into the executive side of visual merchandising began when I met Tom Natalini, who was at the time Allied...

21st Century displays employ new techniques, unusual materials and jaw-dropping ideas.

Looking out across the retail landscape, are your visual merchandising programs a familiar wallflower or the hot new...

The rise of glass façades marks a return of New York’s crystal palace

In the beginning of the 20th Century, New York’s Ladies Mile, running down Broadway and up Sixth Avenue between 23rd and...

Rule number one about merchandising for men: If you don’t make it easy, you don’t make it.

Men like to buy. They just don’t like to shop. Make it logical and intuitive for them to find what they’re looking for...

The visual merchandisers of the 1980s and 90s still have plenty to say

When I see youngsters skipping over the keypads of their communications devices with their thumbs, with all that...

Today’s mannequins are speaking the language of the brand with drama, elegance and theatrical excitement.

In the days of the grand old department stores, mannequins silently sold the retailer’s goods. Whatever was put on them...

Eleven retail concepts took home honorable mentions in our annual display contest.

For full coverage of the 2010 International Visual Competition, including photos of the Best in Show and First Place...

Visual displays do more than attract attention. They connect shoppers with your brands.

There’s a little store window inside the Las Vegas airport that always stops me dead in my tracks no matter how sleep-...

Retailers are closely examining their design initiatives, including two standout categories.

Visual merchandising is huge right now. Of course it is – you have to stay fresh, and costly renovations are still out of...

Enter VMSD’s annual Intl. Visual Competition. Creative thinking is critical these days.

Visual merchandising has a pretty big to-do list right now, working double-time to attract shoppers with impactful...

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