Tom Zeit

Bob's Stores, Long Island, N.Y.
In an unusual move for the value category, Bob’s Stores relies on visual tools and flexible fixtures to put brands front and center.

Bob’s Stores had a very specific problem to solve with its redesign: It needed...

Checking Out: Miho Koshido-Downey
A JGA creative director talks about what designers need to do to push through

Your career includes posts at retail design firms (FRCH, Walker Group and JGA) as well as at Macy’s. How does...

Hottest Mannequin Trends in 2012
As retailers reconnect with shoppers post-recession, they’re using more visual components to help draw shoppers in.

Mannequins have always been a part of retailers’ visual strategy, but they’ve been getting more emphasis lately, both in...

Sunglass Hut, New York
Designing a flagship store for a well-established chain such as Sunglass Hut means retaining certain signature elements, including a black-and-white color scheme and moveable floor display fixtures, while still moving the design forward.

“A client may come to us with certain pieces, but you can do a lot with those pieces,” says Robin Elmslie Osler,...

Optx Rhode Island
Displaying ever-changing eyewear collections with a sense of luxury

Many ophthalmologists are challenged with displaying a multitude of products – all of the same size and shape – without...

Kirk Originals, London
Unusual display arms create an art-like installation for the latest eyeglass frames.

Customers have spent so much time looking at eyeglass frames on store displays that the frames were bound to start...

LA Food Show, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Second Act: Creating unit No. 2 of the LA Food Show restaurant chain required a bravura performance by its designers and builders.

After more than two decades of success with their California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) restaurants, founders and co-ceos Rick...

Chedraui, Guadalajara, Mexico
Muy Caliente: Mexico’s Chedraui hypermarket wanted to outshine its international competitors. In its first new store in Guadalajara, the heat is definitely on.

In the U.S., hypermarkets are often looked down upon by shoppers who associate their huge inventories and low prices with...

Radio Waves
RFID technology is going to give retailers a staggering amount of real-time knowledge about their stores. How will store design adapt to this revolution?

A shopper walks into a store and a traffic monitoring system notes her presence and plots her journey. She picks up an...

Best Buy's New Concept
Best Buy set out to create a store design that’s more appealing to women – and ended up with one that’s better for everybody.

If you generally enjoy shopping at consumer electronics stores, you’re probably a guy. Their prime customers have always...

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