Big box retailers don’t have to be impersonal and unresponsive.
SPECIAL REPORT: Retailers are gradually going back to the drawing board in 2010, and expecting their fixture suppliers to produce quality, service, price and new ideas.
Seeing the Light: Swarovski's display case lighting was gobbling up so much energy, it was confronting state energy regulation limits.
Will retailers finally capture the shopper data available to them?
How employees can undermine retailers’ grand plans
Another specialty retailer takes a chance on Manhattan.
We shine a spotlight on the basic differences between the most-talked-about lighting options today.
The brand's first store tunes into the psyche of tween shoppers with “anything goes” encouragement.
McDonald’s is reportedly spending billions to overhaul its restaurants. Why?
Americans may finally be going shopping again.
Marrying drive-through convenience with a fresh-food emphasis was the goal behind Swiss Farms’ new prototype.
Like No Other Store in the World: Bloomingdale’s first international store is in the Dubai Mall.
With GlobalShop done for another year, EuroShop 2011 is already generating excitement.
Star Light, Star Bright: Can LEDs now light an entire store? SuperValu says yes with its new Star Market flagship.
Or will the show be a lamb in these uncertain times?
No theming, no gift shops, no gimmicks, no casino. Just pure elegance.
Walmart and P&G team up for a “wholesome” TV show about a single mom living in the mountains.
Help! Laid-off store designers are becoming too cute for words.
Mix Uniqlo’s cheap chic retailing with fashionable Paris and a Beaux Arts building near l’Opera. The result: C’est si bon.
VMSD’s blue ribbon panel of design firm experts says retailers will be looking for new initiatives this year – because they have to.