Stores of 2026 will embody high touch and high tech with a clear sense of purpose and a dash of...
The smaller format store boasts a service-oriented shopping experience, offering alterations, in-store pickup, returns, giftwrapping and more.
The interior is part luxury retail and part museum where visitors encounter interactive displays, a curated archive and more than 50 pieces of contemporary art
“The store’s central atrium, which evokes the feeling of entering a silver mine, is a key architectural feature that symbolizes the town’s industrial heritage”
Leica’s flagship in the Meatpacking District is housed in a historic building, and its aesthetic was incorporated into the final design
The city’s industrial growth in the 19th century was thanks to its strategic coastline at the country’s southeast point
Chelsea has expanded to almost six times its initial size
L.L.Bean's newly renovated 390,000-square-foot corporate headquarters houses a product-testing lab
National, regional and local retailers are actively expanding.
Music Lane in South Congress is emerging as a big draw for national brands
THE NUMBERS Featuring the largest collection of historic cast-iron buildings in all of New York, the SoHo neighborhood – short for South of Houston Street –...
There’s a buzz in the Big Apple as activity returns to physical stores
REGULAR VMSD READERS know that we recently launched our exclusive Brain Squad, which is made up of visual merchandising and store designers across the country (and beyond) who offer...
From supply chain turmoil, to Amazon’s transfer of power, to Walmart’s pandemic pivots
Some focused on their craft, while others were swept up in the sourdough-making craze
One design strategist was tasked with using a forklift and got “some strange looks as a 15-year-old girl”
