(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK — Nosto, an AI-powered commerce experience platform, announced it had acquired SearchNode, a global cloud-based ecommerce search technology company. This transaction marks...
Amanda McAllister ChangeUp’s new, 33-year-old Creative Director is eagerly heading into retail’s challenging future. But she also honors the grand traditions of her retail clients. Always...
...Walk-Out technology. It will change the rules of checking out of a store. If the shoppers scan their app or use a card when they enter...
...where the city begins and the mall ends and vice versa is blurred. They are located at urban nodes, where transportation nodes, residences, offices and retail...
...the “Checking Out” column on page 36 of the July/August 2020 print edition of VMSD: In addition to the entry experience, which you’d mentioned in the...
Li Xiang The Shanghai architecture and design groundbreaker experiments with styles, experiences, materials and themes that make you “hold your breath.” Do you remember what first...
Lauren Jonson Walgreens’ Director of Environmental & Fixture Design talks about big-brand messaging, the Covid experience and why she chose graphic design over playing trumpet. Not...
Sarah Quinlan The Chief Economist of The Consello Group is not uncertain about this economy – nor about all the great potential for retail. ? SARAH...
Albert Gilkey The Campaign Manager What’s it like dealing with perhaps one of the most widely known and recognized brands? It’s very exciting. The customer has...
Catherine Keywan Bergmeyer’s Senior Interior Designer — and 2020 VMSD Designer Dozen winner – got her initial inspiration from TV. She painted her room and redecorated...
Covid changed the rules about “going to work.” People were suddenly reexamining what was important and gave life meaning. And, it seemed, working at a retail...
Lisa Wynne This sustainability expert with two architecture degrees runs EcoScapes Sustainability Solutions LLC, an environmental consulting firm. She’s fighting to help retailers comply more easily...
Andrea Magno Benjamin Moore’s Director of Color Marketing and Development reveals the company’s Color of the Year palette. Cool or warm, soft or bold, these hues...
Jean-Didier Allongue The Senior Director of Global Store Design for CPG brand Harry’s Inc. creates retail installations that draw brick-and-mortar customers to the company’s namesake brand....
You’ve worked for some incredible brands in 13 years. Yes, I was lucky enough to join Barnes & Noble and then H&M when they were still...
Claire Coder The 27-year-old Founder of Aunt Flow – and opening keynote speaker of Shop! MarketPlace 2025 – has tapped into a zero-growth industry nine years...
What brought you to a career in design and fashion? My interest was there for a long time. When in school at the University of Pittsburgh,...
What were your earliest career aspirations? As a 6-year-old entrepreneur, I remember imagining ‘small businesses’ and then creating them out of whatever was around the house....
YOU’RE FROM IRELAND and began your architecture/design career in London. How did you wind up in southwest Ohio, where you’ve worked (in chronological order) for Design...
Francesco Cordua Your career path includes stops working for Gensler, McDonald’s, Old Navy and Tiffany’s, among others. How did that happen? It came out of the...
