For the new U-BOAT store in Venice’s famed Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square), the project team faced all the usual design challenges for a luxury store … and then some!
Migrating from their boondock origins and creating their own boom towns, outlets are no longer on the outskirts. Outlet malls have evolved to become part of both Main Street and the mainstream shopping experience.
Today categories are becoming less defined as retailers strive to meet shopper demand and maintain profitability.
Food and fashion categories are increasingly blurring as luxury and department retailers seek to whet shoppers’ appetites for spending.
From fitting rooms to phone apps, the touchscreen has invaded and completely transformed every aspect of the shopping experience.
Last October, The Line invited customers into its newest abode, an airy, light-filled dwelling on Melrose Place in Los Angeles. Though they house many of the same items, the two incarnations of The Apartment befit their respective coastal reputations.
From in-store laboratories to neighborly nods, here are 14 innovations in the way we shop.
Set against Seattle’s vibrant tech scene, Filson’s 6,500-square-foot Sodo flagship store is a total anachronism-exactly the tone its designers had aimed to achieve.
Contrary to its name, Scandinavian design shop Austere in downtown L.A. sells an array of cozy, colorful wares: traditionally woven Norwegian blankets, plush midcentury armchairs, forest-scented Swedish candles.
Si les Français aiment toujours jardiner, le travail des enseignes spécialisées n’a jamais été aussi complexe. Riches d’une offre pléthorique, mais très saisonnière, elles élargissent leur gamme dans un environnement plus soigné.