This past January, VMSD editors attended the 106th National Retail Federation (NRF) Retail's Big Show, the industry's largest trade show and conference dedicated to innovation in retail, at New York's Javits Center.
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Since its founding this past year, Lumen Optical (Kildeer, hi.) sought to redefine the conventional eye care environment. Presented with only a watercolor of a bespectacled woman - who the designers nicknamed "lumen" .
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From indoor skydiving to movie theaters, retailers are proving consumers desire what experiental concepts have to offer.
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Given the often kiosk-size nature of mobile phone and cellular service shops, a two-floor AT&T (Dallas) store measuring 24,000 square feet would be noteworthy in its own right.
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Designing a new super-market concept is sometimes a test, but when more than a third of the space has to function as a gastronomy and food-to-go destination, then the proverbial "thinking caps" must go on.
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In 1978, Brian Smith arrived in Southern California from Australia with a suitcase filled with sheepskin surfer boots. Before long, the boots became a big hit, and Ugg was born.
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KipTindell, da Container Store e chairman da NRF, deu um recado claro: o maior ativo da indùstria de varejo é a energia e o talento de sua força de traballio e produtos e serviços tecnológicos sào commodities, mas as pessoas nâo.
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Building a brand of national repute is not a cakewalk. But Monginis managed it with the right products, right partners and superior customer service - the perfect recipe for sweet success.
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Realising the need to join hands, firms are slowly getting comfortable with the idea of a quid pro quo with parties outside their usual value chain and are inventing new ways to form win-win relationships for the sake of profit and sustainability.
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A roundup oí social, local and mobile marketing activity at retail.
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Coca-Cola Co. stayed at the top of shoppers' minds in recent months by activating account-specific holiday and football programs at an array of retailers across various channels.
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GfK FutureBuy shows early adopters steady on end-to-end browsing and buying on mobile while Baby Boomers drive an overall bump.
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