A retail store requires comprehensive marketing planning, from determining the products being sold to how the in-store advertising materials will be displayed. Part of that planning is developing ...

Beyond just creating a good-looking store with aesthetically pleasing displays, retail store design is a well-thought-out strategy to set up a store in a certain way to optimize space and sales. The ...

Retail TouchPoints (RTP), the top media group covering omnichannel retail, has unveiled a new and improved digital experience and expanded content initiative to better serve store designers and ...

With all the focus on e-commerce and websites, it’s easy to forget that online sales still only accounted for about 10 percent of all retail transactions last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau ...

The second weekend in January means only one thing for me. It’s NRF, retail’s “Big Show” in New York. Having attended for over three decades now, NRF is a pivotal moment in my retail calendar. It’s a ...

Retail packaging is more than just a protective layer, it plays a major role in a customer’s buying decision. In today’s crowded marketplace, where customers often judge a product by its appearance, ...

The layout of a retail store can have significant impact on sales and customer experience, a fact well-known to retailers (take Apple's recent application to patent its own floor plan invention). But ...

Earlier this summer, the Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) announced the launch of a new Responsible Store Design Program to advance its progress toward environmental targets. While the company has made ...

Ask any experienced and successful business leader in the retail world and they will tell you that a big part of their success can be attributed to customer psychology, and how they manipulate it on a ...

____Apple officially trademarked its store design last week, an endeavor the company has been pursuing since May 2010. After being rejected twice by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which claimed ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Ever walked into a big chain store and walked out with way more than you had planned to purchase? Big retailers certainly seem to know ...

These words spring to mind whenever I’m embarking on a retail therapy spree. Of course, while the only cameras around are security cameras, I see the lights and everyone in full (shopping) action.