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Warby Parker Transforms First NYC Store into ‘Love Letter’ to Local Artists

Retail TouchPoints

store, which initially had entered the NYC retail community in 2003. Now, with more than 270 locations across the U.S. and Canada, the eyewear retailer found it was the perfect time to revisit and refresh its first store, on Greene St. in New York City, by applying a new gallery concept.

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Selfridges in search for buyer as billionaire owners launch auction

365 Retail

The firm was founded in 1908 but has been controlled by the Weston family since 2003. Visual merchandisers and windows team members put the finishing to a display at Selfridges’ flagship store in London before it reopened in April (Yui Mok/PA).

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Selfridges Owner Considers Sale

VMS

Galen Weston, who died this year, for about $845 million in 2003. The post Selfridges Owner Considers Sale appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. Selfridges, founded in 1908, was purchased by Canadian W.

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Have you visited Macy's State Street Chicago? Because you should!

Retail Adventures

Fun fact: the paneling ultimately ended up in the office of the VP of Visual Merchandising, which I say well deserved! It was replicated in 2003, adding a curved bottom that replicates a flag waving in the wind. Fun fact: Part of the paneling ultimately ended up in the office of the VP of Visual Merchandising.

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Four buzzwords that will define 2025: Tariffs, AI, RFID and aesthetic shopping

Inside Retail

Retailers should apply this lesson with their visual merchandising, and from an accessibility standpoint, with their descriptive tagging as well. Walmarts adoption of RFID technology in 2003 first brought industry-wide attention to its capabilities. In some ways, the overarching through line for 2025 is whats old is new again.

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