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Art Gensler Passes Away at 85

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In the late 1990s, Gensler agreed to design the first 100 Apple store locations. After Gensler was contracted by Microsoft to design a handful of its brick-and-mortar locations, the firm was “fired” by Apple, but after Jobs’ death, the firm was re-hired. He stepped down as the firm’s CEO in 2005 but was Chair until 2010.

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Kmart to Shutter Last Store in Home State

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The retailer has another six locations spread across Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Kmart, the article explains, had 1400 stores when it was purchased out of bankruptcy by Sears in 2005. The post Kmart to Shutter Last Store in Home State appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. stores by the end of 2021.

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Beyond Yoga Stresses Relaxed Comfort for Brick-and-Mortar Debut’s Design

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Beyond Yoga has opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Los Angeles, where the retailer’s story began in 2005. In developing a strategy for its physical location, Beyond Yoga focused on allowing its popular textiles to shine through via educational signage, thoughtful product displays, comfortable spaces and artistic installations.

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Does the Historic Makeover of an Iconic Paris Retailer Chart a Path for Department Stores’ Revival?

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Until 2005 that is, when the doors of La Samaritaine were summarily shuttered. Those plans were thwarted, however, when the store was forced to close for safety reasons in 2005. La Samaritaine is located in the literal heart of Paris next to some of the city’s other most famous sites including the Louvre and Tuileries Garden.

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From frumpy to fashionable: the triumphant turnaround of M&S Clothing

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Price had previously worked at M&S as trading director from 2005 until 2012 but left because it “was drifting in the wrong direction”. Instead visual merchandising has transformed the store, with dynamic displays using neon-lit areas to spotlight customer favourites within its clothing department.

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