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How Vans Transformed its Visual Merchandising with ‘Digital-First’ Processes

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Now, brands like Vans are embedding these short-term solutions into their day-to-day workflows as they strive to optimize the flow and experience of the shoe and apparel retailer’s 500+ stores in North America. Vans has increased the efficiency workflow for its visual merchandising and monthly floorset process using solutions from IWD.

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Foot Locker Plans 4 ‘Store of the Future’ Locations in 2024

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Foot Locker will launch its first “store of the future” in Willowbrook, N.J. next month, with an additional three stores planned for later in 2024. Elements from these stores will be applied to our 2025 openings and beyond.”

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Is the Container Store Trying to be the Next Bed Bath & Beyond?

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Uncontained also will support the premium Container Store Custom Spaces offering with on-trend finishes, hardware and features such as smarthome compatible lighting. The Container Store has been steadily enhancing its offerings as it has redefined its brand beyond containers and organizing solutions.

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Dick’s to Open 16 Next-Gen ‘50K’ Stores, Expand House of Sport Format in 2024

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increase in comp store sales. For the coming fiscal year, the retailer is planning $800 million in CapEx expenditures to fund a major brick-and-mortar expansion that will enlarge its total store square footage by 2% — its largest physical expansion since 2017. In terms of capital, it will take about $11.5

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Sears Closes Another of its Last Remaining Locations

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owners of Sears and Kmart, announced plans to permanently close the Ft. Sears location. The company also sold some land it owned adjacent to the location to RK Centers, which is planning to build a mixed-use development on the site. Last year, Sears closed its final hometown store in Illinois. Lauderdale, Fla.,

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Foot Locker Debuts ‘Store of the Future’ in New Jersey

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Foot Locker has unveiled its new store format, which includes a communal sneaker try-on area to facilitate “sneaker culture” conversations and technology that provides store associates with omnichannel inventory availability data. The retailer plans to use learnings from this store, located in the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, N.J.,

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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Then the next step is to go beyond that to say you also plan on empowering consumers to be able to live those promises as well, whether that’s inclusivity, sustainability or giving back to the community. We’re going to see a mix of these stores and pop-ups, which brands will lean into as brand ignition moments.