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Retail’s Future is Phygital

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With more people returning to in-store shopping as the pandemic has eased, brands are leaning into the phygital trend by designing physical stores that reflect popular elements of the online experience. Technology in lighting, music, visual merchandising and other physical elements helps brands create immersive in-store experiences.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

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For example, they need to support omnichannel services like BOPIS, ship-from-store and seamless returns. Although the creative aspect is especially important, designers and visual merchandising teams need to work closely with their colleagues in marketing, IT and business strategy to ensure all decisions align with the bigger picture.

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Exclusive Q&A: M.M. LaFleur Designs Boutiques to Promote ‘Individual Customer Discovery’

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Amid planning for new locations in other areas of New York and Washington, D.C., We see our location on the Upper East Side, and future locations we are planning to open in 2023, as complementary to our showroom experience, allowing us to reach the widest possible audience in whatever atmosphere they would prefer to shop with us.

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4 Ways QR Codes are Transforming the Retail Shopping Experience

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This existing familiarity with QR codes brought on by the pandemic means that consumers are already primed to engage through the quick scan of a code at retail locations. When an item is out of stock, for example, endless aisles let in-store shoppers use online channels to order those items to be shipped to them directly.

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Small Format, Big Payoffs: Retailers Evaluate Real Estate to Meet Consumers Where They Are — at Home

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In response to evolving consumer behavior, many retailers are pivoting from malls and large-format stores in city centers to neighborhood locations that aim to serve the work-from-home population. Brands that typically take the large-format route are adopting smaller footprints in residential neighborhoods.

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Primark to Add 47 U.S. Stores in Next 5 Years

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New leases have been signed for five additional locations in New York and another in Washington, AB Foods said. It recently opened its three-level flagship in Chicago , Primark’s first and only location in the Midwest. Stores in Next 5 Years appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

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W ITH THE WORLD adjusting to Covid a few years later as less of a threat and more a part of everyday life, retailers sought to return to business as usual. Starbucks workers organized at many locations in 2022. location voted in favor of starting a union. It was the third company-owned location to so vote. Happy New Year.