Store Design

Detailed background information, news, and tipps for retailers about shop fitting, store design, concepts and equipment.

Leafless small tree with baubles; copyright: iXtenso / Pott...

#shop decoration #seasonal business

Christmas tree alternatives: Christmas decorating tips, part 5

It doesn't always have to be the classic green evergreen!

Christmas decoration elements made of wood and artificially rusted metal;...

#shop decoration #seasonal business

Faux rust effect: Christmas decorating tips, part 6

Make your customers feel cozy - just like in front of the fireplace

Shiny paper poinsettias; copyright: iXtenso / Pott

#LED lighting #lights

Let it shine: Tips for Christmas decorations, part 3

Ambience for the shop window and the store

gnomes with long beards and pointed caps; copyright: iXtenso / Pott...

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Christmas gnomes on the loose: Christmas decorating tips, part 7

Playful: Ways to delight children - and adults alike

Christmas tree with yellow and orange baubles; copyright: iXtenso / Pott...

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Colorful shop windows: Christmas decorating tips, part 1

From lilac to orange: something different for a change

Numerous different wooden Christmas decoration elements; copyright: iXtenso /...

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Back to nature: Christmas decorating tips, part 2

It doesn't always have to be bought, you can also make it yourself

Wooden Santa Clauses and other Christmas decorations; copyright: iXtenso / Pott...

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A story of ice and snow: Christmas decorating tips, part 4

Creating winter wonderlands and delighting customers

Innenansicht eines geräumigen, modernen Autohauses mit zwei Autos darin sowie...

#brick and mortar retail #shop building

Meeting places of today: When car dealerships become community spaces

The transformation of showrooms into multifunctional collective hubs

#retail #customer experience

Coach debuts world's first "Coach Airways" retail concept store

A unique retail concept store and café housed in a transformed 1981 Boeing 747 aircraft

shopfitting

A green metal bear stands in front of a wooden wall with the inscription...

#brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Store design: second life for furniture, materials and fashion

How a new sustainable store concept came about at Globetrotter and what can be learned from it

#sustainability #shop building

Dimension "Materials & Surfaces" at EuroShop 2023

New Dimension shows the impact design can have in difficult times

A newly designed fashion store of SMYTHE, copyright: Patrick Biller...

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SMYTHE's first fashion boutique opens

Creating a sensory atmosphere to change the pace of customers

displays

Installation in an empty white store with rain coats hanging from the ceiling;...

#displays #product presentation

'Window Display Of The Year' Frame Awards 2019

Window installation featuring the Ura raincoat

#customer satisfaction #digital signage

ASICS hits the ground running with its new global retail concept store

New Brussels store selected as a pilot for global retail roll-out

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Ideas for tool and outstanding displays

visual merchandising

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Mannequins as a (customer) magnet?

How do shop window mannequins influence the customer journey? An interview.

A huge art installation with colored paper in the foyer of a shopping mall;...

#design #in-store marketing

Coral, a public art installation in a shopping mall

Showcased at the Montreal Eaton Centre by Pauline Loctin

Christmas decoration with Christmas tree ball and candles; copyright: Messe...

#shop design #design

Trends for christmas decoration 2020/2021

Popular colors and materials for store design

flooring

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Innovative ceramic floor covering for highest demands

Shop "Changemaker" in Zurich

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Why does “sin” feel so good?

The store design of the AllSin gourmet chocolate store in Barcelona is all about blocks of chocolate

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Flooring for retail spaces: durable, sustainable and smart

Why design isn’t everything

furniture

Mockup of an open goods shelf in a bicycle store with a bicycle...

#shop design #product presentation

Versatile and variable: About shelves in the store

Shelves as stages for products

An illuminated shelf full of special candles; copyright: iXtenso/Pott...

#brick and mortar retail #shop design

Candle shop "Cereria Subirà" in Barcelona – more than just a store

Why it is worth preserving antique treasures

modern shop room, green and golden furniture

#sustainability #furniture

Holt Renfrew Ogilvy dazzles as a sustainably forward luxury flagship

Combining many retail spaces in one design project

shop window

#brick and mortar retail #customer experience

Shop windows: Which concept suits you?

Shop windows often determine whether customers enter a shop or not. But what types of shop windows are there – and which ones suit whom?

A sitting mannequin in an exhibition hall, painted with colourful flowers...

#brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Mannequins – Colorful, diverse and sustainable

Photos on current mannequin trends

An illuminated shop window with a yellow background and two handbags and...

#shop design #design

Retail displays: the window to the soul of the store

A collection of ideas for retail window displays

What shop design can look like – series

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This is what shop design can look like: with a love for licorice

A look inside the store of Danish confectionery retailer LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW at Bikini Berlin.

A wallpaper with flamingos, in front: a wardrobe with clothes...

#brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

What shop design can look like: Natura

Light up the world with a smile

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What shop design can look like: LaBo

A little bit of paradise in the heart of Barcelona

30.06.2023 #brick and mortar retail #customer experience

Shop windows: Which concept suits you?

Shop windows often determine whether customers enter a shop or not. But what types of shop windows are there – and which ones suit whom?

If you walk through the city centre, you will quickly notice that almost every shop has a shop window, yet no two are alike. There are many different concepts that can look very different from each other and have different effects on potential ...

22.05.2023 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Store design: second life for furniture, materials and fashion

How a new sustainable store concept came about at Globetrotter and what can be learned from it

On 11 May, Globetrotter's new Re:Think store opened in Bonn. The special feature: many furnishing elements of the previous tenant were taken over. The new store also places great emphasis on sustainability ...

11.05.2023 #retail #customer experience

Ingka Centres introduces Step Store

Brand-new pop-up retail space opening at meeting places across Europe and Asia where steps equal spending

Step Store aims to make a healthy lifestyle more accessible and bring the fun into fitness. For that, Step Store allows visitors to swap their daily steps for health-focused products, discounts at local stores, or charity donations. Alongside Step ...

08.05.2023 #sustainability #shop design

Mannequins as a (customer) magnet?

How do shop window mannequins influence the customer journey? An interview.

Not all mannequins are the same. But they all have one thing in common: they influence the customer journey and therefore also retailers. Best Mannequins BV from Belgium gave us an exclusive insight into the development of modern mannequins and ...

04.05.2023 #brick and mortar retail #omnichannel

Mister Spex flagship store in Cologne is "Store of the Year 2023"

Handelsverband Deutschland e.V. (HDE) presents prestigious award to omnichannel optician

The Cologne flagship store of Mister Spex, Europe’s leading digitally driven omnichannel optician, received the prestigious "Store of the Year 2023" award from the German Retail Association (Handelsverband Deutschland e.V. – ...

28.04.2023 #sustainability #shop building

Sustainability: A must in shopfitting too?

How the industry can advance and score

Sustainability does not stop at shop building. But how can shopfitters not only follow the trend, but also profit from it? At EuroShop 2023, we asked Markus David ...

05.04.2023 #shop building #customer experience

Successful design for happy customers

How the right store design enriches the customer experience

blocher partners relies on transdisciplinary work in the conceptual design of stores and thus wants to bring out the (visual) best in stores. How does this also improve the customer experience? Read more about this in the interview. ...

02.04.2023 #brick and mortar retail #customer experience

Mango renovates its flagship store with New Med concept

Refurbishment is part of the plan to refurbish the Mango store network, which aims to extend this retail concept beyond its flagship stores

Mango is continuing with its plan to refurbish its stores in Spain with the reopening of its flagship store in Alicante. The store, located at 33-39 Maissonave Avenue, has a selling space of 1,000 m2 and stocks the Woman, Man and Kids lines. ...

23.03.2023 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Mannequins – Colorful, diverse and sustainable

Photos on current mannequin trends

Larger, smaller, male, female – there are significantly more criteria nowadays that define mannequins and their use in stationary retail. (Social) topics such as diversity and sustainability have arrived in the industry. What's more, ...

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13.03.2023 #brick and mortar retail #Tech in Retail

Sensei launches Europe's most sophisticated autonomous supermarket with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The technology behind the Dojo is scalable for retail spaces ranging from from 150 m2 to 1500 m2

Sensei the leading European provider of autonomous store technology, announced in March 6th the launch of its 'Dojo', the most sophisticated autonomous retail environment in the world: the space itself has 500m2, the biggest store fully ...

27.12.2022 #brick and mortar retail #food retail

Baking fresh tradition that tastes great!

Store design in the traditional bakery Mi Pan in Mexico City

Whoever buys their baked goods here will be wide-eyed at first – not only because of the huge selection of breads, pastries, nibbles and cakes. The store design of the Mi Pan bakery is also astonishing ...

16.12.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Showfields comes to Washington D.C.

Company has opened its fourth lifestyle discovery store at 3077 M Street NW in Georgetown

The NYC-based company Showfields is known for bringing shoppers immersive brand curations and experiential store design. The DC location is a unique display of sustainability – the previous tenant was Brooks Brothers, and the Showfields ...

25.11.2022 #sustainability #shop building

Dimension "Materials & Surfaces" at EuroShop 2023

New Dimension shows the impact design can have in difficult times

Aluminium foam, translucent concrete surfaces or sheer gossamer structures that seem to balance the weight of massive boulders – visual “wows” are popular for staging the customer journey. The Materials & Surfaces Dimension at ...

10.11.2022 #brick and mortar retail #shop design

A dream in white and gold

Elegance and timeless appeal designed by Cecconi Simone Inc.

Some time ago, the Toronto-based design firm Cecconi Simone Inc. set out to create a harmonious and timeless design within the 3,500-square-foot retail space of a local jeweler, envisioning an aesthetic that was both sophisticated and approachable. ...

19.10.2022 #customer experience #shop design

Acne Studios unveils its Yorkdale store

Luxury fashion house unveils new store in Toronto's prestigious Yorkdale complex

Located in the prestigious Yorkdale complex, the first Acne Studios store in Canada opens 19 August 2022. Designed by Swedish architect firm Halleroed, the Toronto project follows the brand’s global store ethos – each location makes ...

02.09.2022 #retail #customer experience

Fontainbleau Las Vegas reveals innovative retail experience

Luxury Las Vegas Strip destination plans for immersive shopping

Fontainebleau Development, a designer, builder, owner, and operator of premier hospitality, commercial, retail, and luxury properties, is revealing the first details for the new luxury retail experience to debut within Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the ...

29.08.2022 #brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

SMYTHE's first fashion boutique opens

Creating a sensory atmosphere to change the pace of customers

For its first brick-and-mortar location, the women’s fashion brand SMYTHE has taken over a heritage storefront in north Toronto’s trendy Summerhill district and infused it with a palette rich in raw textures and natural finishes.Its ...

11.08.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Apple Brompton Road celebrates creativity with vibrant design

The new London store offers advancements in sustainable design as well as community events and resources

Apple has previewed Apple Brompton Road, its newest store in London, located in the city’s bustling Knightsbridge neighborhood. A stone’s throw from Hyde Park, Apple Brompton Road features design inspiration drawn from local flora, along ...

02.08.2022 #brick and mortar retail #consulting

Best Buy unveils first ever small-format, digital-first store

Encouraging customers to shop, get advice and check out digitally

Last fall, we shared how we’re testing new store models in Charlotte, North Carolina and how all of them work together to meet our customers’ varied and changing needs. Now we’re introducing another piece to that pilot: our first ...

21.07.2022 #brick and mortar retail #retail

Nike Style is part retail, part creative studio

New Nike store in Seoul features gender-agnostic zones for style-led collections

Nike’s newest retail concept, Nike Style, has opened in Seoul. It serves a distinct sport lifestyle audience through the lens of style, featuring gender-agnostic zones for fleece, tops, footwear, accessories, and other style-led ...

19.07.2022 #brick and mortar retail #sustainability

Morrisons launches lower environmental impact store

Including less carbon emissions, zero waste, local and loose products

Morrisons is has opened a lower environmental impact store in Little Clacton, the latest initiative on its journey to becoming a more sustainable business. The new store design, which has been built from scratch, for the first time incorporates ...

24.05.2022 #sustainability #shop design

Mango opens flagship store in New York

Company strengthens its expansion in the United States with the opening of its flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue

Mango is accelerating its expansion in the United States with the opening of a new 2,100 m 2 (close to 23,000 sq. ft) flagship store located at 711 Fifth Avenue in New York, one of the world’s most exclusive shopping streets.Mango’s ...

11.05.2022 #food retail #in-store marketing

BJ’s Wholesale Club opens first of its kind BJ’s market

The new club, openend on Friday, May 6, gives members full access to a smaller format club and a convenient, expedited shopping experience

BJ’s Wholesale Club, operator of membership warehouse clubs in the Eastern United States, has announced the opening of BJ’s market, a new concept club in Warwick, RI.Located at 375 East Ave, BJ’s market is 43,000 square feet, about ...

11.05.2022 #retail #shop design

Coca-Cola opens first European flagship store in London

All-new fashion hub in Covent Garden, providing consumers with a ‘Real Magic’ retail experience

Coca‑Cola Great Britain has announced the launch of its first flagship Coca‑Cola store in London. Located on Long Acre, Covent Garden, the new retail destination is the first of its kind in Europe, offering a range of limited-edition apparel ...

05.05.2022 #retail #Tech in Retail

First Meta store comes with interactive technology and design elements

Meta has opened its first physical retail store in Burlingame, California, promising an interactive hands-on experience

On April 25, Meta (former Facebook) announced Meta Store - their first physical retail space, which will open May 9 on the campus in Burlingame, California. In the Meta Store, you’ll be able to get a hands-on experience with all of their ...

27.04.2022 #shop design #fashion

Zara presents its most advanced store concept in Madrid

The new store on Plaza de España is equipped with innovative technology such as the Pay&Go service, a fitting room reservation service and an automatic on-line return point

The new store on Plaza de España is equipped with innovative technology such as the Pay&Go service, which customers can use to purchase garments by scanning them with their mobile phones, a fitting room reservation service and an ...

21.04.2022 #shop design #design

Imaginaire – Everything's possible in this colorful paradise of games

Store design by Perron in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada

The spatial objective of L’Imaginaire of St-Bruno was to create an exhilarating and unique customer journey in the colors of the playful universe of the game store. This first branch in Montreal had to be representative of the effervescence of ...

30.03.2022 #omnichannel #shop design

Garage’s connected pop-up store in Toronto

Digitally-enabled store for today’s hyperconnected consumers

Groupe Dynamite announces the opening of the first Garage pop-up store in Toronto. In order to thrive with today’s hyperconnected consumer, the space acts as a lab for a digitally-enabled store, while building on a brand vision that encourages ...

21.03.2022 #Tech in Retail #omnichannel

Benetton offers customers a new metaverse experience

With an experimental store design during Milan Fashing Week, Benetton introduced its new shop in the metaverse

United Colors of Benetton has transformed its Corso Vittorio Emanuele store for Milan Fashion Week, aligning it with the brand’s new shop in the metaverse, which opened at the same time with the same experiential look and feel.The term ...

17.03.2022 #customer experience #design

An immersive garden in a shopping center in Inner Mongolia

CapitaMall Nuohemule Hohhot: from an abandoned mall to a future-proof concept

CapitaMall Nuohemule stands as a new, comprehensive kind of contemporization: far beyond a simplistic mall refurbishment with superficial re-application of materials, it is about extracting the essence of a building and converting it into a new, ...

12.03.2022 #shop design #fashion

Combining culture, art, and science in a futuristic shopping environment

Jefferey Hutchison and Associates designs Grand Hall for Shinsegae Daejeon Art & Science

Jefferey Hutchison and Associates (JHA), a renowned New York-based fashion retail design firm, recently completed the Men's and Women's Luxury Fashion, Beauty, and Jewelry floors within the new Shinsegae Daejeon Art & Science department ...

01.03.2022 #shopfitting #shop design

Blurring the boundaries between retail and gallery

Kanuk culture and legacy transported through retro futurist design to new SoHo store

Kanuk, a Canadian manufacturer of handcrafted winter coats since 1970, opened up its first international boutique in a historical 6-storey building on Greene Street in the heart of SoHo, far away from its original headquarters on Rachel Street in ...

22.02.2022 #customer experience #shop design

Burberry launches Rodeo Drive takeover

Exterior façade references prints featured in the collections

On February 10th, Burberry unveiled an immersive Spring/Summer 2022 experience at its flagship store on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills. A celebration of the freedom of imagination, the transformational takeover creates a journey through spaces that are ...

10.01.2022 #brick and mortar retail #shop design

This is what shop design can look like: with a love for licorice

A look inside the store of Danish confectionery retailer LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW at Bikini Berlin.

The smell of licorice is in the air when you enter the first floor of Bikini Berlin. At first glance, it's hard to pinpoint the origin, but follow the scent and you'll find yourself at the doors of LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW. ...

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24.11.2021 #brick and mortar retail #customer experience

Burberry Flagship store featuring new luxury design concept at Shanghai plaza

A variety of textures from concrete to ceramics to high-gloss finishes

Burberry announces the opening of Shanghai Plaza 66, its second flagship store to feature Burberry’s new global design concept that encapsulates the essence of the luxury house."We are delighted to open the doors of our newest flagship ...

04.11.2021 #shop design #product presentation

Versatile and variable: About shelves in the store

Shelves as stages for products

Shelves are versatile and multilateral – in the truest sense of the word, because they can not only be placed against the wall, but are also suitable, for example, as beautiful and open room dividers. We spoke with Lukas Schroll, Managing ...

20.10.2021 #shop design #shop concepts

Award winning design-focused coffee shop

Dynamically changing interior inside a container for Milky’s Cloud Room

Milky’s officially opened their second location, Cloud Room, on October 10th, 2021 in a shipping container at Stackt Market in Toronto, Canada. Embracing slow coffee, the new location features dynamically changing lights and a brew bar for ...

20.09.2021 #brick and mortar retail #shop design

Candle shop "Cereria Subirà" in Barcelona – more than just a store

Why it is worth preserving antique treasures

A good two years ago, iXtenso discovered a gem in Barcelona, a store the likes of which are very rare: The candle store Subirà is located in a historic building from the 19th century and inevitably captivates its many visitors.Both the ...

31.08.2021 #design #in-store marketing

Coral, a public art installation in a shopping mall

Showcased at the Montreal Eaton Centre by Pauline Loctin

Invited by the Montreal Eaton Centre as part of their “Une vitrine sur l'art” initiative, paper sculptor, Pauline Loctin, is proud to unveil Coral, a three-dimensional paper installation. Showcased at the Eaton Centre, on the ...

23.08.2021 #brick and mortar retail #coronavirus

Long-term preparations for mid-pandemic brick-and-mortar retail

Under what circumstances do consumers enjoy their physical customer journey?

The COVID pandemic is not over. That’s a hard but necessary truth. And brick-and-mortar retailers need to face that. But there is also good news. While expanding e-commerce and omnichannel services is important, surveys show that ...

25.06.2021 #sustainability #furniture

Holt Renfrew Ogilvy dazzles as a sustainably forward luxury flagship

Combining many retail spaces in one design project

The building’s renewed presence meets modern ecological standards through the use of sustainable materials such as reclaimed wood, LED lighting, recycled materials, and finishes from renewable resources. Located at 251 Saint-Catherine Street ...

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