Store Design

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

Four mannequins in the window of the new Mango store in New York...

#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

Drag queen Tayce Szura-Radix in front of the new Coca-Cola store in London...

#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

#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

Interior view of the new Meta store in California

#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

#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

A game store with colorful shop design and rainbow-colored wooden arches as an...

#shop design #design

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

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

A modern design fashion pop-up store with mannequins standing on white tiled...

#shop design #omnichannel

Garage’s connected pop-up store in Toronto

Digitally-enabled store for today’s hyperconnected consumers

#Tech in Retail #shop design

Benetton offers customers a new metaverse experience

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

A shopping mall with several stories and hanging plants; copyright: Chill Shine...

#design #customer experience

An immersive garden in a shopping center in Inner Mongolia

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

shopfitting

Store front of a fashion store named Kanuk; copyright: Eric Petschek...

#shopfitting #shop design

Blurring the boundaries between retail and gallery

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

A jewelry store with white walls, golden decoration and black showcases...

#shopfitting #shop design

A show-stopping retail environment with timeless appeal

“The space respects people’s different ways of shopping”

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

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

#displays #product presentation

Ideas for tool and outstanding displays

visual merchandising

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

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

flooring

#brick and mortar retail #shop building

Innovative ceramic floor covering for highest demands

Shop "Changemaker" in Zurich

#decorative lighting #shop design

Why does “sin” feel so good?

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

#brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

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

What shop design can look like – series

#brick and mortar retail #shop equipment

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.

#shopfitting #shop design

What shop design can look like: LaBo

A little bit of paradise in the heart of Barcelona

Concept Store Brava Fabrics in Barcelona

#brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

Where store design meets way of life

Brava Fabrics concept store reflects the Barcelona spirit

shop window

Picture of a designer store; copyright: Nendo

#shop design #design

Winners of the Frame Awards 2020

Categories for outstanding designs include stores and window displays

Frau bringt Magnetfolie an Stand an copyright: iXtenso/Abramov...

#shop decoration #sales promotion

One, two, go: get a new shop window!

Magnetic films make it possible

Hölzerne Schaufensterpuppenhand hält Krawatte; iXtenso/Mörs...

#lighting concepts #decorative lighting

Attention to detail: Window shopping in Monforte de Lemos and Ourense

The Northern Spaniards have realized that a great store window display doesn’t have to break the bank

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 #shop design #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 equipment

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. ...

Thumbnail-Photo: Burberry Flagship store featuring new luxury design concept at Shanghai...

24.11.2021 #brick and mortar retail #shop design

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 ...

18.05.2021 #brick and mortar retail #shop building

Innovative ceramic floor covering for highest demands

Shop "Changemaker" in Zurich

In professional shopfitting, not only the question "What goes into the shop?" often arises but also "What has to be taken out again when the property is vacated?" In the case of the ambitious concept of the Zurich shop ...

30.03.2021 #omnichannel #fashion

Burberry to launch virtual flagship store

Partnership with ELLE Digital Japan

In Burberry’s latest venture in digital innovation, the luxury fashion house has collaborated with ELLE Digital Japan to create an interactive virtual replica of its flagship Ginza store. Burberry regularly pushes the boundaries through ...

16.03.2021 #brick and mortar retail #services

Sephora to expand brick & mortar footprint across the U.S.

Omni-channel in-store experience for shoppers

Sephora announced its largest store expansion in the retailer’s 21-year history in the U.S., including over 60 freestanding client-centric locations and 200 locations opening inside Kohl’s stores later this year.Following a year in which ...

10.02.2021 #shop design #fashion

SWIX concept retail store in historic Lake Placid

Shopping for winter sports enthusiasts at Winter Olympic Games town

SWIX announced that this holiday season the brand is launching its first U.S. retail outlet, its Concept Store, at the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Ski Stadium in Lake Placid, N.Y. The story features a modern layout and design and will highlight products from ...

08.02.2021 #brick and mortar retail #security

How COVID-19 vaccines will impact current shopping habits?

Americans still expect safety precautions in-store

For some, widespread vaccinations offer a glimmer of hope that life will soon return to normal. However, with many Americans (44 percent) planning not to receive the vaccine, consumers say vaccinations will hardly change their current shopping ...

28.01.2021 #shop design #store branding

New flagship store by Molteni Group in Paris

“Lit and furnished like the wings of a theatre”

The Molteni Group is opening a new window on the world, in 22 Rue de Saints Pères, in the seventh arrondisement, the heart of the Parisian rive gauche. The spirit of a unique, evolutionary project, in line with modernity and true to its own ...

02.12.2020 #shop design #fashion

A 'bold stroke': the new Joe Fresh flagship store

Interior design as point of memory for shoppers

The newly opened Joe Fresh Flagship store in Toronto offers an energizing environment experience. Designed by Burdifilek, the unique retail space embodies the essence of the Joe Fresh brand, resulting in a youthful, fashion-forward, and fresh ...

03.11.2020 #shop design #design

Showroom, store, atelier and event space at Quartz Co.’s first boutique

Contemporary Nordic Lifestyle as inspiration for shop and furniture design

Quartz Co., a company specializing in Canadian-made winter jackets, enlisted Blanchette Architectes, Rainville Sangaré, and A+ to develop its first retail space located at 5445 avenue De Gaspé, in Montréal. The furniture was ...

28.10.2020 #shop design #design

When shopping becomes experiential

Redesign of the Intrend Store in Montesilvano, Italy

Shopping becomes experiential thanks to the soft atmosphere and precious materials that define the style of the project in the new Intrend store in Montesilvano (Italy) designed by Italian architects Silvio Binini, Emanuele Piccinini, and Paola ...

21.10.2020 #shop design #design

Design and decoration in every nook and cranny

Let your eyes wander: Shop design ideas for ceilings and floors

Shopping is a 360 degree experience. Customers not only see what's at eye level, on shelves or on merchandise tables. The entire space – from the floor to the ceiling – helps to shape the impression created by the room. ...

20.10.2020 #shopfitting #shop design

A show-stopping retail environment with timeless appeal

“The space respects people’s different ways of shopping”

When a long-established jewelry store prepared to make the move to a better-trafficked location, the owners saw an opportunity to embrace a new look that would appeal to a fresh generation of shoppers. While they wanted the new retail environment to ...

12.10.2020 #shop design #design

Trends for christmas decoration 2020/2021

Popular colors and materials for store design

At Christmasworld in Frankfurt at the beginning of each year the latest decoration materials and objects for the Christmas season are exhibited. For this purpose, the style agency bora.herke.palmisano determines the style trends for the coming ...

05.10.2020 #shop design #design

Retail displays: the window to the soul of the store

A collection of ideas for retail window displays

The best fantasy authors manage to create vivid imaginary worlds in the minds of readers, which they are unlikely to forget anytime soon. A successful combination of mood, colors, and details creates an atmosphere and an emotional response. Our ...

02.10.2020

Spotlight on ... shop decoration

Examples and tips to make stores more appealing in our focus topic

Im Versand wie im Verkauf - mit Verpackungen hat der Einzelhändler tagtäglich zu tun. Doch was macht eine gute Verpackung aus? Welche Vorschriften müssen Einzelhändler kennen? Und warum sollte eine Verpackung smart sein?Das und ...

16.09.2020 #shop design #design

The Rolling Stones open ‘world exclusive’ flagship store in London

Iconic band imagery in store design

The rock ‘n’ roll legends that are the Rolling Stones opened their world-first flagship store, ‘RS No. 9 Carnaby’ on 9th September at 9 Carnaby Street in London’s Soho. The new store, created in partnership with ...

20.08.2020 #POS marketing #shop design

Product stories via omnichannel

Foot Locker celebrates youth and sneaker culture in Singapore with new store opening

Foot Locker, Inc. has opened its largest store in Singapore. Located in Orchard Gateway @Emerald, the five-story space with retail over three-levels delivers an engaging retail experience, combining premium product and elevated in-store ...

18.08.2020 #food retail #in-store marketing

Indoor-grown greens across Albertsons’ California stores

Collaboration between Albertsons Companies and Plenty will eventually expand to more than 430 locations

Albertsons Companies (ABS), Inc. and vertical-farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. announced an agreement that plans to provide shoppers in more than 430 stores across California with Plenty’s fresh and flavorful produce.Plenty’s ...

17.07.2020 #shop design #shoppingcenter

A K11 Cinema under the wave of “Design + New Retail”

Hong Kong’s first brick-and-mortar MOOV pop-up store

"New retail" has been a hot term in recent years. It is a business concept and simultaneously, a new way of living. As the concept of "new retail" evolves, traditional recreational locations such as movie theaters are also ...

01.07.2020 #lighting concepts #design

Social hub for urban lifestyles and retail experience

A piazza for the modern era: Grand Gateway 66 in Shanghai

Elena Galli Giallini Ltd. (EGGL) unveiled the rejuvenated North building of the Grand Gateway 66 retail complex (GG66), located in Shanghai’s bustling commercial, cultural, and historic zone of Xijiahui. Comprised of two distinct buildings of ...

14.05.2020 #brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

What shop design can look like: Natura

Light up the world with a smile

Pink flamingos adorn the walls in the entrance area of Natura in Barcelona. The name reflects the essence of the store: the sales floor features natural colors, wooden design elements, greenery walls, and warm light. ...

30.04.2020 #shopfitting #shop design

What shop design can look like: LaBo

A little bit of paradise in the heart of Barcelona

Anyone who enters this shoe store right in the Old Town of Barcelona with its population of 5.5 million is instantly transported into another world. The store’s two small sales rooms let customers dream about the perfect summer vacation ...

23.04.2020 #shop design #food retail

Light and shadow as the soul of a retail space

Anshuka: new Western-style pastry store in Hangzhou, China

Anshuka was founded in 2010 on Nanshan Road, Hangzhou, next to the famous West Lake. It is named after the owner’s name "An", meaning “kindness ". It is the first Western-style pastry store to bring semi-cooked cheese ...

02.04.2020 #shop design #design

Nike House of Innovation Shanghai: pop-up store of the year

Jury prize award at Frame Awards 2020

The Frame Awards 2020 has received almost 1,076 submissions from hundreds of design studios from over 51 countries across the globe. The jury panel for the spatial award retail category consists of internationally renowned directors from top brands. ...

01.04.2020 #decorative lighting #shop design

Why does “sin” feel so good?

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

Attention all chocolate lovers and sweet tooths: Heaven is located at Carrer de Ferran 30 in Barri Gòtic, the charming Gothic Quarter right in the heart of Barcelona.The store’s display tables feature chocolate towers stacked high with ...

01.04.2020 #coronavirus #pos systems accessories

APG releases retail and healthcare solution

For reducing the spread of COVID-19 at the point of sale

APG Cash Drawer, a global manufacturer of cash management solutions announces the release of the Guardiant™ Countertop Shield for retail, grocery, convenience, gas stations, pharmacy and medical clinics. The Guardiant™ Countertop Shield ...

31.03.2020 #brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

Where store design meets way of life

Brava Fabrics concept store reflects the Barcelona spirit

With its endless streets full of fashion boutiques and chain stores, Barcelona is a mecca for shopaholics. As they venture off the beaten track into the city’s side streets, travelers will discover hidden local brands. Brava Fabrics, a ...

24.03.2020 #shop design #design

Store design concept: “A bouquet for Shibuya”

Frame Awards 2020 – Wellness inside and outside of the body

L’OCCITANE Bouquet de Provence is a renovation project of their flagship store located at Shibuya Crossing, one of the busiest places in Tokyo. For their first-ever collaboration with Pierre Hermé in Japan, the store was transformed ...

11.03.2020 #brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

Flooring for retail spaces: durable, sustainable and smart

Why design isn’t everything

The secret is out: The iXtenso editorial team loves flooring. After years of putting up with old carpet, our office hallway has now turned into a real eye-catcher.This made us wonder: Apart from a modern and customized design, what other ...

10.03.2020 #shop building #shopfitting

A display goes future

burkhardt leitner modular spaces at the EuroShop

As part of the world's leading trade fair EuroShop Düsseldorf 2020, a trade fair for innovative products for global retail, burkhardt leitner modular spaces was presenting its new product clic up and a unique edition of clic up display ...

05.03.2020 #shop design #design

Winners of the Frame Awards 2020

Categories for outstanding designs include stores and window displays

On Thursday 20 February 2020, the winners of the Frame Awards 2020 were announced. During the Frame Awards day festival program on 19 & 20 February, the nominees defended their work publicly during the live judging sessions before the category ...

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