Modern grocery stores often feel carefully designed, yet many shoppers suspect those designs serve retailers more than customers. Layout strategies that once helped people find essentials quickly are ...

You walk into your grocery store for milk and somehow end up staring at a wall of granola you’ve never seen before. The bread’s moved, the coffee’s in a different aisle, and your brain does a reboot.

Aldi, a German-based grocer, is working on a new design format for U.S. stores as it continues expanding.

In Design Rewind, AD looks back at the people, places, and things that defined 2025, from the dark woods we saw everywhere to the best place to build a home (hint: It’s not on a lot). Here’s what we ...