Having to integrate new digital media and technology components into stores (44%). While adapting to sustainability priorities wasn’t deemed a top challenge for respondents, most (61%) indicated that ...

As physical retail regains momentum, brands are rethinking the indisputable relevance of stores and looking for ways to elevate the shopping experience they provide to customers. As many retailers ...

Over the past year or so, California-based AO has enjoyed a bump in its retail design assignments that, according to its Managing Partner Rob Budetti, can be attributed mostly to retail being ...

This story is part of Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design Awards. Explore the full list of companies creating products, reimagining spaces, and working to design a better world. Read more about ...

Editor’s note: As retail interfaces and systems continue to evolve, the way we design retail experiences to user needs and behaviors is also transforming. In the new series “Stimulating Retail,” join ...

The second weekend in January means only one thing for me. It’s NRF, retail’s “Big Show” in New York. Having attended for over three decades now, NRF is a pivotal moment in my retail calendar. It’s a ...

These words spring to mind whenever I’m embarking on a retail therapy spree. Of course, while the only cameras around are security cameras, I see the lights and everyone in full (shopping) action.

The Manhattan Beach woman who pairs bikinis with Jimmy Choos has a new shopping mecca — Los Angeles swimwear designer Shay Todd officially opened a namesake store in the California seaside community ...

The evolution of retail design warrants a study of architectural practice in the digital realm. While physical commercial spaces have been the conventional center of shopping experiences, the emergent ...

Elevated packaging design is transforming some ordinary necessities into extraordinary little luxuries. The Australia-based Moxie has packaged pantiliners and tampons in pretty, candy-striped tins ...