Advances in technology and ever-changing consumer expectations have challenged retailers to become digital innovators. Now more than ever. retail corporations have shifted priority from selling products to creating the optimal customer experience.

Visual Merchandisers and Store Designers are striving to appeal to today’s shoppers by creating an awesome in-store shopping experience to compete with the upward growth of online shopping.

When we last wrote about the growing Pop-Up Retail Shop trend in our 2015 Blog titled “the Allure of Pop-Up Shops,” it showed no signs of going away. At the time it was approximately a $10 Billion industry. It has now grown to be a $50 Billion industry just 2+ years later. “Pop-Ups” are right up there with “Voice” …

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Innovative and creative Brand Marketers, P.O.P Designers and Manufacturers prepared their most impressive in-store marketing activations and merchandise display entries for the 2017 Design of the Times (DOT) Awards Competition. This contest has been a retail industry tradition for more than 20 years. A panel of over 50 consumer brand marketers and retail professionals gathered in July to …

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The fashion retail store has undergone some significant changes in the past few years. Not unlike many other retail verticals, online shopping channels have forever changed the brick-and-mortar shopping experience, as well as the physical design of the store and the established business models in the fashion world. Shopping for clothing and accessories is one …

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