Experience Retail Now
CONTENTS
JULY 2011
Vol. 142, No.7
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COLUMNS
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FROM THE EDITOR VMSD EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD THE GOODS
Reflections on Apple retail’s 10th anniversary Pop-up designs going to extremes Top five countries for retail expansion Mannequins
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Big Red Rooster’s Marcie Merriman on millennials’ shopping habits
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F E AT U R E S
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SLAM DUNK
VMSD’s International Visual Competition winners demonstrate the best practices for delivering top-notch displays. C&A Brazil fashions a high-end store for São Paulo’s Iguatemi shopping center.
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RISE AND SHINE
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SEISMIC SHIFT
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FOOD AND FUN
As IRDC heads to San Francisco, VMSD tours three of the city’s hottest retail neighborhoods. Creativity shines with Marc Jacobs’ façade design for its new store in Tokyo.
On the cover Macy’s illustrative windows for the launch of the “Heart Soul
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JAPANESE LANTERN
Covington Foods adapts to shifting demographics with a new look and attitude.
DESIGNED TO WIN
Style” collection by Rebecca Moses earned a first place award in VMSD’s International Visual Competition. For more winners, see page 12.
PHOTOGRAPHY: KENT MILLER STUDIOS, NEW YORK
Get the inside scoop on VMSD’s Visual Competition, including the first place and award of merit winners.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of VMSD - July 2011