Experience Retail Now
CONTENTS
MAY 2012
Vol. 143, No. 5
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COLUMNS
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FROM THE EDITOR VMSD EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD THE GOODS
Review: GlobalShop 2012 Designer Dozen party pics Two-Minute Tour: Austin Starbucks’ new drive-thru Teen spending study Vintage details mix with modern luxuries for a surprising new beauty experience at Fresh Lighting
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48 SHOWROOM 55 AD INDEX 56 CHECKING OUT
Trendspotter Marian Salzman
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F E AT U R E S
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KICKING THE BATTERY STREETS OF GOLD
Coda Automotive picks a mall setting to introduce Californians to its electric vehicles. HMX Group brings its heritage and time-honored style to life inside its Streets of Georgetown concept store. Lighting designers weigh in on the right lamp solutions for illuminating store windows.
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THE LIGHT IN THE WINDOW BRINGING THEIR A-GAME
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Exclusives in May
TAKING FLIGHT
A renovated setting gives brands the star treatment inside Bob’s Stores in Long Island, N.Y. A look at A.R.E’s annual store design competition winners, including Store of the Year Louis Vuitton Island Maison.
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SAILING TO NEW HEIGHTS
Air New Zealand upgrades staff uniform fittings with the Clothes Hangar
THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL
On the cover A carriage house in Washington, D.C., was renovated into a
tailored setting for HMX Group’s Streets concept.
PHOTOGRAPHY: RON BLUNT, HEDGESVILLE, W.V.
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