Experience Retail Now
CONTENTS
JUN E 2012
Vol. 143, No. 6
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FROM THE EDITOR VMSD EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD THE GOODS
Pinterest and retailers Review: Gravity Free 2012 Airport retail sales Toms pop-ups in London Hudson + Broad files suit against JCPenney Learn how to close the gap between shoppers’ digital wants and needs Fixtures
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Hershey’s Lee Svet
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F E AT U R E S
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ZARA GOES GLOBAL IN MANHATTAN PROBLEM SOLVED
The Spanish fashion retailer ups the ante with its largest flagship to date. Manufacturers and designers talk about their evolving roles in supplying store fixtures to a new marketplace. Check out award-winning store fixture designs, including A.R.E.’s Fixture of the Year.
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THE WALKING MANNEQUIN MAN CHANGING GEARS
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Exclusives in June
GLOBAL SETTING
Trek Bicycles tests new ideas and visual displays inside its remodeled retail lab.
On the cover My.Suit’s “digital pod” combines high-tech design with
functionality by displaying suit options via video screen imagery.
PHOTOGRAPHY: CHRISTOPHER RANDAL , CR PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK
Zientte brings its modern furniture offering to Vancouver
BEAUTY REST
Interactivity plays a starring role in Sleep Number’s new store format
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