VMSD - May 2017 - 8

THE

GOODS
edited by

R I C H AR D C AD AN , FAI R F I E L D , C O N N .

Jennifer Acevedo

O PTO I NTL. I NC., Wood Dale, Ill.

GlobalShop 2017:
Back to Basics
T

he annual GlobalShop trade
show and conference event was
held in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, March 28-30, in Las Vegas.
This year, more animal forms made
their mark beyond dogs and cats (e.g., a
zebra, an elephant and an army of pigs),
while integrated lighting was again a predominant feature. A continued trend were
products which helped support customer
engagement and those that would work
well for experiential concepts. Many observable trends seemed similar to last year's, as
retailers' budgets are becoming tighter.

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Adding some extra excitement to the
show floor, a VM obstacle course created
by Joe Baer of ZenGenius (Columbus, Ohio)
had attendees and students racing against
the clock to complete a series of challenges,
like properly folding and tagging clothing
and redressing a mannequin.
During the show, VMSD honored five
exhibitors with its annual "Outstanding
Booth Design" award, which included Go
Home Ltd. (Atlanta), B+N Industries (Burlingame, Calif.), Sistemalux iGuzzini (Montreal), NicoNat (Commerce, Calif.) and
Opto Intl. Inc. (Wood Dale, Ill.).

The Planning and Visual Education
Partnership (PAVE) again hosted its PAVE
Student Design Challenge, which featured
student-designed retail displays. This year's
winning display, designed by students from
Humber College (Toronto) and fabricated
by Visual Elements (Woodbridge, Ontario),
featured a life-size, branded pin art wall
for Nike (Beaverton, Ore.), which students
demoed throughout the trade show, sculpting the wall by pushing its pins back and
forth, exhibiting its ability to shapeshift and
become a flexible fixture wall.
After the show, attendees gathered to



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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of VMSD - May 2017

Vmsd - May 2017
Contents
From the Editor
Vmsd Editorial Advisory Board
The Goods
Design Detail
Running Toward Success
Euroshop 2017 Review: Retail Road Trip
2017 Retail Design Firm Resource Guide
Open House
Showroom
Showroom
Ad Index
Checking Out
VMSD - May 2017 - Intro
VMSD - May 2017 - Vmsd - May 2017
VMSD - May 2017 - Cover2
VMSD - May 2017 - 1
VMSD - May 2017 - Contents
VMSD - May 2017 - 3
VMSD - May 2017 - From the Editor
VMSD - May 2017 - 5
VMSD - May 2017 - Vmsd Editorial Advisory Board
VMSD - May 2017 - 7
VMSD - May 2017 - The Goods
VMSD - May 2017 - 9
VMSD - May 2017 - 10
VMSD - May 2017 - 11
VMSD - May 2017 - 12
VMSD - May 2017 - 13
VMSD - May 2017 - 14
VMSD - May 2017 - 15
VMSD - May 2017 - Design Detail
VMSD - May 2017 - 17
VMSD - May 2017 - 18
VMSD - May 2017 - 19
VMSD - May 2017 - Running Toward Success
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VMSD - May 2017 - Euroshop 2017 Review: Retail Road Trip
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VMSD - May 2017 - 2017 Retail Design Firm Resource Guide
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VMSD - May 2017 - Open House
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VMSD - May 2017 - Showroom
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VMSD - May 2017 - Showroom
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VMSD - May 2017 - Ad Index
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VMSD - May 2017 - Checking Out
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