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Contents | February/March 2012 66 24 | Features 24 Cover Story De•cor An exotic new home for De•cor Cover Photo: Derek Rath, Venice, Calif. 18 91 GlobalShop2012 Sponsored by: Ultimate Show Guide 114 Design Leaders 2012 Check out show highlights for 2012, and must-see retail in Sin City A listing of the top retail design ﬁrms 134 Calendar 134 Advertisers 134 Classiﬁeds 30 Saks Fifth Avenue 38 Hy-Vee Saks reinvents the fourth ﬂoor of its ﬂagship New York location Midwestern grocer Hy-Vee explores merchandising and green design Downloads | Columns 8 From the Editor 10 GlobalShop is here! Oh, the places you’ll go Download a PDF of this month’s GlobalShop Show Guide section at www. ddionline.com/magazine. Project Gallery 44 Channel Focus: Auto Showroom Mercedes-Benz shifts the luxury car-buying experience into high gear From the Show Director Ann Fine Patterson talks about “Signiﬁcant Others” Paco Underhill discusses the Far East Access a multitude of retail project photos in DDI’s online Project Gallery. Visit www.ddionline.com/ projectgallery. Download DDI’s new app at www.ddioline.com/ mobile, and get access to exclusive bonus content. 16 Visual Perspectives Digital Edition Follow Us! Group: DDI Magazine Twitter.com/DDItweets Fan page: DDI Magazine Subscribe to the free DDI Digital Edition at www. ddionline.com/digital. 52 Wendy’s RetailDesignDiva.com The most telling retail and design blog out there. Wendy’s unveils four new prototypes Sleep Number’s newest ﬂagship debuts TreeHouse bows its ﬁrst green home improvement store in Austin, Texas Today’s trend is tomorrow’s movement 58 Sleep Number 66 TreeHouse 136 Shopping with Paco Online Directory | Departments 12 Newsworthy 18 Editor’s Choice 20 Design Snapshots 20 Mulberry 22 Lamb & Flag 72 12 trends for 2012 80 Shopper Marketing & Consumer Insights Section 80 Family Dollar/ShopperGauge 84 New POPAI research 88 POP products BREAKING NEWS ...........................ddionline.com/breakingnews SPECIAL REPORTS ........................ddionline.com/specialreports FEATURED ARTICLES .......................... ddionline.com/magazine PROJECT GALLERY ........................ ddionline.com/projectgallery BUYERS’ GUIDE ............................... ddionline.com/buyersguide INDUSTRY EVENTS ....................... ddionline.com/industryevents RESOURCE LIBRARY.................... ddionline.com/resourcelibrary SUBSCRIPTIONS .................................. ddionline.com/subscribe DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS ......................... ddionline.com/digital DDI SEARCHABLE ARCHIVES ..... ddionline.com/searcharchives DESIGN LEADERS ..........................ddionline.com/designleaders FIXTURE LEADERS .........................ddionline.com/ﬁxtureleaders 128 Right Light 130 In-Store Technology 132 Product Spotlight Coming in... 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