Experience Retail Now
CONTENTS
DECEMB ER 2011
Vol. 142, No. 12
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COLUMNS
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FROM THE EDITOR VMSD EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD THE GOODS
LSI/Gene Moore lighting awards Year in review Two Minute Tour: Nashville Bloomers at Bloomingdale’s Greenbuild’s product highlights My.Suit dresses up Wall Street with its high-tech buying experience Best new products of 2011
18 DESIGN DETAIL
44 SHOWROOM 55 AD INDEX
56 CHECKING OUT
Treasure&Bond’s Paige Boggs
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F E AT U R E S
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VMSD takes you on a tour of Uniqlo’s new Fifth Avenue flagship.
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SPACE ODYSSEY
NORDSTROM’S SOHO ADVENTURE A MATTER OF TIME BALANCE BEAM
The venerable department store retailer branches out with the nonprofit Treasure&Bond, loaded with creative merchandising ideas.
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ON VMSD.com
Exclusives in December
TAKING FLIGHT
Custom artwork mixes with bold designs inside Tourneau on Madison Avenue. New Balance blends modern-day videos and historic imagery inside its new Experience store.
On the cover More than 300 mannequins stand at attention inside Uniqlo’s
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Watchmaker Breitling revisits its roots with aviationinspired pop art
SUIT UP
new Fifth Avenue flagship, the largest store in the fast-fashion retailer’s fleet.
PHOTOGRAPHY: ATSUSHI NAKAMICHI, NACASA & PARTNERS, TOKYO
More on My.Suit’s digitally infused store environment for custom-suit buying
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of VMSD - December 2011