Experience Retail Now
A PRIL 2013
Vol. 144, No. 4
CONTENTS
COLUMNS
40
4
FROM THE EDITOR
6
VMSD EDITORIAL
ADVISORY BOARD
8
THE GOODS
Hointer leverages QR codes
Lighting London’s Burlington
Arcade
IRDC 2013 in Vancouver
18 DESIGN DETAIL
Call It Spring brings a
love-inspired narrative
to life in London
20 NEXT STORE
Five tech trends to watch
52 SHOWROOM
GlobalShop 2013 preview
71 AD INDEX
72 CHECKING OUT
Wendy’s David Milne
34
F E AT U R E S
26
TARGETING THE CITIES
CityTarget gives metropolitan dwellers a taste of big-box
retail in unusually small packages.
34
BODY AND SOUL
My Boon launches a lifestyle concept store in Seoul’s
trendsetting Gangnam district.
40
THE DOMINO EFFECT
ON VMSD.com
The pizza chain ditches its delivery-driven layout for a
bold redesign.
46
TASTE TEST
Exclusives in April
British food retailers embrace strategies to overcome changes
in the economy, consumer habits and Internet shopping.
On the cover The first CityTarget opened last summer in Chicago’s
Carson Pirie Scott building on State Street.
PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK A . STEELE PHOTOGRAPHY, COLUMBUS, OHIO
2 APRIL 2013 | vmsd.com
MEGA-AESTHETIC
Mega Foods mixes modern
design with historic, local
references.
SPRING IN YOUR STEP
More images of Call It
Spring’s new conceptual
design
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of VMSD - April 2013