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editor's note 010 Total Rehaul ALISON EMBREY MEDINA EXECUTIVE EDITOR alison.medina@emeraldexpo.com @dretaileditor I AM FEVERISHLY typing out these words at a breakneck pace, because: 1) I have a conference call in 30 minutes regarding the redesign of our designretailonline.com website, and 2) our Atlanta office currently is undergoing a massive renovation, with walls literally going down around me as I write. The sounds of disassembling office cubicles echo down the hall, as years worth of untouched dust from beneath desks and inside file cabinets fills my head with a cloud of clerical pollution. The littered pathway to the outside world is now strewn with the remnants of office living-old rubber bands, discarded binder clips and lost Post-it notes leading the way to the exit. A coffee creamer circa 2003 and expired pack of oatmeal catches my eye on the ground over there. (Gross.) How much longer will I have Internet/ power/server access/sanity??? Amid the pandemonium, a curious thought strikes me. I am not sad at all. As a former military brat, I have been thrust into the chaos of relocation more than my fair share. With each move, there was always an element of nostalgia. Wanting to touch the window one last time, or missing the way the light hit the ceiling in one of my many bedrooms. But leaving behind the puke-greenish-brown color of my current office wall? Not even a flinch. Be gone! In this issue, we visit three brands rehauling their staid and true store designs for something fresh, something new and something slightly JULY 2015 DESIGNRETAILONLINE.COM totally cool). We love when a heritagefilled brand such as Neiman Marcus takes a chance on something new, especially when they take us (and you) along for the ride. We also explore how Roche Brothers is reinventing its take on the smallformat grocery concept, with its new Brothers Marketplace concept in Massachusetts. And the teensy tiny Nebraska Furniture Mart (said no one ever) does it again with another masterful large-scale redesign at its store in Dallas. All dramatic renovations worth cheering about, to be sure. So, even though I currently do not have a working phone, cannot print a document and my editors are working in temporary stations all across the office, I am still managing to be in a happy place about this renovation. Sometimes, it's just time. Oh, and did I mention a design:retail website rehaul? Not sad about that either. Coming soon! P.S. The power just flickered. P.P.S. Edit later. unexpected. Our cover story on Neiman Marcus' Beverly Hills store renovation-which has not been redesigned in its entirety in 15 years-not only showcases a pretty dramatic change in the brand's store layout ideology, but also takes us behind the scenes into the Neiman's ideation and implementation process (which, as retail nerds, we think is Illustration by SHANNON MAY http://www.designretailonline.com http://www.DESIGNRETAILONLINE.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of design:retail - July 2015

design:retail - July 2015
Contents
Editor’s Note
Show Talk
On Trend
We Love This!
Designer Picks
Clicks & Mortar
Have You Heard?
Mingle
Perspectives
Shopper Insights
Shopping with Paco
From Concept to Completion
Brothers Marketplace
Nebraska Furniture Mart
Fixture Leaders
Fixture Products
Backstory

design:retail - July 2015