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Our Place Opens First Retail Store

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Our Place, which describes itself as a mission-driven kitchenware brand, has opened its first-ever retail store in the brand’s hometown of Los Angeles. The specialty retailer also said it plans to open a second locale in the city by year-end but did not disclose specifics on its timing or location.

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How Canopy is turning showerheads and humidifiers into must-have beauty buys

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In addition to beauty specialty retailers, we are focused on meeting the customer where they already shop for home devices. So big-box retailers are top of mind for us,” Eric Neher, Canopy’s chief marketing officer, told Inside Retail. They now include Amazon, The Container Store, Bluemercury, Nordstrom and Sephora.

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Making Sense of Retail: Part I

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Understanding how to incorporate the senses – sight, smell, sound, touch (and taste, when applicable) – into the design philosophy may provide retailers with a strategic, competitive advantage to create must-visit retail stores. Natural/Beige tones received the most positive responses of the six collages in the Color category.

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How Much Should You Flex a Format?

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Practically, this means that on entry, the visitor is greeted by La Via del Dolce (aka Sweet Street), a long corridor with colored fairground lights in which confectionaries that are Italian(ish) can be bought by weight. Then there’s the pasta.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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In one of the first editions of The Show Window , billed as a monthly “Journal of Practical Window Trimming,” Baum enthusiastically wrote, “Suggest possibilities of color and sumptuous display that would delight the heart. Specialty retailers such as Gap, Guess, Limited, Benetton, and Esprit began to offer their own brands.