Beyond just creating a good-looking store with aesthetically pleasing displays, retail store design is a well-thought-out strategy to set up a store in a certain way to optimize space and sales. The ...

As part of its technology-driven retail strategy, Walmart has unveiled a new digitally-enabled look and feel to its store design and layout rolling out to hundreds of stores this year to create an ...

A store’s layout and design often serve as a customer’s first impression of a business. Of course, it should be effective in persuading someone to make a purchase. However, it should also communicate ...

Shopping should be a fun and invigorating experience, but for many, it’s becoming a source of frustration. A recent trend in store layout design is leaving shoppers feeling more confused and less ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shelley E. Kohan covers the retail industry and is based in New York. This article is more than 3 years old. Ulta Beauty's new ...

1. Fresh Produce at the Entrance: A Healthy First Impression You walk into a grocery store and the first thing that greets ...

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Discount retailer Big Lots in the East End Centre is rolling out some major changes in the store’s look and feel. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held 8:30 a.m. Saturday to ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week granted Apple a trademark for the unique design of the company's brick-and-mortar retail outlets, a process nearly two years in the making. First applied ...

Apple submitted its store design for protection to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2010, and the application was approved in January of 2013. Soon after, the company applied to extend that ...