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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to...
PROGRESS AND ENLIGHTENMENT In 1897, William McKinley was sworn in as the 25th President of the United States, Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope, and The New York Times began using the slogan “All...
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IRDC 2022 Delivers a Hands-On Experience for Retail Design Pros
BETWEEN A VIBRANT retail scene and a plethora of sights and sounds, Columbus, Ohio, was the engaging setting for VMSD’s 22nd annual IRDC. This year’s event, taking place Oct. 26-27, featured more...
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New Stores in New York Signal Hope for Big Apple Retail
THOUGH THE STRUGGLES of the past may challenge our hopes for the future, New York retail in 2022 demonstrated that the days ahead are brighter than the days behind us. Even in the face of great...
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Your 2-Minute Retail Tour of SoHo, N.Y.
THE NUMBERS Featuring the largest collection of historic cast-iron buildings in all of New York, the SoHo neighborhood – short for South of Houston Street – is a former industrial area turned cultural...
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Around the World
AFTER THREE ANTICIPATORY years, EuroShop – the world-renowned triennial trade show event – returned this Feb. 26-March 2 to Messe Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany. This time around, the VMSD and Shop!...
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Bull’s-Eye on Retail
There’s still time to register for IRDC 2023! Scan the QR code or visit irdconline.com EXPECT A VISUAL FEAST this October 25-26 as the International Retail Design Conference (IRDC) lands in...
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It Happens First in New York
THE ALLURE OF THE Big Apple is its diversity, architecture, art and cutting-edge retail environments. Our 2023 tour of New York retail begins at the doorstep of Glossier’s beauty boutique in SoHo,...
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Party Like It’s 1999
WELCOME TO THE TWIN CITIES! This past Oct. 25-26, VMSD’s 23rd IRDC descended upon Minneapolis for two days of inspirational sessions, educational keynotes, hands-on workshops, offsite guided tours, and...
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Top Stories of 2023
FOR RETAIL, THIS IS not about a machine artificially creating a realistic TikTok conversation with Margot Robbie. It is about machines recreating how humans think, reason and learn. Artificial...
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2024 Retail Forecast: Three Wise Moves
STILL WORRIED THAT brick-and-mortar stores are losing their relevance? Don’t. When done right, real spaces remain the best way to connect with consumers. It’s the “when done right” part of that...
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Modern Solutions for Iconic Spaces
ABOVE PHOTO: Courtesy of LIGHTING DESIGN INTL. (LDI)/Harrods WHEN IT COMES to very large luxury stores, Harrods in London is an international institution that also happens to be in a league of its own...
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Making Their Mark: 2023 Markopoulos Award
THIS PAST JANUARY 16, VMSD magazine was humbled to be a part of the 2023 Markopoulos Award, now in its 26th year, which honored famed architect Peter Marino of Peter Marino Architect PLLC (New York)....
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