With each new week bringing with it fresh announcements of retailer shutdowns, the call for innovative in-store environments becomes a keening cry. Retailers need to offer relevant and brand-authentic environments that engage customers like never before. Welcome to shopping’s next generation.

Once the province of specialized health-food stores alone, bulk food containers are now a staple in even the most basic of supermarkets. No wonder. Bulk bins are kind to the environment, enjoy a reputation for housing healthier products and typically offer better value than their packaged-up counterparts. But sharing the spotlight is a concern about the safety of buying food …

A supermarket in France is lighting the way for a revolutionary new system of in-store illumination designed to expedite the shopping exercise. The Philips-designed technology transmits codes with LED light waves that talk to a smartphone’s built-in camera. With it, shoppers can easily locate promotions and products. An alternative to Bluetooth-based beacons — the latest technological darling of the retail …

Virtual Reality is creeping into the retail environment and brick-and-mortar stores need to embrace this technology instead of fearing it

Dressing rooms play an important role in consumer decision-making. Thus, technology-equipped dressing rooms can help in understanding consumer interests.

Bulk foods are growing in popularity and hence, retailers must select aesthetic bulk food displays after assessing its healthfulnss to increase sales

Trade Dress concerns extends to retail arena as Apple acquires federal trademark registration for its unique store design

Art and Retail go hand-in-hand as the growth of internet requires retailers to to lay out a snazzy visual feast to entice shoppers off their couches

Harrods partners with Just So for a digitally decorated egg to mark Fabergé’s opening of a pop-up “egg bar” on the store’s ground floor

After a winter that’s been particularly brutal for lots of us, spring explodes into bloom with serious vigour this year. Partly in response to this and partly in encouragement of it are the store window displays that fill our view now that we’ve finally ventured beyond our lairs. As such, it’s pretty much incumbent on retailers to make great and …