Everyone these days seems to want a piece of the ?convenience? pie. Big-box retailers are scaling down to small boxes that consumers can navigate more quickly and easily. Drugstores are adding fresh ...

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 ...

Even on a budget, independent retailers can captivate customers. Before investing a single dollar in any physical renovations or other design changes, industry experts stress that each operator should ...

Perhaps never before in the history of modern food retailing has there been fear and trepidation from consumers about going to grocery stores, which are poised to experience permanent changes in a ...

Walmart is rolling out a dramatic redesign for its supercenters and other store locations that closely mimics the look of an airport. The new layout is supposed to be more efficient for shopping and ...

The pandemic has changed the in-store experience, possibly forever. As a result, today’s hoppers have developed a greater taste for convenience than ever before, which in turn has changed how ...

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 ...

With all the focus on e-commerce and websites, it’s easy to forget that online sales still only accounted for about 10 percent of all retail transactions last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau ...

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 2 years old. Ulta Beauty's new ...