Store Design

Detailed background information, news, and tipps for retailers about shop fitting, store design, concepts and equipment.

A modern, very simple and minimalistically furnished fashion showroom...

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Showroom, store, atelier and event space at Quartz Co.’s first boutique

Contemporary Nordic Lifestyle as inspiration for shop and furniture design

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When shopping becomes experiential

Redesign of the Intrend Store in Montesilvano, Italy

A collage of pictures of ceilings and floors in stores...

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Design and decoration in every nook and cranny

Let your eyes wander: Shop design ideas for ceilings and floors

A jewelry store with white walls, golden decoration and black showcases...

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A show-stopping retail environment with timeless appeal

“The space respects people’s different ways of shopping”

Christmas decoration with Christmas tree ball and candles; copyright: Messe...

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Trends for christmas decoration 2020/2021

Popular colors and materials for store design

An illuminated shop window with a yellow background and two handbags and...

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Retail displays: the window to the soul of the store

A collection of ideas for retail window displays

A display in an opticians with small sailboats, wooden slats and sand...

Spotlight on ... shop decoration

Examples and tips to make stores more appealing in our focus topic

The facade and entrance area of the Rolling Stone flagship store in London...

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The Rolling Stones open ‘world exclusive’ flagship store in London

Iconic band imagery in store design

A basketball court with murals on the wall

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Product stories via omnichannel

Foot Locker celebrates youth and sneaker culture in Singapore with new store opening

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A wallpaper with flamingos, in front: a wardrobe with clothes...

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What shop design can look like: Natura

Light up the world with a smile

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What shop design can look like: LaBo

A little bit of paradise in the heart of Barcelona

Concept Store Brava Fabrics in Barcelona

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Where store design meets way of life

Brava Fabrics concept store reflects the Barcelona spirit

displays

Installation in an empty white store with rain coats hanging from the ceiling;...

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'Window Display Of The Year' Frame Awards 2019

Window installation featuring the Ura raincoat

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ASICS hits the ground running with its new global retail concept store

New Brussels store selected as a pilot for global retail roll-out

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Ideas for tool and outstanding displays

visual merchandising

Modern Christmas tree ball; copyright: iXtenso/Pott...

#decorative lighting #shop decoration

Retail holiday decorations: trends for the 2019/20 season

"The little affectionate details are always what’s most important." Interview with Annetta Palmisano

Fashionstore mit Vinylfußboden_c_Altro Debolon

#shop building #visual merchandising

Expert tips: the best flooring options for your retail store

Ways to make a great first impression with customers

#POS marketing #shop design

Power floor: power store

Practical examples of amazing flooring designs

flooring

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Why does “sin” feel so good?

The store design of the AllSin gourmet chocolate store in Barcelona is all about blocks of chocolate

#brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

Flooring for retail spaces: durable, sustainable and smart

Why design isn’t everything

A printed floor in an exhibition hall with the visual of a manhole cover...

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Experiential Marketing “Par Excellence”

FOTOBODEN™ at BOE – Best of Events, the trade fair for experiential marketing

furniture

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What shop design can look like: Indistrieel - India meets Industrial

For unique furniture and accessories, a visit to the rustic Dutch store is worthwhile

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What shop design can look like: Decorette Woonatelier De Lange Jan

Shopping in the store for interior design in Middelburg, Zeeland province of the Netherlands

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What shop design can look like: Harrods in London

Tradition, luxury, and elegance paired with an experience for all five senses

What shop design can look like – series

A look at the back of the Blaw Store in Barcelona.

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What shop design can look like: the Blaw men concept store in Barcelona

The retail shopping experience for men

Clothing shop with clothes stand and counter; copyright: iXtenso/Pott...

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What shop design can look like: Trait concept store in Barcelona

Character in store design and in all details

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What shop design can look like: Marktscheune in Berghaupten

Many wooden design elements, rustic flair, and the Farmer’s Café delight guests

shop window

Picture of a designer store; copyright: Nendo

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Winners of the Frame Awards 2020

Categories for outstanding designs include stores and window displays

Frau bringt Magnetfolie an Stand an copyright: iXtenso/Abramov...

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One, two, go: get a new shop window!

Magnetic films make it possible

Hölzerne Schaufensterpuppenhand hält Krawatte; iXtenso/Mörs...

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Attention to detail: Window shopping in Monforte de Lemos and Ourense

The Northern Spaniards have realized that a great store window display doesn’t have to break the bank

18.08.2020 #in-store marketing #food retail

Indoor-grown greens across Albertsons’ California stores

Collaboration between Albertsons Companies and Plenty will eventually expand to more than 430 locations

Albertsons Companies (ABS), Inc. and vertical-farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. announced an agreement that plans to provide shoppers in more than 430 stores across California with Plenty’s fresh and flavorful produce.Plenty’s ...

17.07.2020 #shop design #shoppingcenter

A K11 Cinema under the wave of “Design + New Retail”

Hong Kong’s first brick-and-mortar MOOV pop-up store

"New retail" has been a hot term in recent years. It is a business concept and simultaneously, a new way of living. As the concept of "new retail" evolves, traditional recreational locations such as movie theaters are also ...

01.07.2020 #lighting concepts #design

Social hub for urban lifestyles and retail experience

A piazza for the modern era: Grand Gateway 66 in Shanghai

Elena Galli Giallini Ltd. (EGGL) unveiled the rejuvenated North building of the Grand Gateway 66 retail complex (GG66), located in Shanghai’s bustling commercial, cultural, and historic zone of Xijiahui. Comprised of two distinct buildings of ...

14.05.2020 #brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

What shop design can look like: Natura

Light up the world with a smile

Pink flamingos adorn the walls in the entrance area of Natura in Barcelona. The name reflects the essence of the store: the sales floor features natural colors, wooden design elements, greenery walls, and warm light. ...

30.04.2020 #shopfitting #shop decoration

What shop design can look like: LaBo

A little bit of paradise in the heart of Barcelona

Anyone who enters this shoe store right in the Old Town of Barcelona with its population of 5.5 million is instantly transported into another world. The store’s two small sales rooms let customers dream about the perfect summer vacation ...

23.04.2020 #shop design #design

Light and shadow as the soul of a retail space

Anshuka: new Western-style pastry store in Hangzhou, China

Anshuka was founded in 2010 on Nanshan Road, Hangzhou, next to the famous West Lake. It is named after the owner’s name "An", meaning “kindness ". It is the first Western-style pastry store to bring semi-cooked cheese ...

02.04.2020 #shop design #design

Nike House of Innovation Shanghai: pop-up store of the year

Jury prize award at Frame Awards 2020

The Frame Awards 2020 has received almost 1,076 submissions from hundreds of design studios from over 51 countries across the globe. The jury panel for the spatial award retail category consists of internationally renowned directors from top brands. ...

01.04.2020 #coronavirus #pos systems accessories

APG releases retail and healthcare solution

For reducing the spread of COVID-19 at the point of sale

APG Cash Drawer, a global manufacturer of cash management solutions announces the release of the Guardiant™ Countertop Shield for retail, grocery, convenience, gas stations, pharmacy and medical clinics. The Guardiant™ Countertop Shield ...

01.04.2020 #decorative lighting #shop design

Why does “sin” feel so good?

The store design of the AllSin gourmet chocolate store in Barcelona is all about blocks of chocolate

Attention all chocolate lovers and sweet tooths: Heaven is located at Carrer de Ferran 30 in Barri Gòtic, the charming Gothic Quarter right in the heart of Barcelona.The store’s display tables feature chocolate towers stacked high with ...

31.03.2020 #brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

Where store design meets way of life

Brava Fabrics concept store reflects the Barcelona spirit

With its endless streets full of fashion boutiques and chain stores, Barcelona is a mecca for shopaholics. As they venture off the beaten track into the city’s side streets, travelers will discover hidden local brands. Brava Fabrics, a ...

24.03.2020 #shop design #design

Store design concept: “A bouquet for Shibuya”

Frame Awards 2020 – Wellness inside and outside of the body

L’OCCITANE Bouquet de Provence is a renovation project of their flagship store located at Shibuya Crossing, one of the busiest places in Tokyo. For their first-ever collaboration with Pierre Hermé in Japan, the store was transformed ...

11.03.2020 #brick and mortar retail #shopfitting

Flooring for retail spaces: durable, sustainable and smart

Why design isn’t everything

The secret is out: The iXtenso editorial team loves flooring. After years of putting up with old carpet, our office hallway has now turned into a real eye-catcher.This made us wonder: Apart from a modern and customized design, what other ...

10.03.2020 #shop building #shopfitting

A display goes future

burkhardt leitner modular spaces at the EuroShop

As part of the world's leading trade fair EuroShop Düsseldorf 2020, a trade fair for innovative products for global retail, burkhardt leitner modular spaces was presenting its new product clic up and a unique edition of clic up display ...

05.03.2020 #shop design #design

Winners of the Frame Awards 2020

Categories for outstanding designs include stores and window displays

On Thursday 20 February 2020, the winners of the Frame Awards 2020 were announced. During the Frame Awards day festival program on 19 & 20 February, the nominees defended their work publicly during the live judging sessions before the category ...

18.02.2020 #shopfitting #electronic shelf labels (ESL)

Not just stow it, present it, please!

Shelves and their possibilities at EuroShop 2020

Shelves are no longer just shelves. Form, colour and also function can vary. At EuroShop 2020, we will see what is possible with merchandise compartments today and that the good old shelf is not obsolete despite digitization! ...

17.02.2020 #lighting systems #shop building

New accents in interior design

Just one of the innovations: LightBeton® Retro

When we at Richter akustik & design present ourselves at national or international trade fairs, it is worthwhile for the experts to take a closer look.And now it’s time again. From the 16. to 20. of February at EuroShop 2020 in the CCD ...

12.02.2020 #brick and mortar retail #fashion

Vans opens its first community-driven retail store in LA

Including gallery, lounge, workshop and event space

Vans opens its first community-driven retail and event space in Downtown Los Angeles. The 11,500 square feet space pays homage to Los Angeles' deep skateboarding roots and thriving art community over two floors featuring work from a number of ...

10.02.2020 #lighting concepts #shopfitting

In harmony with nature

Biophilic design in retail spaces in the 2020s

A new decade has begun and has inspired the iXtenso editorial team to track down the latest retail design trends for you. One of the hottest trends of the moment is biophilic design. ...

01.02.2020 #shop design #design

Retail library in Vancouver

Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel partners with renowned art book publisher TASCHEN

Fairmont Pacific Rim announces the unveiling of the TASCHEN Library, located on the hotel’s second level. This artistic collaboration is one of only two retail locations in Canada completely dedicated to TASCHEN. The new library at Fairmont ...

13.01.2020 #POS marketing #flooring

Experiential Marketing “Par Excellence”

FOTOBODEN™ at BOE – Best of Events, the trade fair for experiential marketing

There is no avoiding FOTOBODEN™ at BOE – Best of Events, the trade fair for experiential marketing at the Dortmund Trade Fair Centre from 15 to 16 January 2020! ...

06.01.2020 #POS marketing #event

A product full of passion

FOTOBODEN™ will pull out all the stops at the Playground Area of BrandEx – the International Festival of Brand Experience

FOTOBODEN™ will also act as a Silver Sponsor at the second BrandEx event. After all, the central motto reads “passion” and this can be felt with each and every one of these custom-printable, photorealistic vinyl floors – both ...

01.01.2020 #POS marketing #EuroShop

FOTOBODEN™ makes for vibrant action …

… and is the biggest exhibitor at EuroShop 2020 occupying several thousand square metres

There is no avoiding FOTOBODEN™ at EuroShop! Because visitors will discover one or two of these custom-printed photorealistic vinyl floors in every other if not every hall, without the slightest trace of boredom. Quite on the contrary: it ...

20.12.2019 #POS marketing #event

Big bang to kick off the year – FOTOBODEN™ extends invitations!

FOTOBODEN™ kicks off the year with a big bang at not just one but three events in January and February 2020

Making a “grand entrance” this all starts with BrandEx – International Festival of Brand Experience on 14 January at the Dortmund Trade Fair Centre. “Passion” is the central motto of the event in 2020 – and the ...

Thumbnail-Photo: INSIDE World Festival of Interiors announces retail winner from RAI...

12.12.2019 #shop design #award

INSIDE World Festival of Interiors announces retail winner from RAI Amsterdam

“Sophisticated and informed” store design by Aesop

INSIDE World Festival of Interiors has announced the best interior designs of 2019 across the categories of Health and Education, Offices and Retail. The annual awards, which started at RAI Amsterdam, encompass the best interior designs from the ...

12.11.2019 #shop design #product presentation

Clear views into the manufacturing workshop

Showroom Papier Tigre in Paris

Papier Tigre, a contemporary stationery brand, is rehabilitating its showroom on rue des Filles du Calvaire in the Marais, in the heart of Paris. It brings together a sales area, a space dedicated to custom products and the workshop in the back.The ...

04.11.2019 #shop building #shopfitting

What shop design can look like: the Blaw men concept store in Barcelona

The retail shopping experience for men

Yes, men do like to shop! A visit to an outlet of the Spanish BlawStore chain in Barcelona’s neighborhood of La Ribera can attest to this. This is where modern minimalism meets rustic chic and where selected products are showcased in a ...

09.09.2019 #cashpoints #shopfitting

The 411 on point of sale systems

Beauty and intelligence combined: What the system looks like and what it can do

Checkout system, material, paint finish – apart from technology and design, today’s point of sale system must fulfill many different roles. Yet its most important function is and will always be the successful completion of the customer ...

03.09.2019 #shop building #shopfitting

Of tables, counters and meeting places

What must actually be taken into account in point of sale fitting?

Whether it's a supermarket, a fashion boutique or a DIY store – a variety of POS architectures and designs are required depending on the retail format. Lisa Beck of atelier 522 provides a few tips.Mrs Beck, not all materials are ...

19.08.2019 #POS marketing #in-store marketing

Round things in an angular environment

POS TUNING develops flexible stackable channels for oral tobacco in round packaging

A real presentation problem has now been solved.The presentation of tobacco products can be a real challenge. In hardly any other area you find such a wide variety in packaging sizes. For instance, there are the classic cigarette pack, the tobacco ...

18.07.2019 #digital signage #shop design

Green Room and PUMA kick off new City Store experience

Digital experiential elements and features for new store in Manchester

As part of an ongoing relationship with Puma, Green Room has designed key digital and physical experiences within the new City Store experience, to coincide with Puma’s new partnership with Manchester City.The concept centres on bringing City ...

15.07.2019 #shop building #shopfitting

Why marble countertops are the right choice for your shop

A guest contribution by Emmy Noel

When you think of marble countertops, you probably think about the beautiful natural stone countertops adoring a kitchen or a bathroom.Time to change our perspective.Marble countertops are the perfect addition for any business. Whether you run a ...

11.07.2019 #shopfitting #shop decoration

What shop design can look like: Trait concept store in Barcelona

Character in store design and in all details

In the Sant Antoni district, which in recent decades has developed from a working-class district to a hip district with bars, cafés, bookshops and boutiques, there is a small boutique, the Trait Store, hidden in Calle Parliament 28. ...

27.06.2019 #online trading #shop building

Retail spaces are so yesterday. Long live brand experiences!

How can brick-and-mortar stores stay competitive? With continuing retail reinvention!

Shopfitting – it’s no longer about shelves, sales counters and cash registers. Silvio Kirchmair, CEO of umdasch The Store Makers, considers it a stage where brick-and-mortar retailers can and should showcase themselves – especially ...

21.06.2019 #displays #product presentation

'Window Display Of The Year' Frame Awards 2019

Window installation featuring the Ura raincoat

Fourteen waterproof raincoats are suspended from seven bicompartmental metallic structures strategically placed on the ceiling of the store simulating drops of water. The shoppers’ attention is therefore drawn directly upwards to the product ...

11.06.2019 #decorative lighting #shop decoration

Year after year: Christmas decoration

From classic to modern - four styles for 2019

Every year, Annetta Palmisano and her colleagues of Stilbüro bora.herke.palmisano compile the decoration trends for the coming Christmas season. Below we outline four styles for the 2019 season. ...

09.05.2019 #decorative lighting #shop decoration

Retail holiday decorations: trends for the 2019/20 season

"The little affectionate details are always what’s most important." Interview with Annetta Palmisano

Many details or a simple design, artificial light displays or natural light – there are many ways to showcase window displays. Retailers who decorate with a light touch can use the emotional impact on customers and affect retail business ...

15.04.2019 #shop building #visual merchandising

Expert tips: the best flooring options for your retail store

Ways to make a great first impression with customers

You need a new look for the flooring in your store – you have many options and they must be considered carefully. Industry experts told us what the different types of flooring from vinyl to carpet all the way to renovation lacquer systems have ...

27.03.2019 #POS marketing #shop design

Power floor: power store

Practical examples of amazing flooring designs

Sales promotion is also a matter of the floor. Take the time for some inspiration and discover different designs - from colorful and patterned to natural and neutral - in practical examples that we have put together for you. All projects can also be ...

18.03.2019 #shop building #brick and mortar retail

What shop design can look like: Marktscheune in Berghaupten

Many wooden design elements, rustic flair, and the Farmer’s Café delight guests

Buy a piece of cake, have a cup of coffee and pick up some fresh vegetables and fruits to take home. Customers can run all of these errands at the Marktscheune (English: Market Barn). The so-called Naturpark-Bauernmarkt (English: Nature Park ...

28.02.2019 #product presentation #shelf systems

Presentation of goods for convenience at gas stations

POS TUNING and ARAL report on a successful multi-partner project

At this year's Annual Conference on Trade and Change in Gas Stations and Convenience Shops, Kristin Kolbe-Schade from POS TUNING and Carsten Biermann from Aral reported on a successful tobacco project which they implemented together with other ...

27.02.2019 #shop decoration #sales promotion

One, two, go: get a new shop window!

Magnetic films make it possible

Redecorating an entire shop window in 30 seconds? Yes, that's possible! At the Panorama in Berlin we saw exactly that at the booth of the Pioneer Trading Company. The principle is simple: magnetic films with all kinds of motifs can be ...

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