Experience Retail Now
FEB RUA RY 2013
Vol. 144, No. 2
CONTENTS
30
COLUMNS
4
FROM THE EDITOR
7
VMSD EDITORIAL
ADVISORY BOARD
8
THE GOODS
Review: Retail Design
Collective
Puma dresses up its fitting
rooms
Highlights from Greenbuild
14 DESIGN DETAIL
McCormick World of Flavors
adds a zing in Baltimore
16 NEXT STORE
How to avoid some common
tech pitfalls
44 PROBLEM/SOLUTION
Lowe’s transforms its light
bulb aisle
46 SHOWROOM
Signage and graphics
55 AD INDEX
26
56 CHECKING OUT
Prophet’s Peter Dixon
F E AT U R E S
20
THE SOLE STORY
Macy’s Herald Square flagship crafts the world’s
largest women’s shoe department.
26
URBAN HIGHLIGHTS
ASK Academy lends a contemporary, urban vibe
to hair care in Toronto.
30
HERE COMES … TRADITION
Holiday windows around the world evoked
nostalgic scenes in 2012.
40
ALPINE LAKES OF SOHO
Alessi brings designer kitchenware to New York.
ON VMSD.com
Exclusives in February
SPARK PLUG
On the cover A revamped women’s footwear department
A Q&A with renowned retail
designer Charles Sparks
at Macy’s Herald Square flagship includes a secondfloor café and more than 300,000 pairs of shoes.
SPICE IT UP
PHOTOGRAPHY: CHARLIE MAYER, OAK PARK, ILL .
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McCormick’s first-ever store
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