22 52 32 18 42 72 86 58 90 78 vmsd.com JANUARY 2018 Vol. 149 No. 1 CONTENTS s p e c i a l 10 r e p o r t ANNUAL RETAIL TRENDS FORECAST Between experiential retail, clicks-to-bricks and mall reinventions, the retail industry stands poised to take on 2018. s h o w r o o m 2 i n d e x 18 PROPS + DECORATIVES 22 LIGHTING 32 MANNEQUINS + FORMS 42 MATERIALS + WALLCOVERINGS 52 FURNITURE 58 FIXTURES 72 FLOORING 78 SIGNAGE + GRAPHICS 86 IN-STORE TECH + SERVICES 90 BEST OF THE REST JANUARY 2018 | VMSD.COM d e s i g n e r p r o f i l e s 28 Sonneman - A Way of Light's Robert Sonneman 55 CGM Design's Carl Gustav Magnusson 69 Project Duo's Randal Huntington c o l u m n s 4 FROM THE EDITOR 6 VMSD EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 90 AD INDEX 92 LASTING IMPRESSION S TAY CO N N EC T E D WIT H V M S D O Nhttp://www.vmsd.com http://www.VMSD.COM