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have you heard? 026 Countdown to GS16 NEW STORE WATCH [1] G LOBALSHOP 2016 IS JUST around the bend, and this year, the event will offer up a handful of brand-new features. Running from March 23-25 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, this year's conference will boast a line-up of all-new speakers, including keynote speaker Karen Katz, CEO and president of Neiman Marcus. The show floor will feature a new Bricks & Clicks centerpiece exhibit, offering a curated, solutionoriented destination for products designed for integrating digital innovation into physical retail space. Plus, at the request of GlobalShop 2015 attendees, the show will include a new area dedicated entirely to the latest LED and lighting technologies called Lightbrite | Project: LED. Other can't-miss show happenings will include the GlobalShop Product Design Competition, sponsored by IIDA, which will call upon show exhibitors to compete for best product design. For more information, check out our Top 10 guide to GlobalShop on page 58, or visit globalshop.org. - Lauren Mitchell Volker THE NORTH FACE LAUNCHES ONLINE EXPERIENCE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A LAMEDA, CALIF. BASED The North Face has launched a new interactive online shopping experience powered by IBM's Watson. The debut experience, developed in partnership with digital commerce technology agency and software solutions provider Fluid, allows customers to converse with an intuitive, FEBRUARY 2016 DESIGNRETAILONLINE.COM dialog-based recommendation engine as they shop online. Powered by Fluid's Expert Personal Shopper (XPS) software, the new site component provides outerwear suggestions based on conversation with the customer. Using Watson's natural language processing ability, Fluid XPS helps consumers discover and narrow product selections using their responses to a series of questions. For example, after a shopper enters details on a desired jacket or outdoor activity, XPS will ask questions about location, temperature or gender to recommend a product that will help meet the shopper's specific needs. The experience harnesses artificial intelligence to create a more engaging, personalized online shopping environment. - Lauren Mitchell Volker GLOBALSHOP.ORG [2] [3] [4] 1. Arper, New York 3. Opened: November 2015 Photo by DEAN KAUFMAN Opened: October 2015 Photo by ALEX MARTINEZ 2. 4. Kostarelos Greek Delicatessen, Athens, Greece Rejuvenation, Atlanta SkyTeam, Hong Kong Opened: November 2015 Opened: September 2015 Photo by KONSTANTINOS KONTOS Check out additional images of these stores and more at designretailonline.com/projectgallery. http://www.globalshop.org http://www.globalshop.org http://www.designretailonline.com/projectgallery http://www.DESIGNRETAILONLINE.COM http://www.GLOBALSHOP.ORG

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of design:retail - February 2016

design:retail - February 2016
Contents
Editor's Note
GlobalShop Talk
On Trend
We Love This!
Designer Picks
Clicks & Mortar
Mingle
Have You Heard?
Shopper Insights
Shopping with Paco
Lowe’s
BCBGMAXAZRIA
A sneak peek at GlobalShop 2016
Products
Backstory

design:retail - February 2016