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Contents | March 2011 32 86 26 | Features 26 Cover Story Cover Photo: Courtesy of Disney 20 102 Classiﬁeds 103 Calendar 103 Advertisers 8 From the Editor The retail senses | Columns 16 Shopper Insights 18 Greentailing Channel Focus: Toy Store Disney Store unveils an engaging new design in Times Square George Wishart explains why size matters Downloads 50 Digital Edition Subscribe to the free DDI Digital Edition at www. ddionline.com/digital. 32 Longo’s online.com Download a PDF of this month’s Design Leaders article, including extra charts, at www.ddionline. com/magazine. Canadian grocer Longo’s pulls out all the stops at its latest Toronto ﬂagship Kevin O’Donnell discusses going local Paco Underhill examines the gathering of data 40 Brown Thomas Dublin’s Brown Thomas store now has an equally emblematic Luxury Hall Leading merchants and consultants share their thoughts about top trends The iconic retailer debuts a SoCal-ﬂavored small concept store A rebranded AAFES concept aims to ‘outﬁt the life’ of the armed forces shopper BCBG’s new store concept Lola unveils its fast-fashion offering White Castle simultaneously tests a trio of new concepts bridging fast casual and QSR A listing of the top retail design ﬁrms 104 Shopping with Paco RetailDesignDiva.com offers the most telling retail and design happenings out there via an interactive blog. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DDi - March 2011

DDi - March 2011
Contents
From the Editor
Newsworthy
Shopper Insights
Greentailing
Editor's Choice
Design Snapshot: Kusmi
Design Snapshot: Avril
Channel Focus: Toy Store
Longo’s
Brown Thomas
11 Retail Trends for 2011
Bloomingdale’s
The Exchange
Lola
White Castle
Design Leaders 2011
GlobalShop
Show Coverage
Right Light
In-Store Technology
Product Spotlight
Classifieds
Calendar
Advertisers
Shopping With Paco

DDi - March 2011