Grocery stores are carefully engineered spaces. Here’s how layouts quietly influence spending more than shoppers realize.

A retail store requires comprehensive marketing planning, from determining the products being sold to how the in-store advertising materials will be displayed. Part of that planning is developing ...

DSW is trying out a new store look and layout at a location opening this weekend in Houston, in an attempt to focus customers' attention on key brands. The chain is piloting the format as consumers ...

Supermarkets generally have a standard layout: produce department to the front, at one side; the bakery to the front on the other side; the meat department in the back; milk and dairy along the ...

You may have noticed how many of the grocery stores you visit have similar layouts — you can find the milk in the back, fruit up front and more packaged and processed foods in the middle. Those ...

A store’s layout and design often serve as a customer’s first impression of a business. Of course, it should be effective in persuading someone to make a purchase. However, it should also communicate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Shelley E. Kohan covers the retail industry and is based in New York. This article is more than 2 years old. Ulta Beauty's new ...

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It looks like there are a record number of nominees for the upcoming Diamond Retailer Best Practices Awards: Spring 2018, with Best Store Layout being an incredibly popular category for comic book ...