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What is different about the retail design of Anthropologie stores? Most stores are obviously all about the product, but this is a shift. Instead it's a space for you and the product...
What is your retail-design style? Any environment that gives you the "Aha!" moment. It might be the Cloisters; it might be Anthropologie. People walk in and take a deep breath. It's a garden in a city, not somewhere to be hyper but a place for repose. My whole inspiration came from my experiences. So I wanted to differentiate. It doesn't matter if you have an experience if it's not a transformative experience...
What is the biggest sin a store designer can commit? When retail establishments see a shopper as a consumer, and they see what they have as a commodity. They are not creating much added value there, no enticement...
...Nearly four in ten (39%) affluent Americans do most of their shopping for clothing and accessories in department stores, a quarter (25%) in chain retail stores specializing in apparel/accessories and 12% on the Internet, according to the poll. Four-in-ten (40%) of those surveyed consider the brands of clothing the store carries as the most important factor in deciding where to shop for clothing and accessories, while a little more than one-third (36%) consider good prices the most important factor. Fifteen percent (15%) consider the proximity to home or work as the key factor. Nine percent...
...easy. Yes, selling digital music involves no manufacturing and distribution costs, which should boost margins. But there are other new costs, including credit-card fees and IT equipment. EMI, for example, has invested over $130 million in technology to manage digital sales. And CD sales continue to plummet. Globally, retail sales sank about 8% last year, to just below $31 billion. Illegal downloading has not disappeared. ifpi says 885 million music files are available online for illegal downloading. In Britain and Germany, Europe's two biggest markets, 6% of Internet users buy legal music online, while 5% engage in illegal...