Beyond just creating a good-looking store with aesthetically pleasing displays, retail store design is a well-thought-out strategy to set up a store in a certain way to optimize space and sales. The ...

As part of its technology-driven retail strategy, Walmart has unveiled a new digitally-enabled look and feel to its store design and layout rolling out to hundreds of stores this year to create an ...

Shopping should be a fun and invigorating experience, but for many, it’s becoming a source of frustration. A recent trend in store layout design is leaving shoppers feeling more confused and less ...

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 3 years old. Ulta Beauty's new ...

A new look for ALDI stores is happening, and it is expected to expand in the United States this year.

____Apple officially trademarked its store design last week, an endeavor the company has been pursuing since May 2010. After being rejected twice by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which claimed ...

Modern grocery stores often feel carefully designed, yet many shoppers suspect those designs serve retailers more than customers. Layout strategies that once helped people find essentials quickly are ...

Walmart is rolling out a dramatic redesign for its supercenters and other store locations that closely mimics the look of an airport. The new layout is supposed to be more efficient for shopping and ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week granted Apple a trademark for the unique design of the company's brick-and-mortar retail outlets, a process nearly two years in the making. First applied ...

Apple submitted its store design for protection to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2010, and the application was approved in January of 2013. Soon after, the company applied to extend that ...