In a world of overwhelming mega-stores, minimalist layouts are winning over shoppers who want speed, clarity, and less mental fatigue.

That’s layout confusion in action: when a store’s physical design disrupts, rather than supports, a shopper’s path to ...

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 ...

The pandemic has changed the in-store experience, possibly forever. As a result, today’s hoppers have developed a greater taste for convenience than ever before, which in turn has changed how ...

With all the focus on e-commerce and websites, it’s easy to forget that online sales still only accounted for about 10 percent of all retail transactions last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau ...

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 ...

The food-focused format, which will debut in Crestwood, Missouri, is about 1,000 square feet larger than the retailer’s ...

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 ...

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 ...