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When Shopping Is Media, Retailers Become Content And Community Obsessed

Women are looking to online shopping as a form of retail therapy that we know so well, and they'll have more fun and buy more of a product, more often, when given the opportunity to shop in a community. READ»

The Mall Is Undead, but Maybe Not for Long

Is the mall dead? And if so, is it permanently dead? That question hung in the air on the last day of the annual Congress for the New Urbanism. "We have too much retail," said Francis Scire, a senior leasing executive at Simon ...READ»

Nendo's New Issey Miyake Store: Skewering Fashion

Ultra-thin, steel-rod displays are part menacing, part "prairie grass."READ»

Intel's Touch-screen, AR-Packed, Digital Ad Display Almost Isn't Fair

It's not enough for Intel to grab your attention with targeted, customized rich media ads that are smart enough to read the best way to broadcast to passersby. They want you to stop and interact, feeding them analytics about your ...READ»

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Apple's Revamping Its Retail Stores, and Growing Trees Inside

This past October, Microsoft was all aflutter with the launch of Windows 7 and its very own retail store. And those stores bore an uncanny resemblance to Apple's. Apple is now fighting back with a "new prototype for the ...READ»

Mon Dieu! Apple Store Coming to the Louvre

There's a price for everything, even in the Louvre: Tomorrow, Apple will be opening up their very first Parisian Apple Store, and it'll sit in the concourse right below I.M. Pei's glass pyramid. According to Bloomberg, this will ...READ»

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"Retail Experiment" Turns Shopping Into Scavenger Hunt

Unless you're a design-crazed hipster, Subports is bound to make you feel very, very old.READ»

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Palm Pre Goes Pre-Fab

To promote its smart phone, Palm deploys a well-known prefab house in L.A. shopping malls.READ»

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Horrible Idea of the Day: Microsoft to Build Retail Stores Right Next to Apple's

Microsoft's COO says that the stores will open this fall. Just one question: How epic will the failure be?READ»