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18 ASIAN INSPIRATIONRestaurants from Australia to Shanghai meld European vibes with Chinese palettes.

24 SISTER STYLEHolt Renfrews hr2 carries its predecessors aura, but showcases a look of its own.

30 WHOSE IPHONE COVER ARE YOU WEARING?Designer-branded accessories populate everything from smartphone cases to small leather goods.

36 LIFE CYCLEFar from a spinoff, Mannheim, Germanys englehorn sports presents an unequalled bicycle enthusiasts haven.

42 OFF THE RAILDesigners for Tim Hortons hit the books for a community-minded eatery with historical railroad references and motifs.

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On a soft and sultry late summer evening, I joined a couple dozen pro-fessionals at the Retail Design Institutes (Cincinnati Chapter) annual riverboat dinner cruise and networking event. It was my introduction to the group and I was eager to meet and connect with the guests.

Between pre-dinner nibbles and the Queen Citys beloved Graeters ice cream finale, I engaged several of the architects and designers in an informal assessment of the state of the industry. Basically, I hit them with, Hey, hows business? Since the economy started tanking in 08, Ive winced while broaching the subject with other design professionals, watching their expressions deflate like day-old birthday balloons as they recounted postponed projects, canceled contracts, mass layoffs and sinking morale.

But this time was different. One after another lit up at the query, reporting significant upticks in projects and billings. One firm direc-tor said he was challenged to find qualified hires to handle increas-ing workloads. Another architect seemed almost incredulous at his companys recent good fortune, recounting a nightmarish recent past of out-of-work colleagues reduced to accepting minimum-wage jobs during the depths of the Great Recession.

These informal testimonies of an improving retail landscape are confirmed by official reports, at least domestically. (Europe is another story; it continues to struggle.) As of early September, U.S. retail sales have steadily climbed this year, with four consecutive months of increases, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The housing recovery and a gradually improving jobs picture, together with a bullish stock market, have resulted in a spending increase on grocer-ies, furniture, building materials, electronics and restaurant meals.

The recovery is by no means robust. Low-income households still struggle, and skittish consumers are allocating more discretionary income to rebuilding depleted savings and retirement accounts than shopping.

Yet pent-up consumer demand for a bit of fun and frivolity is evi-dent in sectors like accessories, which is thriving, according to editor-at-large Steve Kaufmans report on page 30.

So today we happily meander along the retail river, relieved to have navigated some treacherous rapids, tempered by a survivors height-ened awareness of likely obstacles downstream.

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RICK BURBEEDivisional VP Home Design/TrendSears Holdings Corp.

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LINDA FARGOSenior VP, Fashion Director and Store PresentationBergdorf Goodman

TRACEY FINGERSenior Manager Retail CreativeApple

JASON FLOYDGroup Manager, WW Visual MerchandisingMicrosoft

AMY GARRIGANVP, Marketing and BrandFamily Christian Stores

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KEN PRAYDirector, Store DesignThe Kroger Co.

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The staying power of retail is predicated on its ability to embrace change. The early merchant princes incorporated the newest technologies of the day to entice shoppers into stores. And while merchandise offerings and technologies have changed, the idea of a store as a physical space to house and sell goods has not. Now, even in the face of online sales increases, the physical store is not going away. However, smart retailers know they must adjust their approach to brick and mor-tar retail.

Rachel Shechtman, the founder of Story, a 2000-square-foot retail space in the Chelsea sec-tion of New York, looks beyond the confines of square footage. To her, the physical store is analo-gous to a magazine, with a new issue produced every four to eight weeks. Magazines tell stories with pictures and articles, Shechtman says.We

tell stories with merchandising around a story and then hosting events to bring them to life.And while the themed environment always changes, much like a gallery, Story sells product like any store. The difference is there is always a new Story, and the walls in the store are like pages of a magazine. Upon entering, customers are drawn to a wall projection that serves as the magazine cover, announcing the theme of the month.

Shechtman created a new and profitable busi-ness model based on constant change. She says, In addition to the merchandise we sell, and events we host, we have other partners who pay to be part of our story.Technically, you could call them sponsors but really they become part of the content and we consider them contributing storytellers or curators.

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and Wellness Story. The current theme, Made in the USA, takes visitors on a road trip across the coun-try. Stops along the way include Boston, Brooklyn, Detroit and Seattle, featuring product and imagery from each location.

When a theme ends, the store closes for a week as it morphs into the next issue. The entire environ-ment undergoes a complete transformation encom-passing fixturing, signage, wall presentations and product. For each Story, Shechtman brings in dif-

ferent interior designers and architects.Some of the collaborating creative partners include: Snarkitec-ture, Rock Paper Robot, Clay Shortall & Associates, Tietz and Baccon, Jason Bell and Associates, Archi-tizer, and HWKN.

Recognizing that consumers constantly get new content on their smartphones, Shechtman asked, Why shouldnt retail have fresh content in real life? If we have community online, why not create new vehicles for community offline? In Story, where brands pay to be part of the experience or commu-nity, the overriding equation isnt necessarily sales per square foot, but rather, experience per customer visit. Eric Feigenbaum


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Immersion on Demand The marriage of retail design and technology is advancing at a breathtaking pace, with creative and exciting brand-building applications. Case in point: Life-size video walls recently installed in five of Guccis (Casellina, Italy) stores (Milan's Via Monte-napoleone, Saint-Tropez, Hong Kong, Macys New York and Dubai Mall).

As part of a program to enhance the customer experience at retail and heighten the iconic brands visibility worldwide, the displays by Planar Systems Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.) together with OOOiis (Los Angeles) graphics engine create life-size interactive images. We have called it the Gucci Immersive Retail Experience, says Robert Triefus, Guccis chief marketing officer.

The displays reproduce Gucci womens and mens fashion shows and other product films. In some stores, the interactivity of the Gucci experi-ence extends to displays on the staircases leading from the ground floors to the first floors, where a sys-tem known as Stairway Interactive Videowalls reacts in real time as customers pass by, immersing them in a complete, interactive experience. Customers are able to interact with the images using simple ges-tures to fast-forward and rewind or freeze the images to take a closer look or see more detail. In this way they can literally interact with the products, Triefus says. PS

EARTHY DELIGHTSVeggietopia (New York) debuted in May as a 400-square-foot vegetarian sandwich shop designed by John Beck-mann of Axis Mundi (New York). The design evokes a garden setting with its lacquered green ceiling, ipe wood fencing and concrete flooring.

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PORTFOLIO: Hedonism Wines, LondonLondons Mayfair district is known for high-fashion brands, stores so exclusive you need an appoint-ment just to shop in them. When Hedonism Wines launched a boutique there, they turned the super-posh districts exclusive vibe upside down, welcom-ing anyone on the street still, admittedly, a restricted population a chance to browse its selection.

And at night, when the shop is shuttered, light from a 3-D video projection moves along the floors and ceiling in a way that mimics champagne bubbles a request only a wine purveyor could make.

The idea is to draw in future customers with a sense of mystery and intrigue, according to Keith Bradshaw, a principal at Speirs + Major (London): The light is sug-gestive of a ghost moving across the store and disappearing; it cre-ates a dramatic, evocative feeling of something being not quite right in the store. That was intentional; it creates a memory of the space.

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tional, but not reverential, featuring exposed brick and concrete. A top floor features champagne and white wine, with a focal chandelier made of upended wine glasses leading to red wine displays in the vault-like lower level. Robin Donovan

Retail Foodservice on the Rise Prepared foods from supermarkets, drugstores and other retail outlets will continue to capture share of the meal/snacks market by stealing visits from restaurants, reports The NPD Group (Rosemont, Ill.). Its recent study, which fore-casts trends out to 2022, finds that purchased retail-prepared food for at-home consumption will increase by 10 percent over the next decade compared to a 4 percent increase fore-cast for commercial foodservice traffic.

While no one age group takes greater advantage of the prepared food offerings from retail outlets than another, the needs being met do differ, according to NPD.For example, adults 35 years and older are more likely than 18- to 34-year-olds to purchase prepared foods for dinner. Seniors are particularly interested in buying lunch from these retailers, whileconsumers aged 18-24 are more inclined than others to make purchases from retail outlets for afternoon or evening snacks.

Aging baby boomers will comprise the larger share of home meal replacement purchases from retailers over the next 10 years, reports NPD.Prepared foods retailers are also expected to benefit from increased visits from those in their thirties. Efforts to pull consumers out of their homes and back into restaurants will require touting the benefits of eat-ing out versus staying at home and cooking or eating meals offered by home meal replacement retailers, says Bonnie Riggs, NPD restaurant industry analyst. PSAF

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On the Road to EuroShop Its time for visitors to EuroShop 2014 to start making hotel and travel arrangements. The triennial trade show for the retail design industry will be held from February 16-20, 2014 in Dsseldorf, Germany.

Attendees can purchase entrance passes at euroshop-tradefair.com in advance of the show at reduced rates (42 for a one-day pass, 60 for a two-day pass, 115 for a five-day pass). Tickets include free use of all public transportation within the Rhine-Ruhr regional network of Dsseldorf.

The inspiration doesnt stop when visitors leave EuroShop in the evening: the city of Dsseldorf offers a multitude of store design, visual merchandising, sales promotion and p-o-s marketing ideas.

With an abundance of exclusive specialty stores and inter-national designer labels, Knigsallee Boulevard is considered a top shopping destination. In addition, the trendy depart-ment store Sevens, together with the Schadow Arkaden and Dsseldorf Arcaden, feature an array of food, design, lifestyle, fashion, multi-media and furnishings stores. Hip boutiques in surrounding neighborhoods beckon further exploration.

For more information about EuroShop 2014, contact Messe Dsseldorf North America at [email protected]. Or, visit euroshop-tradefair.com. Subscribe to the blog at blog.mdna.com and follow @retail_MDNA on Twitter.

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PROJECT SUPPLIERSRETAILER AND DESIGNHandsome Cycle Co., Minneapolis

DESIGNKnock, Minneapolis

AUDIO/VISUAL/ANIMATIONNeighbor, Minneapolis

Handsome Cycle MinneapolisConcept: Once online-only, a Warehouse District shop outfits lifestyle bikers with part-by-part customization and gear to match.

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1 TOUGH IT OUTRide like youre from Minneapolis dares digitally printed felt signage in this galley-shaped bike boutique in Minneapolis North Loop Warehouse District. The playful message alludes to hardcore Minnesotans who bike in sun, storms and snow.

2 OVERHEAD VIEWSPainting the ceiling black lends a moody feel to the space, while LED track lights stud the ceiling to highlight displays, and an oversized metal halide adds ambient lighting.

3 MADE TO ORDEROnce used to display guitars for a previous retail tenant, these functional metal tracks display bike frame sets near a consultation desk where shoppers specify custom options and watch the fi nal stages of bike assembly.

4 LOCAL FLAIRShop decor features repurposed materials, such as corrugated metal, barn wood, and a fence and benches from a nearby school, which appeal to ber-individual millennial shoppers.

5 PART BY PARTCustomizable accessories, including fenders, baskets and rear storage racks, are a nod to millennial shoppers with their own style, people who bike every day as part of their lifestyle, says Todd Paulson, Knocks (Minneapolis) chief creative offi cer.

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Asian InspirationChinese restaurants blend traditional reds and golds with modern, European flair.

By Robin Donovan, Managing Editor

and mid-range locales alike blend hints of home for Asian diners with fresh, western touches that lend a cosmopolitan air. That often means generous use of reds, golds and wood with the slimmed-down aesthetic populating so many western restaurants. Lighting is warm and bright and private dining rooms, particularly in luxury venues, are a must.

Melbourne-based Man Tong Kitchen, designed by B.Y.Architects, illustrates these trends while targeting a mixed clientele in Australia. Part of the Crown Entertainment Complex, it competes for eyeballs and palates with a range of other dining

The Asian restaurant market is quickly recognizing that the environment that their food is being served in needs to match the quality of their offerings, and that the bright lights and laminated tables mentality doesnt suffice anymore, says Lisa Chan, associate director of the Melbourne-based B.Y.Architects in Australia. This has resulted in a demand for res-taurant designs that are more sophisticated, but still playful and original.

And todays Asian joints dont simply target the nave consumer expecting wontons and fried egg rolls amidst trite scrims and glass tabletops. High-


Above Patterning inspired by traditional graphics in Man Tong Kitchen complements a toffee-apple red bricked bar in the restaurant's casual dining area.

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options at varying price points along the Yarra River.Traditionally, red symbolizes luck and gold or

yellow signifies wealth and fortune, so the color palette selected was intentionally very rich and evocative of Chinese symbolism, says Chan. How-ever, the palette also needed to appeal to a western clientele, so the rich colors were paired with the more muted base tones of charcoal flooring, walnut timbers, concrete rendered walls and brown and grey brickwork.

Designers evoked China with textured grey floor tiles similar to cobblestone village streets, splashes

of red reminiscent of cultural celebrations, laser cutout screens with Chinese patterning and a lan-tern-lit pitched ceiling. That graceful ceiling, which measures about 16.5 feet at its apex, posed a chal-lenge to the B.Y. team, whose members had to work carefully to integrate rafters evenly among existing columns and openings. Designers from PointofView Lighting (Melbourne, Australia) collaborated to add custom lanterns and uplight the rafters for an airy, spacious feel.

Because the client asked that a Chinese teahouse be woven into the design narrative, traditional teahouse seating in the main dining area was juxta-posed with modern banquettes alongside a cluster of bird cages. (It was once common to see elderly men sipping and socializing with caged pet birds in tow.)

Added spatial drama, Chan says, is created by offsetting the volume of the main dining space against more intimate private dining rooms and tighter corridors. It creates a sense of warmth and dynamism inside the restaurant which, since its opening, has become the translation of its Chinese name a full house.

PROJECT SUPPLIERSRETAILERMan Tong Kitchen, Melbourne, Australia

DESIGNB.Y.Architects, Melbourne, Australia

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Above Red and gold hues are matched with toned-down materials for a "sophisticated take on a traditional Chinese aesthetic," according to B.Y.Architects' Lisa Chan.

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DESIGNDash design, New YorkBrandimage, Shanghai

ARCHITECTUREArquitectonica Shanghai, ShanghaiShanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design Group, Shanghai

LIGHTINGDuo Lighting, Hong Kong

Anlighten Design Studio, Hong KongUnity Lighting, Shanghai

SIGNAGE/GRAPHICSVictor Arzale International Design, Hong Kong

GENERAL CONTRACTORGuangzhou Pearl River Decoration Engineering Co. Ltd., Guangzhou, China


In Shanghais financial district on the east side of the Huangpu River, designers at Yong Yi Ting faced a major stressor: In light-loving China, the 10,000-square-foot Yong Yi Ting restaurant was 21 feet underground and situated in the basement of a hotel, making access an issue.

New York-based designers from dash design took a multi-pronged approach, using a bright, creamy motif for common dining areas and building in two entryways, one for general dining and the other for guests of the restaurants eight private dining rooms. Low hanging lighting on 18-foot ceilings makes your body more comfortable in the space, so theres grandness but also an intimacy to it, says dash design principal David Ashen, who has a human fac-tors engineering background.

The project melds a European-inspired wine bar an element the restaurateur wanted to emphasize wrapped in dark woods with cabinetry detailing,

hundreds of lanterns and rich fabrics that evoke the mysticism of Imperial China.

This project was not Ashens first in China but, he says, there were still few surprises. After the restaurant opened, he learned that some younger patrons in private dining rooms were asking for blinds to be raised, turning the privacy-preferred cultural norm upside down with a bit of voyeurism.


Above High ceilings with low-hung, glowing lanterns

in Yong Yi Ting provide a sense of grandeur and

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Above A partition adorned with traditional Chinese motifs welcomes guests to this private dining area, one of eight available.

Left A two-way mirror with electronic blinds adds intimacy to a private dining area. These secluded spaces are popular among business executives and government officials.


PROJECT SUPPLIERSRETAILERP.F. Changs,Scottsdale, Ariz.

DESIGNAria Group Architects, Oak Park, Ill.

P.F. Changs (Scottsdale, Ariz.) may be a chain, but its restaurateurs prefer the term collection. Unlike your garden variety franchise, the affordably priced restaurants create a new look for each new build. No two are alike.

Canada has a higher demand for wine than other P.F. Chang's restaurants expect, so Aria Group Archi-tects (Oak Park, Ill.), whose team has been creating concept after concept for P.F. Changs since the late-90s, included freestanding display cabinets to integrate wine offerings into the store format.

Weve started taking a bit more design risk in international markets, creating something different than P.F. Changs was used to, and were integrating those ideas back into U.S. stores, says senior archi-tectural designer Shannon Sterne. Arias team settled on a timeless design that includes rustic wood plank tile for the bar area, rich walnut and brass with a brushed-satin finish that creates a modern vibe.

But using that brass was no easy task. Because

the oversized brass ring light fixtures are hung by cables, one overlapping the next, lighting designers created a 10-by-10-foot blueprint, requiring con-struction crews to drop down cables at exact mea-surements through sheet rock to create attachment points even before ventilation was installed.

Still, the resulting effect is a cosmopolitan take on a restaurant that incorporates everything from LEDs to keep up with increasingly strict Canadian Electrical Code requirements to an outdoor patio with an integrated overhang that celebrates the excitement of being outside when possible in north-ern climes. x

LIGHTINGBloom Lighting Group,Montreal, Canada


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Below Each P.F. Chang's restaurant incorporates a unique, hand-painted mural, such as the Asian-inspired graphic below.

Above All lighting for the Laval restaurant makes use of 28-watt LEDs, which are incorporated more heavily into the chain's international venues than its U.S.-based restaurants.


Siblings dont always look alike. Such is the case with Holt Renfrew (Toronto) and its new little sister: the roughly 23,000-square-foot hr2 concept. Found in only one other location Brossard's Quartier DIX30 shopping center in Quebec this outlet in Toronto's Vaughan Mills shopping center is focused on mid-priced designer and luxury goods. TO

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Its a brand new retail concept and it was a col-laboration with the client to define it: How is it different than Holt Renfrew, but still carries the DNA? says Steve Scuro, partner at Janson Gold-stein LLP (New York), the design firm tasked with the project. It had to be its own distinct experience, mood.

Sister StyleHolt Renfrews hr2 concept carries the department stores genes and a pop art aesthetic.

By Carly Hagedon, Assistant Editor


Above The hr2 concept boasts an open layout with meandering path, unlike its department store elder, Holt Renfrew. The clean, bright interior creates a backdrop for colorful products.

Left Vibrant, pop-art inspired fabric signage accompanies similarly hued merchandise and can be changed to reflect seasonality or promotions.

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Originally founded in 1837 as a fur shop in Que-bec City, Holt Renfrew has become synonymous with luxury and authentic Canadian retail through-out its 176-year history. The department store giant, currently owned by the Selfridges Group (London), has managed to stay in the public eye with its inven-tive social media campaigns (Hot@175 for its 175th

birthday last year, for example) as well as boutiques like The Beauty Hall in Yorkdale, Canada, where patrons can experience facials and a polish bar.

Launched in March, this smaller-format concept boasts some of the same designer bags and jewelry normally found at Holt Renfrew, but its more than a watered down version of its older sibling. Instead,

Above Digital ticker tape, similar to the iconic signage

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the store offers a pop-art aura against simple white floors, walls and ceilings.

Also, unlike its predecessor, hr2 is an open con-cept, allowing customers to experience the setting all at once, rather than department by department.

Its a very fluid space. There is distinct, over-arching architecture and within that, the merchan-dise defines each area, Mark Janson, partner, Jan-son Goldstein, says. Its a holistic approach to the space.

The resulting design is a mix of youthful and abstract motifs: pops of color burst from signage and are juxtaposed against the white interior throughout the space. Giant, seemingly animated numbers bounce across dressing room doors, while floating cabinetry and merchandise define sections. The mostly white interior serves as a neutral backdrop, allowing colorful merchandise to grab the customer's attention.

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For additional motion, stretched-fabric signage fit to frames and adorned with super-sized graphics rest above floating cabinetry, and electronic ticker tape flows through the interior to relay selective mes-sages to shoppers. Meanwhile, a winding path initi-ated by a linear, sculptural ceiling treatment, guides patrons throughout the stores subsections.

As you walk through, you can glimpse various merchandise throughout the entire store, yet, when youre shopping, youre in a space thats more defined and has more intimate scale, Scuro says.

Meant to be abstract and never literal, accord-ing to Janson, the super graphic was inspired by pop art and is meant to be changed regularly, allowing shoppers a fresh experience on each visit.

Off to each side of the path are rooms that feature the different types of merchandise, like handbags, shoes and clothing. Its designed to be a meandering path, Janson says.

Little siblings are notorious for sneaking off with your favorite outfit on the first day of school and singlehandedly creating interruptions, but hr2 has proven itself worthy of hanging with the big kids. Its meant to feel fashionable, fresh and distinguishable from other brands, Janson says. It's a distinctive environment that represents the brand. x

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DESIGNJanson Goldstein LLP, New York

ARCHITECTUREIBI/HB Architects, Vancouver

FIXTURESCarritec, Dorval, Canada

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Above The bright white dressing room is accented with green contemporary

furniture and oversized numbers dancing across

doors, inviting patrons into the minimalistic area.

Below Clean lines, bold color and minimalist

signage characterize hr2's exterior.


SECTOR SPOTLIGHT: ACCESSORIES

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Whose iPhone Cover are You Wearing?The market for accessories is thriving again: Look for the designer labels.

By Steve Kaufman, Editor-at-Large

If apparel, from fashion to ready-to-wear to cheap chic, has been slow to emerge from the recession, the accessories business is booming. And designer brands are driving the boom.

Housewares designer Jonathan Adler recently announced his entrance into the accessories busi-ness, converting his store in New Yorks Greenwich Village into an accessories-themed emporium with two more accessories stores slated to open this year, carrying the designers characteristically witty, whim-sical touch on handbags, scarves, neckties, socks and small leather goods.

Italian fashion brand Valentino has opened an accessories-only store in The Forum Shops at Cae-sars, Las Vegas, the brands first of its kind in the U.S. (and second in the world).

Charming Charlie is doing for bags, bracelets and baubles what H&M and All Saints have done for apparel: inexpensive, desirable but disposable fash-ion items, growing in less than 10 years from humble Houston roots to a coast-to-coast empire of more than 250 stores.

Macys Inc. (Cincinnati) has made branded accessories a dominant element of its renovated first floor at New Yorks Herald Square, a branded empo-rium of the big names Coach, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Dooney & Bourke, etc. clustered at the flagship stores main Broadway entrance.

In a difficult economy, accessories always rep-resent an affordable way to refresh an outfit or pos-sess a fashion label. Particularly today, the fashion apparel brands are aggressively expanding into acces-sories, especially at higher end, says Steven Der-woed, Macys vp of store design and merchandising.

Every high-end fashion house is developing a handbag, perfume, a sunglass frame, Derwoed says. Manufacturers are going further into becoming life-style brands. Coach made handbags. Today, its mens accessories, shoes, apparel, even jewelry.

Left Hearts on Fire's new Las Vegas store is filled with technology so customers can interact with the merchandise and feel the experience.



Derwoed notes that Ralph Lauren has created an accessories sub-shop inside its traditional vendor shop for its new line of mens bags and other acces-sories.

If the hot new item today is iPhones, says Ken Nisch, chairman of JGA Inc. (Southfield, Mich.), an equally important accessory is the cover on the device. Today, your accessories have accessories, says Nisch. Snap-on iPhone or Galaxy covers is a whole new sector of merchandise. Swarovski, Coach and Louis Vuitton are among the brands, and they can reach $200-$300.

As designer brands extend their accessories offer-ings to eyeglass frames, umbrellas and iPhone covers jewelry is increasingly in their cross-hairs. David Yurman, Ted Muehling and Gurhan Orhan are as important brands to todays shopper as Tiffany, Cartier and Harry Winston.

Theyre all fighting for a piece of the $33 billion U.S. jewelry market, which is beginning to show signs of life again after five years of lackluster perfor-mance.

Some of the industrys finest jewelry design-ers like Temple St. Clair, Kara Ross, Amrita Singh and Ippolita Rostagno whose treasures have sold in New Yorks Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue are beginning to produce custom pieces

for individual clients willing to pay five or six figures because the retail jewelry market has become some-what fragmented.

The world was collapsing, and the price of gold was astronomical, and people just werent buying jewelry, Ross recently told The New York Times.

I was down 75 percent, Singh, who has been selling her collection at Bergdorf Goodman for about 10 years, said in the same article. Now, though both designers still show their fine jewelry collections in a number of stores, including Neiman Marcus, they also sell their less-formal costume jewelry on QVC, where Singhs Bangle Bangle line, with pieces between $50 and $400, sold more than a half-million units last year.

Theres an increasing awareness of designer brands in jewelry, just as there is in fashion and other items, says Pam Levine (Levine Design Group, New York), a strategic branding consultant and visual mer-chandiser specializing in luxury, jewelry, fashion and home accessories. Jewelry shoppers are increasingly looking for designer names.

Bergdorf Goodman has an entire floor of its New York womens store devoted not only to fine jewelry (gold, silver, platinum, diamonds and pre-cious stones) but also to fashion jewelry alternative materials, metals and gems. (In the 80s, its designer jewelry offerings were limited to two showcases.)

Barneys New York now offers fine, vintage, antique and fashion jewelry. ABC Carpet & Home, the Manhattan one-off home furnishings store, and Anthropologie, the craft-oriented sister of Urban Outfitters (Philadelphia), have extended their fash-ion jewelry offerings. Even traditional Tiffany (New York) has introduced a line of jewelry designed by architect Frank Gehry. PA

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Tiffany is also reexamining its retailing approach, starting with the much more informal, more interac-tive store it recently opened in New Yorks SoHo. The store is light and inviting, and easier to get around and view the merchandise, says Levine, though it still sells fine jewelry, as it does on Fifth Avenue. But Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston and Cartier also offer more everyday or day-to-evening wear instead of just the serious, important jewelry they offered in the past.

Two by London, a division of venerable London Jewelers (Glen Cove, N.Y.), has opened a more casual and expansive, more interactive store in the upscale Americana Manhasset (N.Y.) mall, side by side with its parent London Jewelers, David Yurman and Cartier, in which first-time engagement ring buyers can design their own rings.

Hearts on Fire, the Boston-based diamond brand, has opened its first store, in Las Vegas, designed by Eight Inc. (San Francisco), which designed the first Apple store. Its very modern, almost high-tech, says Levine. Its a good example of whats happening in jewelry retail different technology to better interact with the merchandise and provide an experience.

This summer, Swarovski, the Austrian crystals producer, announced intentions to become the global leader in the fine jewelry segment, partly by expanding its Swarovski retail empire.

It has begun to test a new fine jewelry concept in China, where it has created Swarovski Fine Jewelry brand shops featuring dedicated architecture and specially trained staff.

We want to find out whether Swarovski as a brand is able to credibly carry a fine jewelry line, Robert Buchbauer, a member of the Swarovski executive board, told Womens Wear Daily in August.

Swarovski isnt the only group with big ambitions in fine jewelry. This year, Kering (the French multi-national company formerly known as PPR) bought Pomellato of Italyfor an estimated $360 million and Chinese jewelry brand Qeelin. The Swatch Group (Biel, Switzerland) bought Harry Winstonfor about $1 billion in January. In 2011, LVMH Mot Hen-nessy Louis Vuitton (Paris) acquired Bulgari (Rome).

It seems theres a lot of accessories shopping going on, both in front of and behind the display counters. x

Above Two by London is the younger, more casual sibling

of the upscale London Jewelers chain. Its sleek,

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Life CycleEngelhorn sports puts a new spin on bike store design.

By Lauren Mang, Contributing Writer

For engelhorn sports, the sporting goods division of the Mannheim, Germany-based fashion and accessories purveyor engelhorn, creating a space for high-end bikes and skating equipment was a must. Theres a new enthusiasm for bike and skater sports, partly ignited through the new wave of e-bikes in Germany and Europe, says Angela Kreutz, partner at Blocher Blocher Partners (Stuttgart, Germany), the firm that constructed the retailers new cycle-centric section in its more than 107,000-square-foot store. So engelhorn decided to expand its cycling world to 10,760 square feet.


Above Using primarily steel and wood, designers created a meeting point for sporting enthusiasts that unites avant-garde design with functionality.

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A quick switch out of the retailers seasonal selec-tions beach fashion or ski gear from a basement-level department secured plenty of room for an area that would be a hub for biking enthusiasts. The design team focused on simple materials such as steel and wood. A metal mesh forms what Kreutz calls a mountainous silhouette on the ceiling. And those shapes are reflected in the furniture at the rear of the space to give the customer an almost weight-less, suspended-between-heaven-and-earth feeling as if he or she cycled to the summit and was on the verge of descending.

One particular design challenge was how to dis-play the bicycles. Fixtures, Kreutz says, need to be functional but really presentable, too. So Blocher Blocher Partners created its own using a flexible track construction that features three different pre-sentation levels and requires no additional struts. They have a particularly delicate effect, she says. Its almost as if the bikes are floating.

Below Warm wood contrasts appealingly with the dark metal accents found throughout the store.


PROJECT SUPPLIERSRETAILEREngelhorn KGaAMannheim, Germany

DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE Blocher Blocher PartnersStuttgart, Germany

CEILINGS, FIXTURES, WALLCOVERINGS/MATERIALS Knoblauch LadenbauMarkdorf, Germany

Skates and helmets line the back wall thats pocked with holes to create a more visually appealing and structured surface. To give customers a greater sense of community within the department, the design team introduced a juice bar, the Gipfelkette (mountain chain in German) to encourage athletes to gather and mingle while shopping. Its an ideal spot with a TV to watch sports or for riders and skat-ers to fuel up before heading out on the trail. x

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Below This industrial-looking wall punctured with

holes takes on a textured approach to provide an eye-catching backdrop.

Right For better visibility and a cleaner presentation,

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OFF THE RAILTim Hortons Leaside, Ontario, store departs from the ubiquitous Canadian icons standard look, referencing its historic railroad location.

By Patricia Sheehan, Editor-in-Chief


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With more than 3400 stores across Canada, Tim Hortons, a fast casual restaurant chain known for its coffee and doughnuts, is a national icon, as tightly woven into the countrys cultural identity as ice hockey, maple syrup and beavers (and Bieber, as in pop singer Justin).

In a bid to compete with encroaching up-market coffee chains, Tims, as it is affectionately called, has for the past several years been giving some of its stores makeovers, switching out the familiar bright

primary colors and high contrast lighting with softer, more residential design elements, in hopes of entic-ing customers to linger.

GFX Intl. Inc. (Grayslake, Ill.) was retained to oversee and execute the design for the Leaside, Canada, store, a new construction project located in the original maintenance yard for the Canadian Northern Railway and part of a larger municipal redevelopment initiative.

The firm was challenged to reinforce the existing

Left Warm finishes, soft lighting and cozy seating invite Tim Hortons guests to stay awhile.

Above Weathered barn wood panels mimic those used in the original railroad yard maintenance building.

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brand while celebrating the historical significance of the location and communicating the life-cycle story of its coffee.

GFX designed, engineered and constructed a 3-D wall display to tell the companys Grow, Harvest & Roast story. We wanted to share Tim Hortons relationship with the coffee farmers, Eric Olson, creative director, says. Theyve worked to develop good relations with them to make both the farmers and Tim Hortons successful.

The story is displayed in photos which were printed on whitewashed, reclaimed wood. You see the process of the pickers and the harvesting and the roasting all the way to the poured cup, Olson says.

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Right The city of Toronto's archival collection was an

idea-generation source for the design team and

resulted in the reproduction railroad track chandelier

pictured here.

Above Photos of original railroad artifacts contribute to the space's vintage vibe.

The design team found inspiration from the sites original railroad maintenance building, which has since been transformed from a dilapidated, aban-doned structure into a neighboring market. Vintage props, period-specific artifacts, original photography and historical maps were researched, procured and verified before they were approved for use inside the Tim Hortons space.

Olson and his colleagues found old images of the Leaside railroad at the Toronto public library and city archives. We also worked with a local train museum to source railway artifacts, which we photographed, Olson says. We lit them and shot them like still-life art pieces and created a little art gallery [in the store].

Its a neat display, Olson modestly describes the outcome. And a timely departure for an established chain bound to stay on track as a market leader. x

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What do you think has formed your interesting career?I lived a dual life growing up. I was born and lived in Colonia, N.J., but spent my weekends at our apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I like to say I lived in New Jersey but the city raised me.

How did you feel about Brooklyn?I grew up terrified of Brooklyn. It was a thousand miles away from the Upper West Side.

And city life developed your interest in the arts? Or in sports?Both. My mother would take me to Lincoln Center and my father would take me to Madison Square Garden.

On which side did you land?When I was young, in the theater. I studied acting in the Young Actors program at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.

But sports won out in the end?Actually, visual merchandising won out in the end. I applied to several college programs for law, for theater, for writing, for architecture but ended up at LIM. My role model is Norman Bel Geddes, the innovative industrial designer, and he started out designing stage lighting for the theater, which is a form of visual.

How did that lead to sports merchandising?My college job was merchandise supervisor for the Prudential Center in New Jersey, where the Nets and Devils played. After school, when Jersey kids were coming into the city I was taking the train to Newark.

What has the Barclays Center meant to Brooklyn?Its incredible. The Dodgers were well before my time. But I can see how a home team gives the streets of the borough a unifying feel. Everybody in Brooklyn loves the place.

Three different worlds arent they theater, retail and sports?Not really. Theyre all about eliciting an emotional response and pushing a pleasing aesthetic, and you want to walk away from each of them feeling rewarded.

Is the theater still in you?It resonates in everything I do. It made me view the world in a grandiose level, no limits, everything is attainable. I kept pushing because I didnt know I couldnt. x

Gina MercatiliShes the merchandise coordinator at Brooklyns Barclays Center, where she can team her passions for the arts and for sports.

C H E C K I N G O U TInterview by Steve Kaufman

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