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In Memoriam: Kent D. Hensley 1960 – 2022

Retail Design Institute

Project developers tapped Hensley to revive the store’s legendary window displays. Of course, Hensley was just the person to call given he worked as art director and creative manager of Dayton Hudson’s advertising and marketing department in the 1980s and early ‘90s.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

Originally based in Chicago, it was purchased by Cincinnati-based ST Publications (later renamed ST Media Group) and eventually merged with its competitor at the time – Display World – in 1938. Goods were haphazardly displayed in disorganized stacks and piles, or carelessly hung on columns and railings.