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

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It’s a great example of cast iron architecture, which – coupled with the availability of plate glass – was a keystone to merchandising theater. These building technologies, with the ability to span large spaces, led to the development of the show window. Nobody except a young man named L.

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From a cartoon mouse to a global giant: how Walt Disney conquered the world

Inside Retail

Walt Disney was an innovator in terms of space, colour and movement. A famous diagram , sketched by Walt himself in 1957, foreshadowed the direction Disney would ultimately take: a huge business empire of synergies, merchandising and cross-promotion. They created a new character: a mouse, with large ears.