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Walmart Creates Five New-Look Flagships

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into flagship stores featuring upgraded visual merchandising, CNBC reports. The move is designed to spur sales of higher-margin, discretionary items such as apparel, beauty products and home furnishings. Mass merchant Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.) has remodeled five of its SuperCenters in the Eastern U.S.

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On Our Radar: Williams-Sonoma Opens First Dubai Store

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Home furnishings and kitchenware brand Williams-Sonoma (San Francisco) opened its first United Arab Emirates store in Dubai in March of this year. Our promise is to nourish people’s lives at home. The post On Our Radar: Williams-Sonoma Opens First Dubai Store appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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UBS Sees 80,000 Stores Closing By 2026

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In addition, roughly 7000 home furnishing stores are also likely to close. The post UBS Sees 80,000 Stores Closing By 2026 appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. Consumer electronics is another category poised to endure closures, with nearly 8000 predicted to shut their doors.

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RH to Open 4-Level Design Gallery at Fashion Island

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RH (Corte Madera, CA) will open a four-level design gallery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA that will feature a rooftop restaurant and wine bar, the luxury home furnishings retailer announced. The post RH to Open 4-Level Design Gallery at Fashion Island appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

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The Power of Two … or Perhaps Three or Four?

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fashion retailer Next has done more or less the same with Costa Coffee, Paperchase (a stationer) and Laura Ashley (home furnishings), among others, all taking space inside what was previously solely a modish offer. appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design. On a somewhat larger scale and in the U.K.,

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Daiso, Muji, Moshi Moshi? Why this Japanese-inspired chain is taking off

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Following in the tradition of Japanese retailers like Loft, Daiso and Muji that bring chic to everyday items and are consummate visual merchandisers, Thailand’s Moshi Moshi has gone into full expansion mode with a concept that uses the same template. Some stores also sell pet accessories.

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Restoration Hardware CEO Plots New Stores, Predicts More Success

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The comments came during RH’s second-quarter earnings call, during which the luxury home furnishings giant reported revenues that jumped 39 percent over the same period last year. The post Restoration Hardware CEO Plots New Stores, Predicts More Success appeared first on Visual Merchandising and Store Design.