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    Over the weekend, eBay launched a series of ‘shoppable store windows’ — touch screens that hang on the windows of shops in busy NYC shopping districts, where people can purchase products while the stores are still closed. Payments are accepted using PayPal Here, eBay’s mobile payments system. A chance to window shop — literally.

    Over the weekend, eBay launched a series of ‘shoppable store windows’ — touch screens that hang on the windows of shops in busy NYC shopping districts, where people can purchase products while the stores are still closed. Payments are accepted using PayPal Here, eBay’s mobile payments system. A chance to window shop — literally.

    Monday, June 10, 2013

    "Our key focus is designing a store that is innovative, fun and inviting, while providing an environment that the kids want to hang out in and stay a while," says an Aeropostale spokeperson.

    Clothing retailers are pouring a ton of money — $35 billion, to be exact — into redesigning their stores to increase sales. The key, according to this piece from Bloomberg, is not to add more stores, but to focus on designing more appealing interiors and shopping experiences at the stores they already have.

    Thursday, June 14, 2012

    This July, Target will make a big move from the suburbs into the city, with down-scaled stores in Chicago and L.A. to start, and more planned for San Francisco and Seattle down the road. The shake up in retailing strategy is a move to increase the company’s revenues by focusing on where they think real growth lies. As this BusinessWeek article explains:  Urban sophisticates who lust after a Michael Graves teapot or a Jason Wu skirt have mostly had to traipse to the burbs to get their fix. “It’s like we’ve been dating long distance,” says Target Executive Vice President John Griffith, while conducting a guided tour of the unfinished Chicago store. “Now we’re going to be right in their backyard. What do you think of the move? Will the hip suburban staple thrive in the big city? Or will it lose its cred when faced with the prospect of winning over actual urban hipsters?

    This July, Target will make a big move from the suburbs into the city, with down-scaled stores in Chicago and L.A. to start, and more planned for San Francisco and Seattle down the road. The shake up in retailing strategy is a move to increase the company’s revenues by focusing on where they think real growth lies.

    As this BusinessWeek article explains: 

    Urban sophisticates who lust after a Michael Graves teapot or a Jason Wu skirt have mostly had to traipse to the burbs to get their fix. “It’s like we’ve been dating long distance,” says Target Executive Vice President John Griffith, while conducting a guided tour of the unfinished Chicago store. “Now we’re going to be right in their backyard.

    What do you think of the move? Will the hip suburban staple thrive in the big city? Or will it lose its cred when faced with the prospect of winning over actual urban hipsters?

    Tuesday, June 12, 2012