Even on a budget, independent retailers can captivate customers. Before investing a single dollar in any physical renovations or other design changes, industry experts stress that each operator should ...

It’s 2 p.m. on a Monday, and the Starbucks on 23rd Street and Park Avenue in New York City’s Flatiron neighborhood is packed. Not that it would take much. The small shop—roughly 265 square feet of ...

As sustainability has become increasingly urgent in higher-level executive discussions, store design teams have had to face a new creative reality: that they need to integrate sustainability into ...

Macy's (NYSE:M) announced on Tuesday an accelerated expansion of its small-format store strategy. The department store operator said it will potentially triple the total number of small-format stores ...