Grocery stores are carefully engineered spaces. Here’s how layouts quietly influence spending more than shoppers realize.

A few months ago, I popped into a department store to grab a shirt for an event that night. Five minutes later, I’d looped past the same endcap twice and somehow ended up in housewares, miles from ...

After years of Marie Kondo-esque simplicity, the retail design era of “back-to-basics” aesthetics — defined by neutral palettes and sleek, pared-back interiors — is quickly falling out of favor ...

Retail is a huge global industry, yet much of its decision-making still happens in the dark. Product assortments, merchandising strategies, and store designs are often locked in months before they are ...

When nearly anything can be bought with a few taps on a screen, brick-and-mortar stores have to work harder—and smarter—to earn a visit. Retail design, and the magic of merchandising, is something ...