The explosion of e-commerce and the globalization of products and services represent enormous challenges in retail. E-commerce offers unlimited choice and access so extreme that furniture showrooms now exist in cyberspace and cars are bought sight...

Comfort zone When a retailer demands a store design that will not only sell, but also teach and touch the customer, comfort becomes a commodity. Rockport did just that when planning its prototype store on West Broadway in New York. In the category...

Nanoq may be the Nordic word for polar bear, but in retail terms, it has quickly become synonymous with successful brand imaging for Reykjavik's Kringlan Mall. Many believe Nanoq, the only store of its kind in Iceland, is largely responsible for...

CB Richard Ellis Los Angeles 5 Points Plaza, Huntington Beach, Calif.: Fast Frame; The Fragrance Shop; Shoe Pavilion...