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Retail Design Diva

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Retail Design Diva is a hip and business-savvy resource for individuals in retail. It provides information on the latest products, redesigns, marketing campaigns and everything retail.

Added on: Aug 21st, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Listed in: Shopping Business
Tags: shopping design retail stores retailers retail design

Recent Posts

Not in My Back Yard

Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 15:07 in new stores

I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Two blocks off of Central Park, three blocks off of Riverside Park. The Upper West Side has long been the bastion of the upper-middle class, yuppies, left-wing radicals, intellectuals and therapy-practicin...
Here Comes Santa Claws

Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 11:11 in events

You gotta love a retailer like PetSmart, which really gets into the holiday spirit with plenty of charitable events and fundraisers. My favorite, dog lover that I am, is their annual in-store charity photo event. Dubbed "Santa Claws" this ...
The Diva Heads to NYC!

Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 15:55 in events

That's right, the Retail Design Diva will be in New York City for the annual market week. Diva will be busy busy busy--judging holiday windows, visiting visual showrooms, hosting a session at NADI's Retail Design Collective, presenting award...
Give Thanks

Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 10:29 in off-topic but interesting

Some of my ancestors came to America on the second or third sailing of the Mayflower. Little known fact, but the Mayflower made several voyages. Knowing my family, I presume my relatives didn’t board ship until they were relatively confident that ...
NYC Holiday Window Sneak Peak

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 10:41 in visual merchandising

First there was the Titanic, then came “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964), arguably one of the all-time worst movies ever made. Pour me some instant Swiss Miss, and curl up on the couch, I love a trashy Christmas film. Well, Santa may ha...
A Recession Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 11:02 in current affairs

The quote heading this piece is one that has been floating around throughout this long, dark annus horribilis that we find ourselves in--and for a while it thoroughly irked me. It seemed insensitive at best, gratingly, head-in-the-sand optimistic at...