Glowing Pink Displays - Studio Raar Highlights Le Coq Sportif Shoes With Neon Lighting::If you're all about innovative design like Studio RAAR, having your office or store reflect that is a great way to flaunt your alignment with your brand. These images of the ultra futuristic concept… [More]

Curvy Concrete Boutiques - The Fashion Studio in Belgrade for Tamara Radivojevic::Architect Irena Kilibarda of Dsigned By has created the Fashion Studio in Belgrade, Serbia, for fashion designer Tamara Radivojevic. Much like the fashion designer’s neutral, minimalist creations, the… [More]

Seasonal Handmade Pledges - Buyhandmade.Org Asks to Buy Handmade for the Holidays::For this year’s Black Friday, BuyHandmade.org presented a different kind of door buster. They started ‘Pledge Handmade,’ which asks consumers to commit themselves to only buying handmade items this holiday… [More]

Digital City Doubles - 'NearLondon' Replicates Oxford Street in Online Shopping Form::Welcome to NearLondon, London’s Oxford Street as you’ve never seen it before--no litter, no traffic, no crowds, no queues, and best of all, no rain. Shoppers tired of the hustle, bustle and squash of London’s… [More]

HD Vending Machines - Sapient Interactive 'uVend' Interactive Coke Machine Hits North America::Sapient Interactive has created an interactive Coke vending machine called uVend. uVend replaces the standard front of a vending machine with a 46” LCD touch screen rich with HD video, bluetooth and flash… [More]

11 Gift Cards and Certificates - From Controversial Gift Certificates to $50,000 Gift Cards::Although I’m a big believer in opening wrapped gifts from under the Christmas tree, sometimes you have to concede and purchase gift cards and certificates. I mean, there are so many choices out there that… [More]

50 Online Shopping Innovations - From Fitting Room Simulators to Invite-Only Shopping Sites::Black Friday is the day for shopping bargains, there’s no doubt about it. But is waiting in hours-long lines, shoving your way to get to the 50%-off shoes, and having things from your shopping cart snatched… [More]

32 Exclusive Fashion Boutiques - From Basement Boutiques to Eclectic Kick Shops::Considering how fast fads become massed produced, it’s hard to stay original nowadays, yet there are exclusive fashion boutiques that encourage individual style and limited number of pieces. This cluster… [More]

Fitting Room Simulators - Try on Clothes With Tobi.com's Augmented Reality Dressing Room::Many companies have been trying—unsuccessfully—to create effective virtual dressing rooms for customers via their online stores. Now Tobi.com has launched their Augmented Reality Dressing Room, the first… [More]

25 Walmart Finds - From Insightful Subculture Studies to Cheap High Fashion::If there has ever been a revolutionary superstore chain, these Walmart finds will surely solidify Walmart's claim to fame. With America’s Black Friday just around the corner, and Christmas sales right… [More]

Gift-Wrapped Heroes - The Holiday Sub Sandwich from Erbert & Gerbert is Perfect for Everyone::Need a gift that won’t break the bank for that always difficult-to-buy-for someone in your life? Try the Erbert & Gerbert’s Holiday Sub and sandwich that come gift wrapped -- just don’t leave it under… [More]

53 Unique Store Displays - From Bolshevik Retail Windows to Piled Tennis Ball Storefronts::In our world of passive browsing, tight wallets, and short attention spans, sometimes a cool window or store display can make the difference between a shopper continuing on their way and actually entering… [More]

70 Credit Crunch Retail Promotions - Clever Store Promotions for Black Friday 2009::In 2009, Black Friday retailers will attempt to woo budget-crunched holiday shoppers into brick-and-mortar stores like never before. We’ve seen a number of innovative approaches in advance of Black Friday… [More]

Presidential Retail Windows - The Bloomingdale's Holiday Windows Include President Obama::The holidays are a time for cheer—that, and special seasonal window displays. Displays, for instance, that include the President. One of the Bloomingdale’s holiday windows feature President Barrack Obama… [More]

20 Fantastic Food Deliveries - From Subscription-Based Sweets to Healthy Office Snacks::Many food startups are using delivery-based business models and focusing on specific niche markets. It's a unique and innovative concept that stands to defy the era of big-box retailing. Despite the… [More]

Swedish Store Displays - Fjallraven New York Store Says 'Hej Hej!' to the Big Apple::I never thought I would see the day when my favorite adventuring brand set foot on our shores. The Fjallraven New York Store is about to open, which is great news for Swedephiles like myself. The Swedish… [More]

Spontaneous Employee Dances - This Electric Slide at Microsoft Store Video Makes Me Glad I Buy Apple::Okay, so I’m doing a little bit of gauntlet-throwing with my subtitle, but after watching this ‘Electric Slide at Microsoft store’ video, I’m relieved that I buy Apple. Microsoft store employees in a Mission… [More]

Color-Coded Wines - 94wines Uses Numbers and Colors for Customer Personalization::If you’re a wine connoisseur, it’s probably unimaginable to buy wine in which you have no idea what country it was from and when it was made. The Dutch company 94wines, however, is offering numbered and… [More]

City-Exclusive Fashion Lines - Chanel Shanghai will be the Most Refined Boutique East of Paris::Famed luxury fashion house Chanel will open a new boutique in China. Chanel Shanghai will open on November 25th in what the company is promising to be their most refined boutique ever. Shanghai, an extremely… [More]

Weekly Cake Clubs - Le Dolci Delivers Organic Desserts to London's Doorsteps::Food-of-the-month clubs are on the rise (at least in New York City) and dessert clubs are not far behind. In London, Le Dolci is one such dessert club. But instead of monthly deliveries, Le Dolci delivers… [More]

Original Online Stores - Supermarket Sarah Turns a Living Room Wall into an Online Display::Supermarket Sarah is an online store with an original display concept: put everything for sale on one wall. Simple, yes, but surprisingly effective. The site puts up an eclectic selection of art and crafts… [More]

Grocery Store Status Bags - Bargain Priced Chanel and LV Bags at Costco in NYC::Did you ever think you would find Chanel and Louis Vuitton bags at Costco? Well, the new Costco Warehouse Shopping Club in New York City is carrying designer handbags including those from Chanel, Louis… [More]

Synthetic Wishbones - Totally Unreal & Guilt Free Lucky Break Wishbones are Plastic::Synthetic Lucky Break Wishbones allow everyone -- even vegans -- to participate in the traditional holiday fun of breaking the turkey wishbone in a friendly tug-of-war. The winner, determined by who is… [More]

High-End Fashion History - Prada Book Documents Its Place in Culture, Fashion & Art::Italian fashion powerhouse Prada has announced the release of a book documenting the label’s history in fashion, art, architecture and film. The Prada book, otherwise known as 'Prada: Creativity, Modernity,… [More]

Dripping Chocolate Ceilings - The Godiva Chocoiste is a Chocoholic's Paradise::I am a chocoholic and I think that Godiva’s new flagship store in Harajuku (an ultra-hip area in Tokyo, Japan) might be my mecca. Designed by Wonderwall the concept Godiva Chocoiste has a dripping chocolate… [More]

Auction Webzines - eBay Launches the Inside Source Magazine::eBay has announced the launch of The Inside Source, a new online digital magazine. The focus of the magazine will be primarily on fashion, offering insights into what eBay shoppers are searching for, or… [More]

Designer Markers - Stella McCartney Launches Markers for the Gap so Kids Can Customize Their Clothes::From high fashion to markers? No, Stella McCartney has not gone mad, but rather has made a set of designer markers for kids to go along with her children's clothing collection at the Gap. The designer… [More]

Vending Machine Burgers - Tateishi Burger Has Patrons Order Burgers via Machine::There are vending machines for books, jeans, and produce so it's only natural that vending machine burgers would pop up somewhere. And that somewhere is Japan (of course), at Tateishi Burger, which is… [More]

32 Riveting Retail Spaces - Businesses With Unique Storefronts and Innovative Interiors::Now more than ever, a retail business can’t rely solely on its brand identify to sell. No, it takes much more inventiveness—a memorable experience, if you will—to engage customers, which is why many retailers… [More]

Raw Meat Fashions - The "Eat Your Steak. Be A Man." Campaign From Goodman Steak House::There are some things that don’t go together—white clothes and mud, bad breath and kissing—and you’d think raw meat and naked skin would be up there as well. Not according to Goodman Steak House and their… [More]

High Fashion Rentals - The RentTheRunway Website Allows You to Lease Designer Clothes::If you have ever wanted a high fashion designer garment straight from the runway but balked at paying the multi-thousand dollar price tag that comes attached, then the RentTheRunway website is for you.… [More]

10 Bizarre Barcode Variations - Innovations Worthy of a Universal Product Code::When retail commercial items become mainstream enough to earn a barcode—Universal Product Code (UPC) numbers—one can safely assume that these items have earned some degree of widespread popularity. Perhaps… [More]

15 Shopping Cart Creations - From Smart Pushcarts to Load-Baring Bicycles::I don’t know why, but somehow whenever I start my grocery shopping, I tend to forget to grab a shopping cart. This is usually a bad thing as I usually mean business when I enter a grocery store. It seems… [More]

Trippy Tea Party Displays - Burobeluga Window Arrangements are Pieces of Art::Window displays are basically pieces of art, with all the work and design that goes into them. This can be said about the design team at Burobeluga window displays. Using similar themes and colors as… [More]

Real Life Online Stores - The eBay Pop-Up Store is a Shift in Web-Based Shopping::The best thing about shopping online is not having to try anything on, the worst part is not having to try anything on. So, the new eBay pop-up store is both the best and worst thing ever. Opening on… [More]

Futuristic Parisian Bakeries - La Patisseries De Reves Creates a Unique Shopping Experience::So, of course you would expect the French to have great patisseries, I mean, that is a given. But would you expect a delicious patisserie to also be an experiment in innovative design, as well? The French… [More]

Jenga Retail Spaces - The Stacked Source Flagship Store from HUGE Architecture::It’s hard to think of anything better to represent the selection at a fashionable shoe store than a giant display resembling stacked shoe boxes. That’s what HUGE Architecture did for the Source flagship… [More]

Perma-Pop-Up Shops - 'BrandNew Stores' Creates Fixed Spaces for Temporary Retail::The whole concept of a pop-up shop is that it’s temporary and fleeting, which is why I thought it odd that a company called BrandNew Stores would be offering a permanent location for pop-ups. Investigating… [More]

Nutritious Vending Snacks - Lo Fresco's Healthy Vending Machines Offer Good-for-You Foods::To me, it’s almost a nightmare—the fact that normal snacks like chips, chocolate bars and cookies will give way to fruit, veggies, and granola bars. But whether I like it or not, healthy vending machines… [More]

Artsy Picture Book Shopping - The Made and Sold Art Book Allows You to Shop for Products::The Made and Sold art book is a compilation of many different artists and their toys, t-shirts, zines, prints and other things they have created, which are available for purchase. The Made and Sold art… [More]

Stylish Craft Storefronts - Sew Crafty in Houston is for Upscale DIYers::The Sew Crafty store in Houston is the latest example of how DIY is gaining ground. Stores like Build-a-Bear used to have a stigma attached to them (and were only acceptable when celebrating children’s… [More]

New Storefront Ventures - Microsoft Launched Its First Retail Store in Scottsdale::Microsoft has taken a cue from its competitors (namely Apple) and opened its first storefront retail operation in Scottsdale, Arizona. Microsoft launched its first retail store with long lines, excited… [More]

Intuitive Tech Shopping Sites - Measy Quizzes You to Help Decide Which Gadget is for You::There are so many brands and styles of electronics today that Measy is long overdue. Measy is a site that helps you choose which device is for you. Sites like CNET and Gdgt are great resources, but Measy… [More]

Simplistic Gadget e-Buying - The Measy Electronics Website Makes Shopping That Much Easier::If you hate trolling through the online pages of BestBuy or FutureShop, then the Measy electronics website is for you. The Measy electronics website helps you pick out the perfect gadget by first taking… [More]

Real-Time Sale Alerts - Apnoti Tells Customers When Pricing Errors and Sales Occur::To the savvy shopper or bargain-hunter, knowing the exact time a sale begins is a heaven-sent gift—a gift that German site Apotni delivers.  Apotni provides customers with real-time price search, indexing… [More]

Subscription Sweets - Dulcinea Delivers Baked Goodies on a Weekly Basis::Now the sweet-toothed can get baked goods delivered right to their door with Dulcinea, a Manhattan-based business that delivers desserts on a subscription basis. Dulcinea operates in a similar fashion… [More]

Online Human Translators - OneHourTranslation.com Gets Native Speakers to Help You::OneHourTranslation.com provides high quality, fast human translations, and is available on a 24/7 basis. They have a community of over 8,000 professional certified translators around the world guarantee… [More]

Shoepod Packaging - Molded Pulp Carton Mimics Nature's Containers::Boulder, Colorado-based Newton Running produces shoes with a low environmental impact, so it makes sense that the company would also want to make environmentally sustainable packaging to ship them in.… [More]

Department Store Gold Bouillon - Harrods Aurous Product Offering is Luxe But Lucrative::If you live in the UK and have money to invest in gold, bouillon bars are now available as close as the local Harrods. This move comes as part of a collaboration with Produits Artistiques Metaux Precieux… [More]