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Canada Goose, New York City
Canadian outerwear brand Canada Goose, best known for its signature goose-down jacket with fur-trimmed hood, has opened its first-ever U.S. store. The 4,100-sq.-ft. space is designed to reflect the company’s roots and Arctic heritage. The works of Canadian artisans are showcased throughout the store, which also features gallery-styled displays of vintage pieces from the brand’s archives and a 3,840-pound marble cash-wrap, carved from a single piece of rock and sourced from a quarry in British Columbia.
The Clinic, Denver
Business is booming in the fast-growing business of medical and recreational cannabis. And the shops that specialize in the trade are taking their game up more than a few notches. In July, The Clinic, which operates some six stores in the Denver area and is expanding into other states, opened a flagship that shows just how much the industry has evolved from the sterile, sparsely decorated storefronts of just a couple years back.

Sure sign of the holidays

Lord & Taylor takes customers on a whimsical winter journey in the 79th annual holiday window display at its Manhattan flagship on Fifth Avenue. With an Enchanted Forest theme, the five windows portray scenes of a winter wonderland and are filled with 34 hand-sculpted holiday animals. Each vignette is enhanced with over 350 square feet of LED walls. The store’s façade features more than 9,000 ft. of mixed garland, foliage, twinkling lights and holiday music
First Look: Nike SoHo is something to see — and experience

Nike has upped its game in downtown Manhattan. The athletic giant has opened a five-level, multi-sport category outpost in the heart of New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.
Ballard Designs expanding with new store prototype

Cataloger and online retailer Ballard Designs, a division of HSN, Inc., is looking to engage customers with a new retail experience that emphasizes customization.
Winn Dixie, Tampa

Grocery retailer Winn-Dixie opened the second ever location of its next-generation store concept, in the Hyde Park section of Tampa, Florida.
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First Look: Under Armour, Boston

Under Armour has brought its “brand house” interactive store format to Boston, opening a location at the Prudential Center. With nearly 19,000-sq.-ft. of retail space across two floors, the store delivers an immersive, engaging brand experience enhanced by state-of-the-art digital displays designed to both inform and inspire.
Trending Stores: REI, Washington, D.C.

REI has opened it largest location on the East Coast, a 51,000-sq.ft. flagship in Washington, D.C. The store is designed to offer members of the outdoor community a place to meet and plan adventures — and shop for outdoor gear. It includes such features as a 1,052-sq.-ft. cafe, outdoor courtyard with a fire pit and tables, and a community space that offers a robust schedule of free and low-cost classes in-store classes for cycling, paddling, fitness, hiking and camping, climbing, snow sports, photography and wilderness medicine.
First Look: Check out Walmart’s new BOPIS machine

Walmart is testing new technology that could revolutionize the way customers pick up purchases they ordered online. The discounter has installed a giant machine in a store in Bentonville, Ark., close to its headquarters, that automatically distributes online orders to users of Walmart's buy-online-pickup-in-store service, reported Business Insider. The machine is located directly inside the store's entrance.

Canada Goose, New York City

The Clinic, Denver

Sure sign of the holidays

First Look: Nike SoHo is something to see — and experience

Ballard Designs expanding with new store prototype

Winn Dixie, Tampa

Top Retailers, Influencers Talk Innovation at X/SPECS

First Look: Under Armour, Boston

Trending Stores: REI, Washington, D.C.

First Look: Check out Walmart’s new BOPIS machine