Trending Stores

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.
First Look: Teavana’s new store design

Starbucks Corp. has unveiled a new store environment for its Teavana division. In the new store design, tea is not hidden in tins. Instead, loose-leaf teas are boldly displayed in large glass cylinders for customers to see and smell as employees help them create custom blends.
The North Face, New York City

The North Face is targeted urban adventurers at its new global flagship on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The two-level, 20,000-sq.-ft. store offers an immersive brand experience that includes an interactive climbing wall, community seating and a custom embroidery service called “Lot, Stock and Barrel” that allows shoppers to personalize garments by selecting from 20 designs.
Warby Parker, University Village, Seattle

Warby Parker goes back to the future — design-wise at its new store in Seattle. The design recalls the classic library-inspired aesthetic of the brand’s first-ever store in downtown Manhattan, and is outfitted with light oak shelving, spacious marble tabletops and brass detailing. It also features exposed metal ceiling beams, concrete flooring and skylights.
Across from the track, Daytona’s future takes shape

Driving your car on the beach and the Daytona International Speedway. Those are the things that have long defined Daytona Beach. Those and the legendary Bill France, Sr.
First Look: Anthropologie debuts new format, Anthropologie & Co.

Anthropologie’ s experiential retailing concept takes center stage under its new store banner, Anthropologie & Co., with the first-ever location now open in Walnut Creek, Calif. The 30,000-sq.-ft. store is a visual treat, and features fully decorated showrooms, filled to the brim with custom furniture.
Not your typical off-pricer set to make Brooklyn debut

Century 21 Department Store is set to open its doors on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn. The store, the off-price retailer’s 11th location, will occupy four floors and 140,000 sq. ft. at City Point, a 1.8 million-sq.-ft. retail, residential and office space under development. It officially opens on Oct. 11.
AT&T goes big in San Francisco, puts modern spin on historic building

AT&T is pulling out all the stops in San Francisco, opening its largest, most elaborate and most tech-centered store to date. The new, two-level 24,000-sq.-ft. flagship is housed in an historic building located next to the busy and popular cable car turnaround on Powell Street. Constructed in 1908, the building has been restored from floor to ceiling back to its original Baroque architectural design.
Target, Manhattan
Starbucks, South Side of Chicago

First Look: Under Armour, Boston

Trending Stores: REI, Washington, D.C.

First Look: Check out Walmart’s new BOPIS machine

First Look: Teavana’s new store design

The North Face, New York City

Warby Parker, University Village, Seattle

Across from the track, Daytona’s future takes shape

First Look: Anthropologie debuts new format, Anthropologie & Co.

Not your typical off-pricer set to make Brooklyn debut

AT&T goes big in San Francisco, puts modern spin on historic building

Target, Manhattan

Starbucks, South Side of Chicago