1st Edition

Retail Design Theoretical Perspectives

Edited By Ann Petermans, Anthony Kent Copyright 2017
246 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The late twentieth century saw rapid growth in consumption and the expansion of retailing and services. This was reflected in the number and type of stores and locations, from regional shopping malls and out-of-town superstores to concept and flagship stores. Retail design became an essential part of its success by creating distinctive brands and formats. However, the economic recession in the... Read more

Chapter 1.Introduction Anthony Kent and Ann Petermans 



Chapter 2. Retail Design: a contextual lens Ann Petermans and Anthony Kent 



Chapter 3. Retail Design: What�€�s in The Name? Katelijn Quartier 



Chapter 4. Retail Formats Filipe Campelo Xavier da Costa, Gabriel Gallina and Marcelo Halpern 



Chapter 5. Retail Environments Bethan Alexander and Anthony Kent 



Chapter 6. From Clicks-and-Bricks to Online-to-Offline: The Evolving E-tail/Retail Space as Immersive Media in Hong Kong and Mainland China Tommy Tse and Tsang Ling Tung 



Chapter 7. Heritage, Adaptive Reuse and Regeneration in Retail Design Bie Plevoets and Koenraad Van Cleempoel 



Chapter 8. Evaluating Retail Design Martin Knox 



Chapter 9. Communication and Stakeholders Tiiu Poldma 



Chapter 10. Online Retail Design Delia Vazquez and Anthony Kent 



Chapter 11. Globalisation and Localisation: the High-End Fashion Retail Perspective Bhakti Sharma 



Chapter 12. The Future of Retail and Retail Design Henri Christiaans

Biography

Ann Petermans holds a PhD in Architecture and is affiliated to the Faculty of Architecture and Arts of Hasselt University (Belgium). Her PhD focused on the translation and investigation of the principles and practices of the 'experience economy' within the discipline of interior architecture in general, and retail design in particular. Her current research is on experience, well-being and happiness in architecture and interior architecture. Ann also teaches on these subjects in the Master�€�s in Architecture and Interior Architecture at Hasselt University.



Anthony Kent is Professor of Fashion Marketing at Nottingham Trent University. He completed a PhD from the University of the Arts London for his research into the locational contexts of fashion retail stores, their built environments and interior design. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Higher Education Institute, and he is Chair of the Marketing Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management.