This book is focused on the increasing diversity of flagships and the ways in which they can create showcases in people's lives. This unique volume will be of interest across many disciplines including marketing, visual culture, design and urban studies

1. Introduction / Anthony Kent and Ann Petermans -- 2. Retail design : a contextual lens / Ann Petermans and Anthony Kent -- 3. Retail design : what's in the name? / Katelijn Quartier -- 4. Retail formats / Filipe Campelo Xavier da Costa, Gabriel Gallina and Marcelo Halpern -- 5. Retail...

Concepts of flagships -- A classification approach to flagship stores -- Emotion and identity in flagship luxury design -- Virtual flagships and sociable media -- The flagship store : the luxury fashion retailing perspective -- Flagship shopping centres -- From dome to dome : exploring cultural...

The aim of this research is to assess the role of mentoring as an approach to training and development for small‐ to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) retailers. Mentoring requires the teaming of a knowledgeable person with a learner, to enable a transfer of information, skills and expertise....