Designing Innovative Retail Stores Around Experiences

Retailers are designing brick-and-mortar spaces around experiences to bring in and retain shoppers. Chinese eCommerce retailer JD.com, in one case, has just rolled out its inaugural SEVEN FUN lifestyle space in Galaxy SOHO in Beijing. The store offers baked goods, fresh food, groceries and fresh flowers, as well as international delicacies through eateries. And Wegmans has opened a store at Brooklyn’s Navy Yard, replete with dining experiences.

Data:

74,000: Square footage of Wegmans’ Brooklyn Navy Yard store.

3,500: Minimum number of products offered by the first SEVEN FUN store.

100: Approximate number of seats for a market café in Wegmans’ Brooklyn Navy Yard store.

12: Number of eateries in SEVEN FUN’s first store.

3: Number of bars in SEVEN FUN’s inaugural store.