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Year in Review
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Contents from the May, 2008 issue
Volume 139; Number 5
FEATURES

32 GROCERS DELIVER
Supermarkets are relying on design and aesthetics to drive shoppers to their doors.

38 EXPERIMENTAL TASTES
Safeway operates Citrine, a restaurant that serves as a laboratory for testing the grocer's in-store meals.

42 DRAMA QUEENS
The current generation of mannequin divas has attitude, color and a ready-for-action style.

48 CRYSTAL LIGHT
Swarovski opens a do-it-yourself jewelry boutique in London.

52 ISLAND JEWEL
Manilla's Landmark supermarket is named Store of the Year in A.R.E.'s annual retail design competition.

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COLUMNS

12 FROM THE EDITOR

14 VMSD EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

16 THE GOODS

» The check's in the mail
» IRDC registration goes live
» Whole Foods goes for LEED
» Highlights from GlobalShop

22 SECTOR SPOTLIGHT
Beauty Retailing

26 PORTFOLIO
Casa Palacio Bellagio Everyday Love Culture

56 CREATIVE KICKSTARTS
Go outside to find your next great idea

58 VMSD SHOWROOM
Props and decs

63 AD INDEX

64 CHECKING OUT
Tim Cox, Publix

On the cover Hudson County Market (Hudson, Wis.) goes for local appeal by creating a farmer's market-like setting, complete with food stalls, stations and peach-crate art used as signage.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK STEELE PHOTOGRAPHY, COLUMBUS, OHIO

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Exclusives in May

HIP AND HAPPENING
Momo Fusion Bar lights up the Cyprus dining scene with style.

MODERN DAY EATS
A feast of clean lines and contemporary finishes at Seoul Bros. restaurant.

MAGIC GARDEN
Dreams come true in an Italian bank.


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