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Thank you to everyone who came to November's Retail Design Institute Southwest + Pacific Chapter Holiday event at Eleventy.

We have a new Chapter name! Welcome to the Southwest + Pacific Chapter of the Retail Design Institute.

We had such a great time last Wednesday, Sep 13, on our block tour of Larchmont Blvd. Thanks for all who came, it was a blast!

We hope everyone survived the hurriquake of August 2023 and are making plans for their Labor Day Weekend. Three-week countdown to our next i

Here we are, in the thick of the hot summer weather…..how are we all doing so far? Anyone get a chance to take a dip and cool off?

Welcome to our June newsletter….and happy Summer!

It was a festive evening at The Retail Design Institute, Southern California Chapter’s Spirit of Retail – Retail Innovation Event.

In his long design career, Lewis was a leader, speaker, advisor, collaborator, mentor, and an award-winning designer.

Chapters across the Institute network celebrated the 50th International Design Awards by way of Watch Parties.

The Southern California Chapter has elected new leaders for the term beginning November 1, 2020 through October 31, 2022.

James Farnell was named an Institute Fellow at the 48th Awards Gala held May 22, 2019, in New York City.

SoCal toured Greenbar Distillery in the heart of the LA Arts District on August 29.

Take a tour of this organic downtown distillery and enjoy the open tasting bar where you can sample the wide variety of unique organic...

As they say at Eataly “When you can't take a trip to Italy, come to Eataly!”

It was a packed house at the Southern California Chapter Artistic Retail Event on Feb. 28th at the Substraight Gallery.

December 14, 2017.  Over 60 design professionals convened at the Comunity shoe store in the Art District of DTLA.

The Los Angeles offices of Gensler hosted an RDI So Cal event on Thursday, October 19th.

Approximately 100 retail professionals enjoyed a rip-roaring time at the historic Library Bar, on Monday, September 18th.

A group of 30 retail professionals enjoyed a relaxing evening at the Sonoma Wine Garden in Santa Monica, on Wednesday, August 9.

More than 67 retail industry professionals enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the beautiful Vitra showroom.