Greetings Retail Design Institute Southwest + Pacific Chapter Members!
What a great turnout for our exclusive tour of Saks Fifth Avenue Beverly Hills! Such a great energy we were all vibing off of and the grand spectacle of the beautiful retail megaspace. So expressive and so elegant. Thank you so much for our sponsors, Arcadis and Trainor Construction, and the panelists, Ian Murray, Assistant General Manager, SFA Beverly Hills, and the Arcadia architecture team, Tyson Ebert, Anna Victoria and Andrew Brezina.
The tour was guided by Bill Shockey of Trainor, Tyson Ebert, Anna Victoria and Andrew Brezina of Arcadia, and Ian Murray, Ken Crow and Frenchye Harris of SFA. Thank you to all the educators and students who came from Cal Sate University Long Beach, Santa Monica College and Los Angeles Trade Technical College, it was great to have you there.
Did you know the Southwest + Pacific Chapter includes Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Hawaii? It's true! If you know any innovative store experiences, retail companies or consultants in any of these areas please let us know! We'd love to spotlight them in this series... southwestpacific@retaildesigninstitute.org.
Abbot Kinney Block Walk, Venice Beach
Recap
Thank you to everyone for joining us at the Abbot Kinney Block Tour in September. And thank you to the wonderful retailers who hosted our store visits and shared the story behind their brands. What a great experience! We loved learning about these fantastic and walkable neighborhoods in the world of retail. And the food at SoCal Vibes was excellent!
Sponsored by our friends at ALU
Save the Date!
Rodeo Drive Holiday Lighting Celebration and opening reception at Bottega Veneta
Thursday, November 14 5:30-8:00 PT
The Retail Design Institute - Southwest + Pacific Chapter is happy to once again host a pre-reception for the annual Rodeo Drive Holiday Lighting Celebration. Kick off the Holiday Season by seeing the fantastic holiday display windows, roaming performers and costumers, entertainment on stage and fire works. We had so much fun last year we can't wait to host again in lovely Beverly Hills. Excited to host the pre-event reception at Bottega Veneta.
Registration will follow soon so be on the look out.
Thursday, November 14, 5:30-8:00
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, reception at Bottega Veneta, 320 N Rodeo Dr.
Free for members/$20 for non-members
VMSD Award to Mercado Gonzalez.......Congratulations!!!
Special congratulations to our friends at Mercado Gonzalez and architecture firm, Shook Kelley, for being VMSD's first place winner for their Supermarket-Retail Renovation competition. See the full article HERE. As some of you may remember, we hosted a tour at Mercado Gonzalez this past Spring, where we were showed around by Northgate Market's Chief Strategy Officer and then learned about the design and building of the market by Kevin Kelley of Shook Kelley.
Well done all around! Can't wait to go back!!
IRDC Retail Design Institute - in the wild!!
Fantastic Times at IRDC last week in Kansas City!!! Thank you VMSD and all the sponsors for making this happen. Great connecting with everyone at the Retail Design Institute.... we are one big family!
See you next year!!!
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