The first "made in Argentina" department store chain, Tiendas Landmark offers anything for the home, featuring high-end quality and design. The retailer works with a store-within-a-store concept, where each brand has its own space, theme and atmosphere.

The new 6,000 square-meter (64 500 ft²) Tiendas Landmark store was designed to be an immersive experience that invites the customer touring – like in a small town – buildings, streets, a central “piazza.” There is a pathway to follow, set by architecture, and the fully set-staged store includes several artist interventions: a holographic entrance by Parratoro, murals painted by Martin Ron and elaborate wallpapers of Mercedes Costal.

The Minimax vision is to create memorable customer experiences through curated storytelling of kitchen and lifestyle products. In the store design and aesthetics consideration is given to the lifestyle of customers, creating a warm and inviting shopping experience, with displays that inspire and encourage curiosity.

With long-serving, engaged staff, the Minimax in-store customer experience is at the forefront of service standards. Recognizing the importance of communications and staff participation, the company even developed its own sophisticated learning management system, “The Pantry,” managing compliance and consistency in communication across the store network.

There is an in-store chef available offering tips, demonstrations and inspiration to customers with product and theme presentations taking place weekly. Product knowledge is a key aspect of the Cuisinarum sales philosophy, and it only sells items that staff have personally tested and reviewed. Customers who make large purchases from the store get full service including delivery, installation and disposal of packaging materials.

Built in a unique Art Nouveau auto shop from the 1920’s, Hopono is a family-run concept store with 600 m² of beautiful products, the largest concept store in Brussels. The store offers multifunctional lifestyle brands for everyone from young to old and with a large price range, the product selection covers kitchen, home, wellness, baby products and more.

Being ecologically conscious has been of key importance to Hopono from the very start of the store in 2011. The store is powered by solar panels, and the eco-friendly approach can be seen throughout the operations, from product selection to packaging materials and lighting and more – there is even a bike delivery service.

Each deezign guide-shop is a one-stop showroom where customers can experiment and choose products from more than 50 national and international brands present on its D2C platform.

The showroom in São Paulo is special in that all is built with deezign sellers’ products: whether it is the lighting, furniture, housewares, decorations, wallpapers, shelves or even the sound system and facade – any product or component of the showroom is a seller’s product to be sold.

Cookery believes strongly in being truly involved in their local communities and building strong personal connections with their customers. For their cooking classes, Cookery’s in-house chefs build full three-to-four course class menus with Sommelier-paired wines that make the perfect date night or night out for foodie friends. As their tagline says, Cookery is Your source for inspiring cooking essentials.

Started as a 50 m² furniture shop in 1952, KJEPS Bolighus is today a 4000 m² one-stop shop for decoration and all practical things for the home, a curated selection of known-to-be-good products. The focus is on kitchen appliances, tableware and gifts, but the store also features furniture and bedding and branded specialist shop-in-shop concepts for hardware and lighting.

A family store in its 3rd generation, KJEPS Bolighus is a shop to inspire and offer ideas. The company sees value in staff happiness and as the result, can take pride in employees with a good mood and knowledge.

Everything TOC does tells the story about passion for cooking, which they share in regular store events introducing new products and flavors and in specialist food magazines in collaboration with culinary influencers. Many of the employees have a culinary background, and the expertise in cooking is communicated also by the store staff “uniform” – Parisian bistro style aprons.

The focus of Pecht is specifically on sustainability. The comprehensive sustainability strategy ranges from products – the company even has its own “Sustainability Tested” logo for products – and staff training to paper-reduced administration and the company’s own catering. In addition to its own sustainability initiatives, Pecht launches and supports regional sustainability projects.

Arte & Forma’s motto is to live the change and the innovation, the design and constant research. They add new unique products to the selection daily and with that, there is constant restyling taking place, both in-store and in the online store, giving the customers an impression of newness and exclusivity.

The store’s home department is a space where customers can visualize their ideal living room and kitchen. There is a kitchen counter that doubles as a lesson space, a “premium zone” lining up quality items and a “marché zone” for foods to replicate the ideal living room and kitchen. With lifestyle-themed displays and demonstration areas at various locations, customers can feel the action of the shopping floors and have a fun, hands-on shopping experience all the times.

The ‘Koken & Tafelen’ (cooking and dining) department of Vanderveen’s features products for the kitchen and table, a balanced, high-quality and well-presented assortment, as well as an in-store kitchen for live cooking. Close cooperation with related shops of the department store enable collective promotions, visual merchandising, staff training and more, bringing competitive advantages and guaranteeing high quality and excellence.

Illums Bolighus focuses on Scandinavian designer brands with input from world-known brands. The focus is on in-store customer experience, using specialists – designers and vendors are present in-store to meet customers and tell the story of their products. The first Illums Bolighus store in Norway opened in 2006 and now features five locations. It offers not just nice products and celebrated designers but also signature store events from wine courses and tastings to art exhibitions.

The EUROFIRANY store in CH Westfield Arkadia in Warsaw is modern and unique in style – minimalist design, in which white blends with wood elements, delights with its simplicity and functionality. The customer can easily find decorations and accessories that match the furnishings and the style in which the interiors in their home have been decorated.

El Corte Inglés has based its business model on an attractive, wide and varied commercial proposal, incorporating pioneering products. The company’s principles are based on innovation, constant adaptation to the new trends and needs of society, range of choice, specialization, quality, personalized attention, differentiation, service and good value for money to achieve maximum customer satisfaction.

The in-store theme worlds are regularly restaged and what is really special, Vanoli produces its own dry-aged beef by order for its customers in a cabinet in the middle of the shop – broadcasted live online. Vanoli is constantly developing new, seasonal seminar offerings, events ranging from classic grilling and cooking classes to special smoker courses, wine tastings, pasta shows and more. In 2022, Vanoli sold more than 2,000 seminar places!

There is a special stand in all of the stores for the Turkish coffee machine (also manufactured by KORKMAZ) for customers to prepare and taste Turkish coffee, a treat that has a very special place in the Turkish culture. The stores also have a fresh scent specially prepared for KORKMAZ. A QR code including information on all products on offer with their prices is located at the entrance of the store and next to the cash register, for an easy shopping experience.

Established in 1892, La Iberica is located in the Historic Quartier of Montevideo – in a building built in 1850, featuring a lot of the original materials that give the store a special character. The 4-story, 1350 m² store offers a curated selection of 5,000 home products from around the globe and by local artisans. Known as the tastemaker in Uruguay, La Iberica mixes tradition with state-of-the-art in a unique and timeless way.

The recipe for La Iberica’s 130 years of success in business is to combine a customer-oriented service with permanent innovation in products. They introduce in average at least 10 new products per month, carefully chosen with the criteria of timeless beauty, functionality, innovation and good quality.

For A. Dodson’s, offering a friendly and welcoming shopping experience is of highest importance, and so is supporting its community through the Round Up program, which so far has raised over US$200,000 for local charities.

With tagline Feeding Your Passion for Cooking, the mission of Faraday’s Kitchen Store is to deliver an interactive consultative retail experience, offering each customer the ultimate in Texas hospitality.

Faraday’s works from a Good, Better, Best product strategy for their core product categories of cutlery, cookware, bakeware, kitchen tools and grills. In addition to the over 8,000 square feet (close to 750 m²) store, there is a comprehensive online business with over 8,000 products. The focus of Faraday’s is on personalized service and customer education – the sales associates all share a passion for cooking and there are events and cooking classes delivered by more than 20 highly trained chefs, with over 150 events a year.

Trendy, inspirational and aspirational, the Paul French Gallery inspires a way of living, featuring an eclectic diversity of items for the home and for the individual. Excellence is in the simplicity and exoticism of styles that generate a unique sense of wellbeing. Paul defines a combination of textures, styles and cultures, with craftsmanship as its most valued treasure as it transforms products from the market to make them distinctive and unique.

With an artistic and sustainable spirit, the concept store offers a whole variety of experiences: a coffee shop, tea store, wine shop and flower shop, all together in the same space under an aesthetic curatorship.

MAKE Designed Objects strives to be one of the world’s great contemporary design stores by presenting its customers with an extensive, curated range of the finest homewares and personal accessories in beautiful environments both online and in the world of brick and mortar. Customers are kept engaged by replacing up to 1,500 products annually in the collection of over 4,000 items.

MAKE has not only built a loyal customer base but a community of design followers who value the business and its promotion of great design, engagement with the MAKE community, including product launches and competitions, and the annual MAKE Top 10 celebrating the best new products of the year.

Collaborations with major public institutions and internationally renowned designers have contributed significantly to the public’s awareness of the MAKE brand, and likewise important is the authentic content production including short film, designer interviews and blog posts.

Dupont Professional Food Equipment, a specialty store located in the small town of Zwevegem in western Belgium, is a Cooking Valhalla for food professionals, hobby chefs, foodies and culinary enthusiasts who are looking for professional and quality equipment to fully develop their culinary passion.

The store aims to inspire and inform with a carefully selected and exclusive range of kitchen equipment. There are monthly workshops and free demonstrations to share the store’s 35 years of experience and help customers discover their culinary talents. The passionate and professional on-site team is complemented by a strong online presence through social media and blog items.

Dupont even created its own brand and production of a wide range of plexiglas presentation trays for the professional food industry that is now distributed all over Europe.

Westwing was designed to provide customers with a new experience, offering impeccably curated, in-stock products arranged in rooms that are constantly updated. As in a real home, everyone is welcome and invited to explore the spaces as if they were in one of the Westwing website campaigns. Customers can take a closer look and check the quality of the materials, the texture of an exclusive fabric, or the sophistication of a crystal drinkware set. A professional is always there to offer customized tips and ideas. The space also hosts special events and workshops for customers and partners.

Keye Home Co., Ltd. was founded in 1996. After 23 years of development, it has become the exclusive agent of wallpaper, curtains, furniture and interior gifts cooperating with domestic and international top brands. With its high-quality products, excellent work team, professional design team, exclusive customization, installation and after sale, Keye Home has opened the doors to luxury homes for high-end Chinese consumers.

Over the course of almost half a century, Sinnerup has gone from being a 400 m2 (4300 ft2) lifestyle shop to an inspirational 3600 m2 (38750 ft2) furniture, fashion and lifestyle universe. In 1971, Sinnerup began its journey when Poul Sinnerup opened his first shop in Holstebro, Denmark. Today, his son Lars Sinnerup, who has been following the store's development since its beginning, continues the family business.

At Sinnerup, they communicate lifestyles in an inspiring way so that their customers can find their own style. They create new products and are passionate about interior design, which is presented in a synergy between webshop and store.

On a whim, Lau Dejente transformed an old barn in a small French village into La Maison Pernoise, an interior design shop capable of attracting worldwide customers. Channeling advertising and store management experience, Dejente carefully selects and displays products, creating an immersive, harmonious experience that evolves every three weeks according to her perception of trends and travel inspirations. The store also hosts masterclasses by European stylists alongside evenings of music and theater in their cozy courtyard.

La Maison Pernoise is the quintessence of a French lifestyle store, transcending into a place of life where experience is not an empty word.

Let yourself be surprised and advised! With a “best in class” attitude, Lorey has the passionate claim to curate the “most useful” and “best” products in individual categories, supported with excellent expert advice.

Lorey was founded in 1796 in Frankfurt as a small family craft enterprise specializing in self-made birdcages and kitchenware, later becoming a retailer. In 2020, the shop moved to a nearby mall, with a redefined brand and a new concept developed by the 7th generation of the family business. Tradition and zeitgeist are perfectly staged in the new location.

Customers are invited to linger and experience the new concept and there is a feel-good atmosphere that supports this promise. The expertise and passion for products around table, kitchen and living extend online - Lorey runs multi-channel with devotion and sees great potential for the future.

HomeTown always looks upon the welfare of its customer because it values the time they spend in the stores. It is very much focused on innovation for customer service and a maximum retail experience to make customers’ shopping experiences memorable. Customer appreciation is the motivation that keeps Hometown going forward, and its innovation comes from customer feedback.

For more than 45 years, Stock Design has led the way in independent homewares retailing in Dublin. Throughout that time, Brendan Fagan has sourced new and innovative products from around the world and declares that he has never had a “boring day in retail!” From cookware, tabletop products and sustainability-focused goods to soft furnishings and barware, it’s all here in a landmark premise drawing on its unique history as two separate industrial buildings.

Oozing charm and passion, it’s little wonder that Stock Design has attracted three generations of loyal customers in search of the unique, the practical and the inspirational… or a mixture of all three!

The Shop first opened in 1986 and set the trend in their city as far as homeware is concerned. Being a family run business with a feminine feel, it has proven the ability to change and evolve in the 30 years since its beginnings. Every item is chosen with care to guarantee products where quality is the common denominator and the choice of style is just right. Their move into the digital age has allowed them to continue doing what they started all those years ago. Negozio Mori knows their customers well and through the products, it becomes a part of their homes, like one big family.

In the summer of 2017, Woerdman Kookkado relocated to the city of Gouda to a location twice as big. This new store – with a magnificent view at the 15th century City Hall – offers much more opportunity as the benchmark for the amateur cooks in Gouda and the region. Because the store is easily accessible, many international tourists visit to experience its cozy look and feel. For “culinary entertainment,” Woerdman Kookkado organizes product demonstrations on a regular basis. The new shop has had instant success!

Established in 1892, the unique history of five generations of shopkeepers has made Hansen & Co. who it is today – a leading independent store in the Nordic interior and design scene. Their broad but carefully selected portfolio of brands and designers is presented in a traditional wooden house in the center of Kristiansand with the philosophy of it being the highlight of the customer’s day. The simple yet elegant expression crafted in natural materials is what characterizes Scandinavian design valuing clean lines, natural colors and functional design.

Miloo Home’s mission is to inspire with current trends and deliver solutions that help design exceptional interiors and exceed its customers’ expectations. In line with their brand claim “Every home has a story,” Miloo Home hopes to encourage the pursuit of beauty in one’s surroundings and create personal stories to define the places its customers hold dear by building a portfolio of original designs, excellent materials, unique and often handcrafted furniture and accessories, as well as delivering an ultimately fresh feel with each year’s collection.

What is more, timeless design and high quality of craft guarantee that the beauty enclosed in Miloo Home furniture is preserved for many years. For every home has its own story – and – one that’s not told in just a single day!

The idea for Di Murano came in 1994, when one of the founders repeatedly visited Venice on his business trips. Each time he admired the extraordinary beauty of Murano glass. For 25 years, working with a 1000-year-old artisan tradition remained only a dream. Finally, in 2010 the idea turned into a business. Today Di Murano represents the biggest chain of premium Murano glass in Moscow. Four boutiques are located at the finest luxury shopping centers in Russia. Di Murano offers exquisite sculptures, filigree vases, delicate miniatures – everything that the Venetian glassblowers have been famous for since the 10th century.

Aura has established itself as the go-to brand in the Gulf region for high-quality, modern and accessible furniture. A blend of East and West, Aura adapts Western trends to fit into the lifestyle of its Middle Eastern consumers. Priding itself on an innovative spirit, Aura creates custom-made Aura-branded collections with ranges that are built around the concepts of Modern Classic, Trend, Contemporary and Iconic. Each collection showcases different themes, colourways and styles to best suit the individual, giving its style-conscious customer base an array of affordable options with seasonal designs and fabrics.

Carrol Boyes, the late founder, creator and CEO of her eponymous store in Cape Town, was an iconic South African designer whose brand has deftly crafted a coveted and high-end product range of upmarket home and lifestyle items. She passed away in August 2019 after a brief illness. A former teacher turned artist, Carrol Boyes’ vision was to combine sculpture with functionality and the result is a range of absolutely gorgeous homeware and tabletop accessories. Her products are associated with style and finesse and are available throughout South Africa and in over 30 other countries around the world.

Today, Carrol Boyes (Pty) Ltd is a multi-cultural organisation that supports gender empowerment and is driven by a sincere commitment to the betterment and welfare of individuals in the community and workplace. The Carrol Boyes brand is recognised as an icon both locally and internationally.

Artilleriet The Kitchen offers a range of products that consist of a proprietary blend of classics, vintage and modern together with innovative design from around the world. They work with both well-known, high-quality brands and – equally important – lesser-known up-and-coming suppliers with great potential. The Kitchen presents beautiful handcrafted kitchen products, utensils and unique everyday objects, made for staying within families for generations.

The history of Sibler began over 180 years ago with the sale of glassware. Although the company still focuses on the household sector with sharp damascus steel knives from Japan, porcelain from France, Belgian pans and more, it also offers a wide range of products for the home, the office and children. About 7000 articles for every age group can be found at Sibler, for which the consulting team can give advice. Sibler belongs to Zurich just like the candle on the birthday cake, whether with this main shop at Münsterhof or the new little sister in Viaduktbogen 24.

hengstyle HENG LEONG HANG was established in 1960 as the distributor of camera and peripheral products. Now a small home appliance and housewares distributor, specialty retailer and a lifestyle brand, hengstyle aims to redefine new fine living for people possessing a passion for life. The merchandising in the hengstyle store aims to bring shoppers into a wonderland and is being updated quarterly, with a theme from each hengstyle magazine new issue, curated with books, plants and seasonal flavors and supported by music and scents.

Immersive experiences offered to customers include a fine dining pop-up and a variety of novelty classes such as “Reading the Food,” combining sharing a Latin travel book and cooking with similar ingredients that can be found locally, or “Stretch your Mind,” combining yoga, bowl singing and stretching.

Launched in 2003 with a mission of bringing home a new perspective of luxury that inspires a sense of comfort and flamboyance, DWELL provides inspirational interior design solutions for the home, from top to bottom, with full interior design services. Curated product ranges, exclusive products, a showcase of many European labels and specific Middle East sizing has further added to the success of DWELL across the GCC. Five new DWELL stores opened in 2021 with five more planned for 2022, and the retailer continues its online expansion with a new Dwell App and product extensions online and offline.

DWELL has bolstered its success over the last 15 years by offering a personalized shopping experience, putting customer service and product knowledge at the forefront, supported by customer-focused shopping events and master classes.

Through the reigns of nine monarchs, massive changes in the world of retail and business and two World Wars, Jarrold has played a part in the lives of generations of Norfolk families. With roots in shopkeeping, Jarrold then developed to become a leading printer and publisher during the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, the business is concentrated on retail activities in Norwich, with branches in Norfolk, and property development and business services in the city. It is still an independent and family-run department store that features five floors of everything you could possibly want from food and homeware to fashion and beauty. They also have a home store in Wymondham and a smaller department store in Cromer. A popular destination for all those who love luxury lifestyle, Jarrold is at the heart of Norfolk and is in the hearts of many of its customers.

Founded in 2016, Ehause Kitchen and Cooking was created with the idea of offering a unique experience for gastronomy lovers. The key to their success is using their own style, which is a mixture of the old with the contemporary modern. The ambient music played in the store is chosen for every moment of the day and situation. Additionally, the excellence of its warehouse, wine bar and coffee point transform the store into a unique proposal in the market – one that is different and passionate about serving all customers in the best possible way. Ehause Kitchen and Cooking was created #forfoodielovers.

While unique may describe The Butler’s Pantry, it also sums up owner Jamie Butler’s career in the housewares industry. The business started a bit unconventionally — not in a brick-and-mortar location nor online, but in a fully stocked truck that became a staple at the local farmer’s markets. Butler then teamed up with her local gym to showcase tools, gadgets and cookware at the beginning of Boot Camp challenges the gym held several times per year. Brides also shopped the truck for their registry, then Butler would take it to their bridal showers — a one-stop shop for guests and a conversation piece, too. Butler took the truck to outdoor events, parked it on roadsides and brought it wherever she felt she could build a clientele.

A brick-and-mortar location opened in 2015. Through the past five years in the store, Butler has charted a course that may be a bit unusual for some. But, her constant innovation and desire to suit the evolving needs of her customer base — from product mix to store activities — is what keeps driving her business forward.