Optimal Showroom Service Strategy and Power Structure for Retailers considering Consumer Return by Xuemei Zhang, Haoran Chen, Jiawei Hu, Chenhao Ma, Wei Shi

“…This paper investigates the optimal showroom service strategy and power structure for online and offline retailers considering online consumer return. …”
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Eileen Gray’s Jean Désert showroom 217 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris ; marketing design in the 1920s by Tim Benton

“…Detailed analysis of the accounts of the Jean Désert showroom in Paris, opened by Gray in 1922, adds to our understanding of her approach to design and marketing. …”
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La gare à un mètre by Nacima Baron, Yinghua Ma

“…Articulating the approaches of crowding science and health regulation in transit environments, the article presents a transcontinental comparison, and then questions the status of major station as post pandemic urbanism showroom.…”
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From Domestic Setting to Display Space: The Evolution of the Foster Associates’ Work Spaces and Methodology by Gabriel Hernández

“…In this progression, the Fitzroy Street studio, where Foster Associates operated for almost a decade (1972-1981), is the best example of how a series of design concepts influenced teamwork and produced the successful merging of a ’showroom office’ and a ’mock-up office’. The office at Fitzroy Street was conceived as a lab that rethinks the built environment, blending individual contributions to support a collaborative working methodology that enhanced collective multidisciplinary dynamics.…”
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