Top 30 Retail Trends in 2008

This micro retail trend report features the top retail trend articles in the last year. The report is a crowd-filtered ranking based on TrendHunter.com monthly traffic (several million monthly views) and our retail trend database, which now has more than 1,706 retail trends.

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Implications - The featured retail articles from 2008 cover things such as incredible upside-down stores, the world's largest Gucci store and even Wal-Mart computer repair centers. Retail environments are becoming much more extravagant so that the shopper will enjoy their surroundings as much as their purchases. It's always nice to walk into a store that has a pleasant and welcoming atmosphere.