The Retail Design Institute proudly announces its 54th Annual International Design Competition, continuing its more than 50-year tradition of recognizing excellence in retail design. The competition celebrates retail environments that push boundaries with innovative planning, design, graphics, lighting, and visual merchandising techniques. Winners will be honored at the International Design Awards Celebration in New York City on Thursday, 9 October 2025, where the prestigious Store of the Year will be revealed.

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The Retail Design Institute and its Student Design Competition Committee has announced the 2016 International Student Store Design Competition and seeks for design proposals for a “Convenience Store with Gas Station“. Convenience stores or c-stores are a hot topic in the retail design industry, as many operators are currently redesigning, re-branding and rolling out new prototypes, and generally immune to economic slowdowns. For this competition, the Retail Design Institute offers $10,000 (US) in cash prizes to promotes the advancement and collaborative practice of creating selling environments.

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