Forty-seven outstanding projects are showcased on the pages of Stores of the Year 20, the latest in the highly successful Stores of the Year series. Featured are the 37 winners of the 43rd Retail Design Institute's International Store Design Competition held in NYC in January 2014 along with the "10 Best of the Year", store design projects published in the 2013 issues of Retail Design International. All of these outstanding projects are showcased over multiple pages with outstanding color imagery and concise editorial that describes the scope of the work, the goals and objectives, and what was accomplished. Complete credit information from designers to architects to suppliers is listed for almost every project. With more than 400 photographs, this volume illustrates the elements that result in excellent store design; architecture, branding, store layout, fixturing, lighting, merchandise presentation and more. As in previous volumes in the series, Stores of the Year 20 features a diverse range of stores: departments, apparel, accessories, sporting goods, home furnishings, electronics, pharmacies, supermarkets, restaurants, and even banks and prototypes...from Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.<br><br>