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It s been a minute since Stein Mart announced that they were packing it in and closing their stores nationwide, including the one in Lubbock.
Since that fateful August day in 2020, the location at 7020 Quaker Ave. has sat empty, with no sign of any real development or promise that much of anything could wind up in that cavernous space anytime soon.
Now, directly across the street sits the empty Spears furniture location, which is being repurposed as a new Miller Waldrop Furniture location, so it s not like they can t find anyone to move into the area.
Lance Ballance, Townsquare Media
That being said, we may have a solution for the Stein Mart location that fits squarely in line with our civic and moral leanings.
By Jennifer Magee on 5/9/2021
Future Stores
A fundamental shift has occurred in the way forward thinking home furnishings retailers are approaching store design.
As we look forward to resuming our lives post-COVID, the furniture shopping experience has already shifted and furniture store design along with it.
Both online and offline experiences should be seamless, working together to reinforce each other.
Our retail design firm, Retail in the City, is based New York City. On the first warm day after a hard winter, the bustle and renewed energy on the streets was palpable. It felt like pre-COVID times, except for the obvious fact that people were wearing masks. At that moment, it seemed like most folks were done with the pandemic ready to enjoy all the city had to offer, virus-be-damned. So, as conditions improve further, will life simply return to a new normal or has a fundamental shift already occurred