Retail Design: Theoretical Perspectives

Ann Petermans holds a PhD in Architecture and is affiliated to the Faculty of Architecture and Arts of Hasselt University (Belgium). Her PhD focused on the translation and investigation of the principles and practices of the 'experience economy' within the discipline of interior architecture in general, and retail design in particular. Her current research is on experience, well-being and happiness in architecture and interior architecture. Ann also teaches on these subjects in the Master’s in Architecture and Interior Architecture at Hasselt University.

Anthony Kent is Professor of Fashion Marketing at Nottingham Trent University. He completed a PhD from the University of the Arts London for his research into the locational contexts of fashion retail stores, their built environments and interior design. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Higher Education Institute, and he is Chair of the Marketing Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management.