In New York, John Haraara, display director of Gim bels New York and suburban stores, said that the 10‐store group will feature a "Gala Christmas Ball" as its holi day theme, with windows dis playing mechanical presenta tions going in Nov. 25 and merchandise windows to be ready earlier in the month.
But it will continue to market other Martha Stewart merchandise, including window treatments, lighting and rugs under the label "MarthaHome".
Rather than having a sign describing the merchandise, the windows were papered over with foot-high aphorisms in punchy red and white type.
Stores still want to showcase their merchandise in windows, and they need many large entrances to accommodate crowds of shoppers.
Games of films suffer from a reputation for being shoddy, derivative and flung together in an unrealistically short amount of time, in order to make the most of merchandising launch windows.
There is little merchandise in the window, however.
Shoppers will soon be able to stand outside the designer Norma Kamali's boutique in Manhattan, point a phone at merchandise in the window and buy it — even late at night when the store is closed.
She would see the same big stores, the same merchandise in the windows.
Through gritty shop windows, merchandise that fell off shelves in the quake can still be seen scattered on the floor.
Duane Reade has also responded to demands for a less cluttered appearance and no longer displays its merchandise in its windows.
His shadowy pictures of cobbled lanes, curious architectural details and merchandise in shop windows -- included in the exhibition as well as in a separate display of 31 prints -- were discovered by Man Ray and Berenice Abbott in the 1920s.
