Afterward, everyone is ushered up to a second floor, where dozens of Acer computers are laid out, showroom-style.
Colnaghi, another veteran of the Old Masters trade in London, gave up its museum-style showroom on the ground floor of its Old Bond Street premises and retreated upstairs.
The Vista Lounge is a Vegas-style showroom, with glistening gold edges and the desperate optimism of an ageing Cha-Cha girl.
The drive for the new-style showroom, complete with exposed concrete, metal rafters and helicopterlike ceiling fans, is all part of Hummer's new corporate-image program, which calls for the rollout of 164 stand-alone, look-alike dealerships by 2005.
TED — a four-day conference of research lectures, technology demonstrations, arts performances, and self-described world-changing ideas — has become in recent years a showroom for the intellectual style of the digital age.
Products are recommended to you every month in a personalized "showroom" based upon a style profile you take when you join.
Given the fixed price and single product, dealers do not bother spending money on Western-style showrooms.
In recent years, this warren of time-worn workshops and taverns has been invaded by a gold-crested wave of interior designers who are not only opening showrooms, but also styling sushi bars, upscale pizzerias and boutique hotels.
Unlike Bonobos' Guide Shops, which don't hold inventory in-store in order to reduce overhead, Rent the Runway shoppers either reserve a style from the showroom for delivery later or walk out of Bendel with their purchases in hand.
At Mode Showroom, 547 Broadway, second floor.
The elevator opens onto a carpeted showroom with more than 500 styles of dance shoes on simple shelves under track lighting.
