RETAIL DESIGN AGENCY
Sergio Mannino Studio Is A Retail Design Agency Based In Brooklyn, New York
A retail store is no longer a place where you just sell a product; it is a ‘brand activation’ point. Sales may happen online, but the customer’s interaction with the brand needs to occur in a physical retail environment if you want to develop an emotional connection between your customers and your brand.
Since 2008, Sergio Mannino Studio has worked with New York’s most exciting and innovative retail brands to create brand-driven retail environments. Sergio Mannino combines his unique knowledge of brand strategy, furniture design, consumer psychology, and new technologies to equip his clients with successful retail spaces that:
- Help the brand to stay relevant long into the future, regardless of short-term changes in consumer behavior.
- Develop a consistent visual language that supports sales and brand recognition across all channels.
- Adopt the latest retail technology to help brands improve sales and customer experience.
- Elevate the brand in the consumer’s mind through design.
The studio has designed retail spaces in New York and other international markets for fast-growing retail brands such as Glam Seamless, Medly Pharmacy, and Vince Camuto.
Sergio Mannino is also considered a leading authority on the future of retail design. His articles have been featured in Forbes, and over 2000 retail owners use his insights through his regular email newsletter. He has also spoken at international retail conferences.
“How to Thrive in the Digital Age of Retail”
(3rd Edition)
It is not a secret; retail is facing a serious crisis, and stores are closing worldwide at a pace never seen before. The digital world has changed the rules of the game, and many brands did not adapt to the massive wave of disruption.
In about 50 pages, we write about most of the issues modern brands face today and how they can use this turmoil to their advantage. It is tailored to the needs of CEOs of startups, directors of fashion brands, and Direct-To-Consumer companies.
About Sergio Mannino, Founder
Sergio Mannino graduated from the University of Florence’s architecture program and worked extensively with radical design masters Ettore Sottsass and Remo Buti. He taught interior architecture at the same University for three years before moving to New York in 2001. In September 2002, he mounted a one-man show of his furniture designs, including nine built pieces and one hundred watercolors, at the Memphis-Postdesign Gallery in Milan, once again under Sottsass' supervision. In 2008 he founded his own architectural branding agency with the mission to help brands succeed through design innovation.
