The Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) announced its Store of the Year award winner as part of GlobalShop 2010 at the Las Vegas-based Sands Expo & Convention Center.

The award went to the Shanghai, China-based Barbie Shanghai flagship store, which was also named by Contract magazine as the 2010 Interiors Awards Retail winner. The 36,000-sq.-ft. store was a former theater and features a three-story spiral staircase, as well as 800 dolls from around the world. The store was designed by Slade Architecture, with Chute Gerdeman managing the interactive attractions, such as the Barbie Design Center and Fashion Runway experience. Barbie Shanghai was also the Grand Prize winner in the Specialty Store Over 25,000-sq.-ft. category.

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