Andy Warhol

It's well known by now that U.S. retailers have been trying to combat declining mall traffic and increased online competition, and it's incumbent upon them to set themselves apart and get shoppers to visit their stores and open their wallets. In the industry's latest attempt to engage consumers, Japanese conglomerate Fast Retailing's Uniqlo chain on Friday became the first specialty apparel retailer to  install a Starbucks inside its 90,000-square-foot flagship store on Fifth Avenue, its largest location of the 1,400-store chain. 

Want a side of culture with your shopping? Barneys New York is happy to deliver. The department store has teamed up with Exhibition A, the members-only contemporary art e-commerce site. Barneys’ shoppers can now swing through the store's Chelsea Passage to view and pick up prints by the likes of Spencer Sweeney, René Ricard, Max Snow and Lucien Smith, and signed books by Andreas Gursky, Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman.