National Retail Publication Shares Who’s Who Recognition

One of the unexpected pleasures of spending a lifetime in an industry is discovering that your work has become part of its history via reporting like this National Retail Publication Shares Who’s Who Recognition.

Recently, VMSD (Visual Merchandising and Store Design) published a feature announcing my selection for inclusion in the 2026 edition of Marquis Who’s Who in America as Content Strategist for FixturesCloseUp. The article was based on a press release prepared to announce the recognition, and I am grateful that the editors considered it worthy of sharing with their national readership. (⁠Smart Work Media)

For decades, VMSD has been one of the retail industry’s most respected publications, serving retailers, designers, visual merchandisers, fixture manufacturers, and store planners. To have this announcement appear in a publication that has documented so much of our industry’s evolution is particularly meaningful.

While the recognition bears my name, it also reflects what FixturesCloseUp has become. Since its launch, the website has grown into one of the retail industry’s largest independent educational resources devoted exclusively to store fixtures, visual merchandising, retail design, display technology, and in-store marketing. Thousands of articles, photographs, and reference pages have been created with a single goal: preserving and sharing knowledge that might otherwise disappear as products, companies, and retail environments change over time.

Throughout my career, I have believed that information has lasting value only when it is organized, documented, and made available to others. FixturesCloseUp has been my opportunity to put that philosophy into practice by creating a permanent resource for retailers, manufacturers, students, historians, and researchers.

I appreciate the editors of VMSD for recognizing the announcement and helping bring it to the attention of the broader retail community. Their coverage serves as an encouraging reminder that the preservation of industry knowledge continues to matter.

If you would like to read the VMSD announcement, it is available here:

“Retail Industry Expert Anthony ‘Tony’ Kadysewski Selected for Inclusion in 2026 Marquis Who’s Who.”

Thank you to everyone who has supported FixturesCloseUp over the years. Your encouragement, contributions, and readership have helped make this recognition possible, and I look forward to continuing to document the innovations and history of the retail fixtures industry for years to come.