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Commune With NatureYou might uncover your best ideas out there in the woods.
There is a place I escape to outside of Columbus, Ohio. It’s a rustic ecological retreat center located on a land preserve, just an hour and a half outside of the city, past soft rolling hills, farms and country stores. The place is set up on t . . . » MORE |
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Field Report: Pint-Size AttractionThere's one prerequisite when you design for a kid. You have to think like a kid.
Designing for kids – you might be tempted to say it’s “child’s play.” But we know that while the customer may be small, the opportunity is not. Kids’ buying power is estimated to be upwards of $18 billion, promisin . . . » MORE |
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Your Brilliant IdeaHow to sell even the most reluctant retail clients on that next great design concept.
Everyone in retail is selling ideas – even the store associate fluffing up a sweater display. But what do you do when that can’t-miss idea you know customers will love is resisted because of classic, fearing-the-unknown, risk-avers . . . » MORE |
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Field Report: Designing for Arab CountriesBusiness there is rarely “as usual”
In the last decade, the Middle East has become home to the largest shopping center in the world. Soon to follow will be the tallest building in the world, the largest theme park complex and shopping mall and one of the busiest airports. Fantastic and . . . » MORE |
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VM+SD Top 50 Retail Design Firms - 2008Who’s creating all those store spaces
VM+SD’s annual survey of retail design firms serves as a one-stop resource for answering the following questions: Who are the biggest players in the field? Who are the sector specialists? Who’s located in which part of the country? Who&rs . . . » MORE |
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Back to the FutureNeiman Marcus turns 100 this year with an eye already on 200
For the previous 100 years, Neiman Marcus was the sophisticated embodiment of the Milan and Paris runways, staying ahead of the fashion curve as it brought cutting-edge style to its sophisticated and wealthy clientele in the U.S. Now, as it enters it . . . » MORE |
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ImagineChristian Davies shares the absolute, irrefutable, undeniable, incontrovertible future of retail
It’s that time of year again, folks. The nights are growing longer, the days colder and our thoughts are starting to shift toward next year. For me, 2007 – to borrow from the parlance of my adopted home – was a doozy. Because . . . » MORE |
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Taking Green to the BankWachovia Corp. cashes in on pilot LEED for Retail program with new prototype
When the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) established the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards in 2002, they were targeting new construction. And while the green rating system has since expanded to include other project t . . . » MORE |
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Rx for an Ailing Construction ProjectShawmut’s Les Hiscoe on how to handle three common setbacks
What medicine is called for when a good retail construction project goes bad? Here’s what one doctor had to say: I learned there are troubles Of more than one kind. Some come from ahead And some come from behind. Okay, the “doctor” . . . » MORE |
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Logo MotionThe london olympic logo lives organically, like any other brand
It’s been a couple of months since the storm hit Britain – the very British tempest in a teacup over London’s new logo for the 2012 Olympics. Obviously, this was always going to be a game of high-stakes poker in the branding sense. . . . » MORE |
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