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The Evolution of On-Campus Retail
On-campus college retail is changing. Academic institutions and retailers need to serve the Gen Y college student in new ways. Smaller stores, national brands, and alternative delivery channels are just a few of the ways we see these needs being met…
Maximizing the Patient Care Experience
In his book, “If Disney Ran your Hospital”, Fred Lee explains that the patient care experience as a whole is critical to oustanding outcomes. Davis Wince believes that a significant opportunity exists for hospitals and healthcare facilities to support patients and thier loved ones through retail. The “Gift Shop” is evolving…
The Collegiate Consumer: Millennials Take Over
Today’s college students have four times the spending power their parents had, even after adjusting for inflation. Institutions of higher learning and national retailers are working hard to capitalize. This blog post begins an ongoing dialogue exploring the consumer behavior of today’s millennial college student…
Retail and Restaurant Trends for 2011:
The U.S. Census Bureau reported this month that retail and food service spending increased 6.6% from 2009 to 2010. Davis Wince believes several hot retail and restaurant trends, ranging from new tech to re-imagining old concepts, will continue to help these numbers improve throughout 2011.
Retail Healthcare Clinics: the Customer is in the Driver’s Seat
Consumers “are shifting their demand for healthcare away from expensive, conventional physician offices with limited hours to affordable and convenient retail clinics.” These trends indicate a preference for market- and consumer-driven options such as affordable, convenient retail health care clinics over the traditional physician’s office, often bogged down in massive paper work and long waits for appointments.
Cutting Edge Healthcare Facility Design
One of the only certainties in healthcare today is change. Integrating emerging technologies into healthcare facility design has become a primary competitive advantage. I had the opportunity to be part of the design team charged with updating the Roper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina to house a cutting edge CyberKnife®.
Location-Based Social Networks Increase Retail Customer Enagement:
Dominant storefront design, creative window display, and iconic signage will always be essential elements of a store’s visual marketing strategy. But a growing pool of Location-Based Social Networks (LBSN) apps, each with its own unique twist, are helping business owners project their retail brand through walls, across city blocks, and outside the mall parking lot.
Smartphone Architect: 10 Android and iPhone Apps for Architecture Fans and Professionals
In the “hit-or-miss” world of iPhone and Android OS applications, finding useful and entertaining specialty apps can be downright frustrating. Davis Wince has gone through the the search process and we’ve come up with some architecture application gems:
Selecting the Right Architectural Partner Can Make or Break your Store Design Project
Whether your business is a start-up or an already established and growing concern, choosing the right architect and designer for your project is a critical step. In reality, what you are selecting is a project manager who just happens to use architecture and design as business consulting “tools.” Follow this roadmap:
