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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.
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.
Healthcare Goes Retail
At present we see three high-growth avenues for health care delivery transformation, based on retail planning and design principles; Locating express health care clinics in large-scale retail stores, medical malls as an adnunct to hospitals, and locating retail brands within health care campuses.
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:
Retail and restaurant design for challenging locations
Architects and Designers have been coordinating their design visions with program implementation and site evaluation since the beginning of time. Michelangelo’s Piazza de Campidoglio immediately comes to mind. Fast forward 350 years and architects and designers are still contemplating the same issues in modern retail spaces.
Sustainable Retail Design
Local sourcing of finish materials, energy efficient lighting, and specification of recycled materials are just a few of the sustainable strategies Davis Wince brings to every retail solution.
