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Don’t overlook the construction details.

by bgaddis | Oct 4, 2017 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

What makes a store look expensive?  Way back in 2013 I wrote a post on this site asking if a higher price could be placed on merchandise because the store design looks expensive? The post was about the impact that a curved ceiling might be expected to have on what is...

Retail Doom & Gloom: Crisis or Opportunity?

by bgaddis | Jul 6, 2017 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Residential Design, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

Mid Year State of the Market:  Maurisa Potts, in a mid year “state of the market” presentation sponsored by the Alexandria SBDC featured a headline stating, “Soft economy hitting big retailers hard.”  There are, I might add, some small ones not...

Wire Management is a Design Issue

by bgaddis | Apr 20, 2017 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

The cash wrap in the photo above is in a medium high end fashion boutique in a trendy “New Urban” style shopping center with other similar competitors up and down the center.  I noted the problem during a site visit I made to meet with the shop owner who...

Seamless integration of technology is part and parcel of 2017 market trends

by bgaddis | Feb 9, 2017 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

Marketing Trends for 2017 – There is always a flurry of activity from marketing and PR firms at this time of year.  The event put on by the Alexandria Small Business Development Center is always well attended, and this year is no different.  Maurisa Potts,...

Designing With An Open Plenum Ceiling

by bgaddis | Aug 18, 2016 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

Open plenum ceilings are common design practice these days, seen more often than not in stores moving into newly built shopping environments.  In short we take them for granted as an acceptable design solution.  Recently, I have had a reason to take a critical look at...

Voted One of Americas Finest Optical Retailers

by bgaddis | Aug 2, 2016 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

WE ARE VERY PROUD to announce that eye2eye Optometry Corner, a project that we completed in late 2015, and located in Hilltop Village Center here in Alexandria, has won Honorable Mention in the 2016 America’s Finest Optical Retailers competition put on by...
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