Retail Doom & Gloom: Crisis or Opportunity?

by | Jul 6, 2017

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...

What do you mean by “Feasibility Assessment?”

by | May 2, 2016

Contemplation – Imagine you are a retailer contemplating this tenant space.  Clearly, you might be asking yourself;  “now what?”  Suppose a few of the questions below move from unconscious reflection to conscious contemplation without ensuing...

Retail Architect: billboards used as a store design strategy

by | Jun 6, 2015

Recently I have looked at some design features that can make a store stand out, or differentiate, from its neighbors in the mall scape, leading to a design idea that I may, or may not, have mentioned previously;  namely mall storefronts are being treated like...