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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...

What do you mean by “Feasibility Assessment?”

by bgaddis | May 2, 2016 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

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 asks if omni channel retail demands omni channel design?

by bgaddis | Mar 11, 2016 | Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

Unbrand Way back in 2012, John Freeman, a developer known for Bethesda Row, caught my attention when he said, in reference to main street retail, “I hate brands.” Since then, I have been considering the notion in relation to retail store design. I actually...

Retail Architect: billboards used as a store design strategy

by bgaddis | Jun 6, 2015 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

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...

Retail Architect: pattern, color and scale that delivers a marketing message

by bgaddis | Apr 7, 2015 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning

I took this photo of a new Bath & Body Works store in a recently renovated local mall because the project is instructive on several levels.  First there is no doubt about who the retailer is.  The name is perfectly highlighted on the front of the main entry...
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