Q: The European ideal of living above the shop has become the mantra of commercial development live, work and shop in a mixed-use community. As designers, how must we respond?
Sep 1, 2003
RTKL Associates Jeff Gunning, Vice President: As responsible designers and urbanists, we must embrace this. The traditional mall has proven to be somewhat...
Q: What do you anticipate as a driving trend in retail development in 2004?
Sep 1, 2003
Little Diversified Architectural Consulting Bruce Barteldt, Principal: You have got to hope that there will be a release of pent-up demand in the marketplace....
Q: What is the successor to lifestyle centers concepts? Is there a clear successor?
Sep 1, 2003
Carter & Burgess, Inc. Dale Ciapetti, Senior Designer: North Hills is a great example of taking the successfully realized attributes of a lifestyle center...
Q: How popular are inside-outside hybrid malls with consumers? With developers?
Sep 1, 2003
Dorsky Hodgson + Partners William Dorsky, President: The hybrid mall which blends a conventional mall with lifestyle elements is being selectively introduced...
Retail Signage Morphs Into In-Store Video
May 1, 2003, By Walter Sebastian
Retailers spend lots of money on advertising and marketing through traditional media, creating rich messages that reach consumers everywhere, except where...
The Department Store of the Future
May 1, 2003, David Sokol
Is the demise of the department store inevitable? Not if England's Selfridges has its way. The department store chain is opening a new outpost in Birmingham...
2002 LEADERS IN Retail Architecture
Sep 1, 2002
Q: What do you anticipate as a driving trend in retail development for 2003? Artech Retail David Hudson, Principal The movement toward redevelopment of...
Avoiding storefront uniformity
May 1, 2002, Denis Gervais
Visual integration of high-impact storefronts takes mall theming to a new level, opening up new options, expanding boundaries, encouraging pop-out storefronts, projections, cantilevered signs....
Designs on the future
Apr 1, 2002, Justin Dunne
Top retail interior designers are shaping the next generation of shopping environments....
