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Post-COVID Shopping Center Strategies: ‘Digital Districts’ and Landlord-Tenant Collaboration

Retail TouchPoints

The pandemic has weighed heavily on brick-and-mortar retail in general and shopping centers in particular, but the industry is now emerging into a new world with new opportunities. While digital sales skyrocketed in 2020, the similarly large spike in store-based fulfillment showed that stores are still a vital part of the equation.

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The Grocery Store Experience: How to Design Safe, Adaptable Shopping Environments

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To gather insights as part of the Post Occupancy Evaluation process, T&C and the Building Performance team at Cushing Terrell developed and distributed a survey to T&C’s customer base across their six store locations. Many noted that their positive perception of T&C’s COVID-19 response has increased their loyalty.

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To Earn Engagement, Retailers Must Tap into Customers’ Emotions

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Accomplishing this feat requires more than the familiar mantra of right product, right price, right location and right time: it requires an emotional connection via storytelling, nostalgia and a sense of brand history , according to Ryan Harmon, President and Chief Creative Officer of Zeitgeist Design & Production.

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How 7-Eleven’s Evolution Stores Power Innovation Chainwide

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The retailer uses each of the nine locations to gain a better understanding of what shoppers want in their respective markets, and these actionable insights in turn power innovation and development for the chain as a whole. When You’ve Seen One Evolution Store, You Haven’t Seen Them All.

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Beyond Parking: Planning Lots For Curbside, Events And Additional Use Cases

Retail TouchPoints

It really gets into sort of a layering or hierarchy of shopping experiences,” said Michael Lee, VP at Callison RTKL in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. It really starts to lend itself to thinking about where you locate parking in relationship to potential conflicts between” these two groups. Lee identified Walmart and Target.

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To Thrive in the New Global Ecommerce Marketplace, Toys ‘R’ Us may Need to Think Small

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A toy shop that gave the world Barbie, Mr. Potato Head and other wonderful creations. The toy seller, which at its peak had more than 1,500 stores around the world, was part of the fabric of American childhood for more than half a century. Games, puzzles, action figures and outdoor toys were especially popular. and abroad.

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How AT&T’s Early Pandemic Experience Prepared it for a Unique Holiday Season

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State and local ordinances meant AT&T had to allow for safe, proper operation; shoppers needed access to relatively convenient locations; and the stores themselves had to match customer preferences, such as whether it was located in a strip mall or in a stand-alone building.

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