Following the WWD Retail 20/20 conference in New York, CallisonRTKL’s Joan Insel and Cindi Kato explain the trends on the ground and how they are going to change the shopping experience for years to come. Every year, retailers, brands, technology companies and designers come together for the WWD Retail 20/20 conference. The event attracts the […]
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CallisonRTKL’s Michael Trenary discusses why retailers should focus on this untapped market. Introverts compose up to 50 percent of the population. But retailers and other service providers rarely cater to them. With brick-and-mortar retailers so focused on creating big, ostentatious, social experiences to draw customers back into the store, introverts like myself are often left […]
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The din of screw guns fills the air as craftsmen bustle in coordination. Upon entering the factory floor, I was amazed by the orderliness of it all: rows upon rows of panels stacked and prepared for shipping and brightly colored tags adorning the gleaming panels, each one directing the shipment to its final destination at […]
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This is the second blog post in our second series of exploratory posts by some of CallisonRTKL’s resident design experts on how design impacts the guest experience—from hotels to workplaces, retail stores, hospitals and everywhere in between—and the common elements and strategies we leverage to create spaces that are people-centric, experiential and memorable. There’s a […]
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Our cities are increasingly playing host to modes of transit so numerous that it’s making local authorities’ and regulatory agencies’ heads spin: scooters, bikeshare users, independent cyclists, pedestrians, buses, taxis, Ubers, and car owners all vie for space on streets and sidewalks. But even as the nature of the commute begins to vary more widely, […]
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