Retail
The Power of Place: Boosting Urban Real Estate Value By Creating a Destination
The strategies behind this are all centered on placemaking, the process of creating spaces and environments that are attractive, functional, and meaningful to the people who live, work and play in them. In urban locations, placemaking is critical to creating real estate value.
Read MoreTrader Joe’s vs. Whole Foods: A Retail Strategy Breakdown
How Trader Joe’s & Whole Foods attract similar customers with unique retail strategies. A deep dive into brand positioning.
Read MoreEverything’s connected, brands don’t love you and where will people work?
We live in a changing and dynamic world of connection where work, brands, and people live. In reality, it’s about the broad meaning of a product or service to the consumer. We, consumers, more than ever, represent what we do and buy by our lifestyle and values. Our tribe. Who are you and what do you value?
Read MoreDesign Thinking. Shaping Strategies with People in Mind.
It’s an interactive process that allows you to engage with your audience and not repeat the same patterns of thinking and design approaches but to create something new, innovative, and connecting.
Read MoreMarketing Trends in 2023 – Writing with AI, Digital Personalization and Virtual Experience
How do you gain visibility with your brand and marketing in 2023? The world has changed so much for both businesses and consumers how you reach people and keep their attention has dramatically evolved. Technology is now driving many shifts in personalization, augmented reality, and AI to develop highly relevant and targeted content and experiences.
Read MorePlacemaking: Orchestrating Perceptions of Place.
When you see sky-high real estate prices and rents going out of sight it reflects a perception of incredible value and a fear of missing out on that opportunity. Demand increases as prices go up because demand for that location, that building is exceeding available supply. As a result, prices are driven up by someone willing to pay just that much…
Read MoreVolcanoes and Beer, The Power of the Disney Brand, Heineken Bringing People Together.
Extinct Volcano Prompts Potential Craft Beer Shortage. Yes, it is possible for something as simple as carbon dioxide to be in scarce supply even though it’s all around us. A unique location in the United States is actually responsible for a carbon dioxide shortage that may dramatically impact small brewers. The resulting CO2 shortage…
Read MoreEndless Possibilities…
In Today’s World, Marketing isn’t About Doing Everything. Marketers continue to be hyper-focused on customer-centric marketing but it must be done in a more nuanced, tactical fashion that reflects lifestyle-focused behaviors and networks in this new world. The pandemic threw the previously predictable ways of doing things into new modes of acting and thinking. This…
Read MoreThe New Workplace – Hybrid Everything
Where will people work and live? The big question post-pandemic, if there is really a post-pandemic, is where people will work and live? Ongoing discussions on workers returning to the office continue while occupancy rates for office space in downtown Manhattan, the Chicago Loop, and Downtown SF remain well below pre-pandemic levels. Where’s this all…
Read MoreTalking to People
Why Human-Centered Marketing and Branding Connects.There’s a new way to view marketing and branding. It’s not just about products and cool tech solutions but communicating and connecting with individuals…
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