Cardenas Markets Enters L.A. Metro Area
According to the grocer of authentic Hispanic products, its new location, a former Stater Bros. store, “has undergone a complete interior renovation that highlights the company’s new design concept while also spotlighting Whittier’s rich history.”
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First Look: Raley’s Opens New Store Concept
The 85-year-old California-based grocer unveiled its first-ever Raley’s O-N-E Market, in Truckee, Calif. The 35,000-sq.-ft. store is designed to create a unique shopping destination with a highly curated product selection and a commitment to transparency and health eating.
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PriceSmart in Store Expansion
The membership warehouse club operator has opened a location in Liberia, Costa Rica, giving it a total of 46 locations. It is PriceSmart’s eighth store in Costa Rica.
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Thailand: CPF Launches New Supermarket Model
The new CP Fresh will have 500 sq. m. of space, about five times the size of the original CP Fresh Mart format. It will provide a wider variety of products including chilled items, produce, seasonings, frozen goods and ready-to-eat meals. There will also be cooking services and seating areas for customers.
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Sevan Refreshes 21,000th Retail Space
Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, a global leader in innovative design, program management, construction services and data analytics—reached a major milestone and completed refreshing their 21,000th retail space.
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S-CUBE Debuts Pop-Up Shop for Brooks Brothers
The 2019 PAVE Challenge was presented by S-CUBE and Brooks Brothers: With opportunities to open short-term lease pop-up shops, students were challenged to design the Brooks Brothers ‘Red Fleece’ brand experience within a 10’ x 10’ space.
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Lookout Walmart, Amazon Is Coming for Your Grocery Customers, Says Analyst
It’s no wonder Amazon has been eyeing the grocery opportunity. After all, it is a market that in the US alone is estimated to be worth around $1 trillion, and not much of that is derived from online sales. According to Carden, it is also one which suits Amazon to a T, as groceries are “a high-frequency, low-margin product type, where logistics and operational excellence matter.”
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Recorded Webinar: Store Design in a Post-Pandemic World
That's the focus of the conversation with this week's guest – Andrew McQuilkin, the Retail Market Leader as well as a Partner with BHDP Architecture, which you can check out at www.bhdp.com. Andrew, Sterling, and Kevin examine what retailers can do to make their customers both feel safe and actually be safer, and the challenges of retrofitting existing stores and building new stores to reflect changed realities.
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Survey: Americans Want Stores, Malls to Follow Stricter Hygiene Measures
“Based on how Americans are feeling, the onus is really on businesses to make people comfortable to return to their establishments in the post-COVID-19 reality,” said Manny Picciola, managing director at L.E.K. Consulting. But as you can imagine, how the survey questions were worded could have a major impact on the responses received. Who is going to say they don't want clean, safe stores?
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Should Grocers Rethink Their Stores’ Formats?
These unprecedented times have created an opportunity to rethink the design and flow of the traditional grocery store. The slides below walk through our thoughts as to the potential design implications for each facet of a grocery concept.
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The Future of Retail, Reimagined
Even before COVID-19, the retail industry was already going through significant challenges, disruption and transformation. That has all been turned on its head. Get ready for the “new abnormal.”
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Transforming Brick and Mortar to Create Personalized Customer Experiences
Audwin Cash, SVP of Atrius Enterprise Solutions, Acuity Brands, explains how retailers are dealing with issues in brick and mortar locations never seen before. And that despite the challenges he sees an opportunity for stores to integrate technologies that can help adapt to the new way customers interact with physical locations.
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