Retail Venue Development Archive
CoolTown piazza 1: The coffeehouse: This week I’ll take a look at what the ideal shops, restaurants,
In the news: The Wal-Mart you DON’T know: Fast Company Magazine: The giant retailer’s low prices often come with a
Grocery shopping – something for everyone: Three key attributes of CoolTowns are choice, convenience and diversity. That’s certainly
This is a Safeway?: Since just about every large-scale supermarket in today’s ultra-competitive grocery world is
The ‘good neighbor’ supermarket: Typically when a large-scale supermarket moves into a neighborhood it brings with
Better than Target?: Target is easily the department store of choice by urbanites and creatives
Selling music – locally: The next generation of music buyers won’t be shopping at Wal-mart and
A model CoolTown tenant in Hawaii: At a restaurant in Washington DC, an associate from Alabama told me
Live from Hawaii… the farmer’s market: I’m on vacation for the next few days in Hilo, Hawaii, my
When it’s OK to eat with your hands: As we evolve from a service economy to an experience economy, diners
