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Retail | Aug 17 2023

A Different Kind of Green: Cannabis Retail Design at The Flower Shop

The Flower Shop combines a new model for cannabis retail design with major brand savvy. RSP’s Jason Ploszaj AIA, NCARB and Danielle McPeters NCIDQ, IIDA explain their approach. The U.S. legal cannabis industry flattened slightly in 2022, thanks to pandemic-era restrictions, but, according to Brightfield Group, the market is estimated to reach over $31.8 […]

Retail, Technology | Apr 25 2023

Customer Experience: Emphasizing the Human in the Age of the Artificial

After all we’ve been through, could HI (Human Interaction) be the antidote for AI (Artificial Intelligence) when it comes to great customer experience? RSP’s Thom Lasley is ready to storm the barricades.

Retail | Nov 16 2022

Our Pets May Be The Next Great Design Driver

RSP’s Jackie Miller explains how our pets are a new type of social catalyst and may be the next great design driver.

Retail | Jul 19 2022

5 Trends Shaping Retail Banking

The retail banking sector is in flux. Jackie Miller discusses how the industry is adapting.

Mixed-Use, Retail | Aug 09 2021

Reimagining Bayshore: Anchors Away in the Real World

In this second article of our series, RSP Principal Jeff Hysjulien reveals the transformative process of reimagining Bayshore, exemplifying the future of American malls.

Food & Beverage, Retail | Jul 02 2021

Food + Beverage is Transforming Retail. Again.

RSP’s Bill Wittrock and Ryan Sommers explain how changes in F&B, consumer patterns, ghost kitchens and post-COVID dining trends are changing shopping centers coast to coast.

Mixed-Use, Retail | Mar 24 2021

Anchors Away

As more malls see their anchor stores shut their doors, RSP’s Jeff Hysjulien and Ryan Sommers detail several ways developers can reposition their properties and reclaim them as community hubs.