Articles
- Oct 2024
Vintage Shopping Is Booming. Banana Republic and Others Get In on the Action.
The New York Times - Jul 2024
As Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid Close Stores, Property Owners Mull Selling Versus Leasing
CoStar - Jun 2024
Full-Circle Moment for Kowalski’s
Star Tribune - Jun 2024
The Backroom: Lee Peterson and the Hard Truth About Retail Stores
Retail Dive - Apr 2024
Why More Tech in Stores Shouldn’t Mean Fewer Workers
Retail Dive - Apr 2024
IHOP-Applebee’s Combo Restaurants Could Be Coming, but History Shows Making Them Work Could Be Tough
Business Insider - Feb 2024
Zac Posen Is Gap Inc.’s Latest Hire in a Long Line
Retail Dive - Jan 2024
Every Store Is a Flagship
Retail Dive - Jan 2024
What It Takes to Build a Private Label
Retail Dive - Jan 2024
The States of Self-Service High Tech and Low Tech
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies - Dec 2023
Expert Predicts Different Futures for Columbus Malls as Online Shopping Expands
WOSU - Dec 2023
Target’s Store Closures Seem to Highlight Challenges of Small-Format Model
Retail Brew - Nov 2023
The Twin Cities Has Too Many Malls. There’s One Key to Survival
StarTribune - Oct 2023
Why Activist Investors Have VF Corp. in Their Crosshairs
Business of Fashion - Aug 2023
What Gap Inc. Needs From Its New CEO
Retail Dive - Apr 2023
Resale’s Big Secret? It May Need Stores
Retail Dive - Apr 2023
Starbucks’ New CEO Wants Senior Leaders to Work in Stores, and It’s a Brilliant Idea
Business Insider - Apr 2023
How Good Is Secondhand Apparel for the Planet, Really?
Retail Dive - Jan 2023
Canada Goose, Francesca’s Launch Resale Options
Retail Dive - Jan 2023
9 Retail Trends to Watch in 2023
Retail Dive - Dec 2022
The Sky Won’t Fall, and Other Retail Predictions for 2023
RetailWire - Oct 2022
Dick’s Sporting Goods Named 2022 VMSD/Peter Glen Retailer of the Year
VMSD - Jun 2022
What Restaurants Can Learn From Retailers
Restaurant Development+Design - Jun 2022
WD Partners Helps Elevate Brands & Increases Profitability
Huntington - May 2022
Work-From-Home Revolution Yields Opportunity for Local Small Businesses
US Chamber - Apr 2022
Exhausted by the Pandemic, Consumers Want Simple
Association of National Advertisers - Mar 2022
What Do Activist Investors Want From Fashion?
Business of Fashion - Feb 2022
How Working From Home Is Changing Consumer Behavior
NRF - Feb 2022
Why Aren’t Retailers Embracing the Neighborhood?
RetailSpaces Blog - Feb 2022
Why Activist Investors Are Targeting Department Stores
Business of Fashion - Dec 2021
Why Drive-Thru Operations Matter More Than Drive-Thru Design
RestaurantSpaces Blog - Nov 2021
Macy’s CEO, a Department Store Veteran, Fights to Fit In the Amazon Future of Retail
CNBC - Sep 2021
Banana Republic’s Safari Reboot Needs More Than Just Nostalgia
Forbes - Sep 2021
What Should Brick and Mortar Retailers Be Doing In 2021? 14 Experts Give Their Opinion
Raydiant - Sep 2021
13 Experts Weigh In On The Future Of Brick and Mortar Retail [2021]
Raydiant - Aug 2021
Victoria’s Secret Is Out in the Open
Retail Dive - Aug 2021
Express Wants to Win Customers Back With This New Store Concept. Take a Look Inside.
Retail Dive - Aug 2021
Taco Bell Pushes Higher For Drive-Thru Customers (Literally)
Forbes - Aug 2021
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ New Stores Are Game Changers
Forbes - Aug 2021
L Brands No More: Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret Are Now Separate Companies
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2021
7-Eleven Banks On Shoppers Going For Mobile Checkout
Forbes - Jun 2021
Mixed-Use at the Core of Mall Reinvention
Rebusiness Online - Jun 2021
Victoria’s Secret Is (Finally) Trying to Get Women’s Attention
Retail Dive - Jun 2021
Etsy to buy apparel resale site Depop for $1.6B
Retail Dive - Mar 2021
How to Save Today’s Mall
RetailWire - Mar 2021
Les Wexner to Exit L Brands Board
Retail Dive - Mar 2021
Retail Expert: The Store of the Future Is Not a Store
Columbus Alive - Mar 2021
Pandemic Unleashes New Big-Box Era
Bloomberg - Mar 2021
Here’s How Grocery Stores, Restaurants Could Apply COVID-Changes to a Post-Pandemic World
Columbus Business First - Feb 2021
Victoria’s Secret to Have Swimwear in Stores, Again
Retail Dive - Feb 2021
Will High-Flying Allbirds Be Weighed Down By Physical Stores?
Forbes - Feb 2021
A Digital First Approach Is Essential to Retail Success
RetailWire - Feb 2021
Where to Run a Store Now
Retail Dive - Jan 2021
The Evolution of the Shopping Mall: What Consumers Want
Retail Dive - Jan 2021
Pandemic Flushes Out Winners and Losers in Ever-Evolving Retail Industry
Columbus CEO - Dec 2020
COVID Chronicles: Innovation and Reinvention
CBUS Retail - Nov 2020
Reassessing Store Formats for a New Retail Era
RetailSpaces - Nov 2020
Chipotle’s Digital-Only Location Anticipates New Era For Quick-Serve Restaurants
Forbes - Nov 2020
The COVID Effect: What You Can Expect to See (and Not See) When Holiday Shopping This Year
10TV News - Nov 2020
5 Forces That Stripped Apparel Sales in the Last Decade
Retail Dive - Nov 2020
The Store Of The Future Isn’t A Store
RetailSpaces - Oct 2020
The Naked Truth About Apparel’s Future
Retail Dive - Oct 2020
Black Friday’s too late this year. Is Prime Day just in time?
Retail Dive - Oct 2020
Retailers Brace for More Trouble From the Pandemic
Retail Dive - Oct 2020
When BOPIS, BOPAC Go Wrong: Managers Can Teach Damage Control
Society for Human Resource Management - Sep 2020
Is Costco’s Winning Streak at Risk Without Curbside Pickup?
Retail Dive - Sep 2020
Inside Levi’s New ‘Nextgen’ Retail Store
News Break - Sep 2020
6 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How People Shop
The Business of Fashion - Sep 2020
What’s in a Flagship?
Retail Dive - Sep 2020
With New Whole Foods Facility, Amazon Commits To Dark Stores
Forbes - Aug 2020
Payless Relaunches Online, With Plans for Hundreds of Stores
Retail Dive - Aug 2020
J. Crew Nixes Store Closures After $130m in Landlord Concessions
Retail Dive - Jul 2020
Why Mall Landlords Are Turning Empty Anchors into Fulfillment Centers
National Real Estate Investor - Jul 2020
Making BOPIS Better: Managers Are Key
Society for Human Resource Management - Jul 2020
Retailers Need to Reorganize Like a 21st Century Business
RetailWire - Jul 2020
How Ascena Went Bankrupt
Retail Dive - Jul 2020
Default Odds Fall for Apparel, Department Stores Amid Reopenings, Bankruptcies
S&P Global - Jun 2020
Curbside Service Becomes a Fixture as Sales Start to Pick Up
MSN Money - Jun 2020
Brick and Mortar’s Next Chapter
Retail Dive - May 2020
The Incredible Shrinking Department Store
Retail Dive - May 2020
Some Retail, Department Stores Could Be in Trouble From COVID-19
Columbus Dispatch - May 2020
The Future of Brick and Mortar Retail: Insights From 50+ Experts
Raydiant - May 2020
Retail Design in a Post-Pandemic World
NRF - May 2020
Five Tips for Retailers Offering BOPIS to Consumers
Consulting-Specifying Engineer - May 2020
The Role of Stores in this New Era
The Rollout by RetailSpaces - May 2020
The Restaurant of the Future isn’t a Restaurant
RestaurantSpaces Event - May 2020
After COVID-19, Is Curbside Delivery Here to Stay?
Retail Dive - May 2020
Les Wexner Era Comes to an End as L Brands Founder Steps Down
Columbus Business First - May 2020
Belden Village Mall, Other Retailers Ready to Open
The Repository - May 2020
Stores to Reopen After Coronavirus Shutdown. Will Shoppers Return?
Columbus Dispatch - May 2020
Amazon Goes Bigger With Its Cashier-Less Store Concept
RetailWire - May 2020
Gap Inc. Has Plans to Reopen 800 Stores by the End of May
Retail Dive - May 2020
And the Malls Come Tumbling Down
Retail Dive - May 2020
How J. Crew’s Bankruptcy Sets the Stage for a ‘Shakeout’ in Retail
Retail Dive - May 2020
L Brands, Sycamore call off their Victoria’s Secret deal
Retail Dive - Apr 2020
What Will Happen to the Victoria’s Secret Deal? Don’t Expect a Quick Answer
Columbus Business First - Apr 2020
Victoria’s Secret Buyer Backing out of Its Deal With L Brands
Columbus Business First - Apr 2020
As COVID-19 Restrictions Ravage Retailers, What Does the Future Hold for L Brands – and Its Planned Victoria’s Secret Sale?
Columbus Business First - Apr 2020
Will the Once Marvelous Department Store Ever Come Back?
Retail Dive - Apr 2020
The Brick-And-Mortar Retail Advantage
Shop! Retail Environments - Mar 2020
‘Urban lodge’ Concept Localizes Denver Shake Shack
Shop! Retail Environments - Mar 2020
Urgent Care And Primary Care: Which Model Is Right For You?
Forbes - Mar 2020
L Brands Names Cleveland Woman to Replace Wexner as Chairman
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2020
Is Amazon Finally on Its Way Out?
The Robin Report - Mar 2020
Les is More
VMSD - Mar 2020
Victoria’s Secret at a Crossroads
Columbus Business First - Feb 2020
Les Wexner Built A Multi-Billion-Dollar Empire. He Leaves Amid Heavy Criticism
WOSU - Feb 2020
L Brands CEO Wexner out as Private Equity Firm Takes Over Victoria’s Secret
The Washington Post - Feb 2020
Wexner Steps Back From L Brands, Sells Majority of Victoria’s Secret to Equity Firm
ABC6 - Feb 2020
Victoria’s Secret Sale Marks End of Wexner’s Retail Empire
New York Times - Feb 2020
New Forever 21 Owners in Search of a CEO
Retail Dive - Feb 2020
Who is Sycamore Partners? Meet the buyer of Victoria’s Secret
Columbus Business First - Feb 2020
What 7-Eleven’s Cashierless Ambitions Signal About the Future of Convenience Stores
Retail Dive - Feb 2020
Making BOPIS Better: Managers Are Key
SHRM - Feb 2020
Tech Ushers in a Drive-Thru Renaissance
QSR Magazine - Feb 2020
Secondhand Is Hot, But Will Nordstrom Get Burned?
Forbes - Feb 2020
No Easy Fix for Struggling Victoria’s Secret
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2020
Could L Brands separate Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works? Analysts weigh in
Columbus Business First - Jan 2020
Ohio Billionaire May Shake up His Retail Empire
Akron Beacon Journal - Jan 2020
Wexner’s Central Ohio Legacy Extends Far Beyond L Brands
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2020
J. Crew taps Victoria’s Secret vet as CEO
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
L Brands Chief Reportedly Exploring Sale of Victoria’s Secret
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
Retailers Showcase 2020 Vision for Service Automation
NoJitter - Jan 2020
NRF 2020: It’s a New Decade and We’ve Finally Put the Retail Apocalypse to Bed
The Robin Report - Jan 2020
Express to Shutter 100 Stores
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
Belk Harnesses AI to Manage Inventory
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
E-Commerce Companies Eye Physical Retail
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
Millennials, Gen Z Shoppers Love Thrift Stores for Their Sustainability, Cheaper Prices
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2020
12 Fast-Food Trends for 2020
QSR Magazine - Dec 2019
Retail’s Good, Bad and Ugly in 2019
TotalRetail - Dec 2019
Walmart Calls in ‘SWAT’ Teams to Handle 500 Store Remodels a Year
San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 2019
What the Holidays Could Do to Department Stores
Retail Dive - Dec 2019
The Common Goals of Health Care Providers and Retailers
Chain Drug Review - Dec 2019
Madewell IPO Gets the Green Light from Lenders
Retail Dive - Dec 2019
Target & Walmart Vs Amazon: Who Will Win The Holiday Season?
Forbes - Dec 2019
Forget Online Shopping: Some Want the Thrill of the Hunt
Columbus Dispatch - Nov 2019
How the Customer, Not Tech, is Disrupting Physical Retail
RetailSpaces - Nov 2019
WD Reveals the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Shop! Retail Environments - Nov 2019
Levi’s Banks on Sustainability, Depop’s Sexual Harassment Problem
Fashion Week Daily - Nov 2019
Consumers Wouldn’t Care if These Fashion Brands Went Out of Business
Sourcing Journal - Nov 2019
Losing to Win: Why Major Retailers Need to Close More Stores
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
CVS Is Revamping Its Stores to Take on Amazon and Prepare for the Future of Healthcare. Take a Look Inside.
Business Insider - Oct 2019
The ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is an Apparel Apocalypse
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
Victoria’s Secret Ushers in Uncertainty Amid Corporate Job Cuts
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
Breaking: Victoria’s Secret Stores Exec Departs
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
GMDC’s Three-Day Event Focused on the “Consumerization” of Health Care.
Mass Market Retailers - Oct 2019
What If Stores Innovated like Restaurants?
RetailWire - Oct 2019
After Forever 21, What’s the Next Teen Mall Staple?
Yahoo Lifestyle - Sep 2019
Retailers Must Turn Stores into ‘Anything Engines’
RetailWire - Sep 2019
Walmart’s Got The Upper Hand In The Grocery Delivery Battle
Forbes - Sep 2019
Tame the “Tech Beast,” Online Advertising Saves Money, Dos & Don’ts of Corporate Gift Giving and Other Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know
SmallBizDaily - Sep 2019
At Long Last, Evolution at Victoria’s Secret?
Retail Dive - Sep 2019
Functional by Design: Designing to the Needs of Drive-Thru
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies - Sep 2019
The Store of the Future with WD Partners’ Lee Peterson
NRF - Sep 2019
Creating Joyful Moments
Design:Retail - Sep 2019
Resale Is The New $51 Billion Retail Reality — Retailers Should Prepare Accordingly
Retail TouchPoints - Aug 2019
More Patients are Choosing Urgent Care Centers, Creating Challenges and Opportunities for Traditional Healthcare Providers
Yahoo Finance - Aug 2019
Can Mall-Based Retailers Survive Economic Headwinds?
Retail Dive - Aug 2019
Affluents Can’t Live Without Amazon And Other Retailers That Are Essential To Their Lifestyle
Forbes - Jul 2019
Is a b8ta, Tru Kids Partnership Enough to Win Back Customers?
Retail Dive - Jul 2019
Who Will Seize the Opportunity to Turn Stores into Fulfillment Centers?
RetailWire - Jul 2019
Amazon has won. Now what?
RetailWire - Jul 2019
It Remains Unclear If Online Grocery Will Help Walmart’s Online Division Be Profitable
Talk Business - Jul 2019
Early Analysis Suggests Amazon Did Very Well on Prime Day 2019
Notebookcheck - Jul 2019
Can OneMarket ‘Amazonify’ the rest of retail?
Chain Store Age - Jul 2019
Nevada’s Workers Could Be Hit Hard by Automation
Nevada Appeal - Jul 2019
Why Amazon Ranks Best And Walmart Ranks Worst: 7000-Consumer Study
Forbes - Jul 2019
From Old Navy to Madewell: How sub-brands grow up to eat their parents
Retail Dive - Jul 2019
Shake Shack heads to Ann Arbor
Crain’s Detroit Business - Jul 2019
CVS Expanding HealthHUBS to Boston, Dallas Next Year — Targets Cities with Chronic Disease
CNBC - Jul 2019
After Two Decades, Some Inaugural Easton Businesses Still Thriving
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2019
Who Benefits from an Apple, Best Buy Partnership?
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Chico’s Private Equity Suitor Just Won’t Quit
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Bringing Stores into the 21st Century
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Will the Once Marvelous Department Store Ever Come Back?
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Traditional Primary Care Still Popular, but Demand for Alternatives Is Growing
Benefits Pro - Jun 2019
Will Urgent Care Centers Put a Hurt on Retail Health Clinics?
RetailWire - May 2019
L Brands’ real secret is Bath & Body Works
Retail Dive - May 2019
Health & Wellness at RECon: How Retail Is Reshaping the Health Care Industry
ICSC - May 2019
L Brands has plans to turn around Victoria’s Secret
Columbus Dispatch - May 2019
Victoria’s Secret drops televised fashion show; will flagships be next?
InsideRetail - May 2019
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show No Longer on Network Television
Columbus Dispatch - May 2019
Shops at Worthington Place May Represent Future for Malls
Columbus Dispatch - May 2019
Dublin’s Throw Nation is the latest in ‘competitive socializing’ venues
Columbus CEO - May 2019
Second-Hand Luxury Goods: Not An Oxymoron But A $6 Billion Opportunity
Retail TouchPoints - Apr 2019
Justice, Lane Bryant parent Ascena Retail Group at low ebb
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2019
Private Labels Outpacing National Brands
Retail Dive - Apr 2019
Designing the Restaurant of the Future
Nation's Restaurant News - Apr 2019
Optimizing Restaurants for the Future of Takeout and Mobile Ordering
RestaurantSpaces - Apr 2019
Walmart to Invest $16.3m in Nevada, Including Robot Janitors
Las Vegas Review Journal - Apr 2019
What’s Different About Levi’s
Retail Dive - Mar 2019
Volunteers of America opens upscale thrift store in Pickerington
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2019
Department Stores Make a Bid for Relevancy
Retail Dive - Mar 2019
Is There Anything Special About Specialty Retail?
RetailWire - Mar 2019
Does New Retail Need a New Prototype?
RetailWire - Mar 2019
Friday Five: Krispy Kreme, Famous Toastery and things that blow in the wind
Independent Tribune - Mar 2019
Key Takeaways from National Retail Federation’s Big Show
International Supermarket News - Mar 2019
Investor Calls for Splitting up L Brands
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2019
Outside-the-Mall Retailers Defy Industry Gloom in the Amazon Era
Bloomberg - Mar 2019
Bay Park Square, like Other Malls, Looks to Weather Run of Retail Bankruptcies
Green Bay Press Gazette - Feb 2019
WD Partners Hires Digital Experience Expert
Shop! Retail Environments - Feb 2019
What Will It Take to Transform BOPIS Ops from Just Okay to Great?
RetailWire - Feb 2019
Payless to Close Remaining Shoe Stores
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2019
Victoria’s Secret tries on Livy lingerie
Retail Dive - Feb 2019
Hellman Clothiers of Cincinnati to open in Dublin
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2019
New WD Partners White Paper Ranks 100 Brands
Shop! Retail Environments - Feb 2019
Art Van Furniture to Join Crowded Furniture Field at Polaris
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2019
Bath & Body Works Fares Well in New Consumer Survey
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2019
NRF Big Show: Retail’s Transformation On Display
SGB Media - Jan 2019
Express CEO David Kornberg leaves clothing retailer
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2019
Expect millennial-focused retailers to set their sights on Columbus
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2019
A Freshly Crafted ‘Retail Tomorrow’ Podcast
MorningNewsBeat - Jan 2019
Expect millennial-focused retailers to set their sights on Columbus
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2019
Amazon Will Stop Opening Whole Foods 365 Locations
StockNews - Jan 2019
NRF Reveals What Will Get People Back to Shopping Centers
Sourcing Journal - Jan 2019
Apocalypse to Relevance
NRF - Jan 2019
Former Nieto’s, Chi-Chi’s in Evansville to be razed after 10 years vacant; BJ’s Restaurant coming
Courier & Press - Jan 2019
Baskin-Robbins Adds More Ice Cream Flavours to Menu
Verdict Foodservice - Jan 2019
Victoria’s Secret Created an Impossible Ideal of Sexy. Now It’s Struggling to Stay Relevant
TIME Magazine - Jan 2019
What do positive comp sales say for department stores? Not much
Retail Dive - Jan 2019
Can a U.S. sock-maker survive in today’s environment? Check out Sheboygan’s Wigwam Mills
Journal Sentinel - Dec 2018
Could this be the final Christmas for Sears?
Columbus Dispatch - Dec 2018
L Brands selling La Senza
Retail Dive - Dec 2018
From Apocalypse to Relevance: The Mall is Dead. Long Live the Mall!
RetailSpaces - Dec 2018
Concept store serves up delicious design
Shop! - Dec 2018
Executive of the Year: Jeff Gennette, Macy’s
Retail Dive - Dec 2018
Victoria’s Secret sticks to its glitz: Annual Fashion Show goes on while L Brands tries to figure out how to boost sagging stock and sliding sales
Columbus Business First - Dec 2018
Strong third quarter lifts Abercrombie shares; Express shares fall
Columbus Dispatch - Dec 2018
Young women like Victoria’s Secret, but will they buy?
Retail Dive - Dec 2018
Will Dollar General’s DGX Concept Be a Hit with Urban Millennials?
RetailWire - Nov 2018
Baskin-Robbins Unveils Next Generation “Moments” Store Design
Franchise Update Media - Nov 2018
Shake Shack coming to Boulder next year
Daily Camera - Nov 2018
Keynote Speakers Address Retail’s Widespread Impact at NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show
Business Wire - Nov 2018
Black Friday deals still draw shopping crowd
Columbus Dispatch - Nov 2018
Victoria’s Secret’s broken angel wings
Retail Dive - Nov 2018
Can Walmart turn its haters into lovers?
RetailWire - Nov 2018
Abercrombie kids opens new format at Easton
Columbus Dispatch - Nov 2018
A Customer Divided: The Love/Hate Relationship with Walmart
Retail Dive - Nov 2018
Apocalypse to Relevance: WD Partners’ White Paper Details Ways Malls Can Reinvent Themselves
PR Newswire - Nov 2018
WD Partners Achieves Breakthrough in AEC As-Builts with Fast, Agile and Precise Laser Scanning
BIM Learning Center - Oct 2018
Designing the Modern Quick-Service Restaurant Kitchen
QSR Magazine - Oct 2018
From Fast to Fancy: QSRs Go Upscale to Compete with Fast Casual
Restaurant Dive - Oct 2018
A timeline of J.Crew’s rise and fall
Retail Dive - Oct 2018
WD Partners’ White Paper Looks At The Future Of Regional Malls
National Real Estate Investor - Oct 2018
Sears Files For Bankruptcy After Failing To Adapt To Retail’s Transformation
Retail TouchPoints - Oct 2018
Walgreens is bringing a major subscription-box company into its stores
Business Insider - Oct 2018
How Eloquii fits into Walmart’s quest for upscale growth
Retail Dive - Oct 2018
Retailers, both real-world and online, embracing diminutive storefronts
Columbus Dispatch - Oct 2018
Walmart buys Eloquii, Columbus-based clothing company
Columbus Dispatch - Sep 2018
Is BOPIS Best When it’s Done Outside the Store?
RetailWire - Sep 2018
Rihanna zeroed in on Victoria’s Secret’s crown jewel with a raunchy new lingerie show
Business Insider - Sep 2018
Closing of Henri Bendel chain seems to please holders of parent L Brands shares
Columbus Dispatch - Sep 2018
CVS Applauded For Plucky Move Into Sephora Territory
Forbes - Sep 2018
Driving Retail Efficiency: Leveraging Data In Site Planning
Forbes - Sep 2018
Legoland Discovery Center puts finishing touches on first Ohio location at Easton Town Center
Columbus Dispatch - Sep 2018
Instagram is Driving Jewelry Sales
Retail Dive - Aug 2018
Art Meets Algorithm In Data-Driven Designs
Restaurant Development & Design - Aug 2018
Delivering the Goods
VMSD - Aug 2018
A&F’s OSU campus-area store is small in size, big in retail tech
Columbus Dispatch - Aug 2018
Grandview-area Craft & Vinyl aims to quench thirst for music
Columbus Dispatch - Aug 2018
Is there life after VF Corp for Lee and Wrangler?
Retail Dive - Aug 2018
The Next Hot Medium for Digital Startup: New York City Storefronts
Ad Age - Aug 2018
What Can Healthcare Learn From Retail & Hospitality?
HealthSpaces - Aug 2018
Kitchen Confidential — Design Trends
Pizza Today - Aug 2018
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer to star in Bob Evans Restaurants ad campaign
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2018
How should specialty retail respond to Amazon’s apparel push?
RetailWire - Jul 2018
New Target beside Ohio State part of big push for smaller stores
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2018
$950K renovation planned for Dayton-area Walmart
Dayton Business Journal - Jul 2018
Specialty retail vs. Amazon: Is it the same old story?
Retail Dive - Jul 2018
Supermarkets Deploy Sausage Stations, Dad Jokes to Lure Male Shoppers
Wall Street Journal - Jul 2018
Walmart, Waymo Test Driverless BOPIS Service
Retail Dive - Jul 2018
Charlotte-Based Sonic Automotive Sees Boom in EchoPark Sales
Charlotte Business Journal - Jun 2018
Why Starbucks needs you to feel at home
WNEM - Jun 2018
Supreme Court Sales Tax Ruling Hits Small Online Players, Boosts Brick-And-Mortar
Retail TouchPoints - Jun 2018
Everything must go: After more closings, there will be 820 Sears and Kmart stores, down from 2,000
The Washington Post - Jun 2018
Modcloth expanding ‘Fitshops’ with 5 new stores
Retail Dive - Jun 2018
Duluth Trading brings rugged, comfortable workwear to Polaris
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2018
Wal-Mart plans nearly $1M remodel of local store
WHIO-TV - Jun 2018
Has Victoria’s Secret sold its brand image to the Angels?
Retail Dive - May 2018
J. Crew ekes out sales rise as Madewell skyrockets
Retail Dive - May 2018
Victoria’s Secret parent rethinks exit of swimwear, apparel while testing revived catalog
Columbus Dispatch - May 2018
Will Macy’s Acquisition of Story Have a Happy Ending?
JCK - May 2018
Nike Aims to Transform Troubled Workplace With New Diversity Initiatives
The Business of Fashion - May 2018
Columbus Bookstores Have Independent Spirit
Columbus CEO - Apr 2018
The rise of surveillance commerce
Retail Dive - Apr 2018
Will Walmart’s BOPIS plan tower over rivals?
Retail Dive - Apr 2018
Campisi retires as Big Lots CEO over health
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2018
Anthropologie chief to depart Urban Outfitters
Retail Dive - Apr 2018
5 Research-Backed Retail Concepts to Embrace This Year
NRF - Mar 2018
Rethinking Retail: While some companies shutter stores, others are revising business models
Columbus Business First - Mar 2018
Zara Is ‘Throwing Robots’ At Its Click-And-Collect Problem
Forbes - Mar 2018
IKEA Live Oak announces ground breaking date
Columbus Business First - Mar 2018
Nordstrom to sell Anthropologie home goods
Retail Dive - Mar 2018
Walmart’s A-list Oscar night was all about ‘The Box’
Retail Dive - Mar 2018
Toys ‘R’ Us Has Maybe One Shot Left At Staying Alive
Forbes - Feb 2018
Can Private Labels Revive Retail?
The Street - Feb 2018
Apparel sales fall on slower athleisure growth
Retail Dive - Feb 2018
Macy’s is making merchandising strides in key apparel categories
Retail Dive - Feb 2018
Amazon swoops in on Macy’s apparel sales
Retail Dive - Feb 2018
How to close stores and still succeed
Retail Dive - Feb 2018
Amazon adds a new Prime benefit: Free Whole Foods delivery in two hours
The Washington Post - Feb 2018
Amazon adds a new Prime benefit: Free Whole Foods delivery in two hours
The Washington Post - Jan 2018
Retail May Be Sinking, but Outdoor Apparel Is Killing It
The Street - Jan 2018
Looking at the ‘reverse of the reverse:’ Why 2017 wasn’t all bad
Retail Dive - Jan 2018
Should showrooms replace closed stores?
RetailWire - Jan 2018
Will Sears Live To See Holiday 2018?
Retail TouchPoints - Jan 2018
Let us entertain you: Central Ohio consumers want more than a trip to the mall
Columbus Business First - Jan 2018
Could Amazon really acquire Target?
Retail Dive - Dec 2017
Retailers Ramp Up In-Store Technology to Deliver on Digital Experiences
Sourcing Journal - Dec 2017
Calendar working in retailers’ favor in ’17
Columbus Dispatch - Dec 2017
San Antonio-area IKEA groundbreaking set for spring 2018
Chron - Dec 2017
Ikea announces contractors for San Antonio-area store
Chain Store Age - Dec 2017
Belk grabs The Limited as exclusive label
Retail Dive - Dec 2017
Townley: The bike shop of the future is one that attracts shoppers by convenience and new-wave ideas
Cycling Industry News - Nov 2017
Advent calendars yield a wide array of surprises
Columbus Dispatch - Nov 2017
What retailers need to do right now to survive
Retail Dive - Nov 2017
WeWork reportedly expanding into retail
Retail Dive - Nov 2017
Nordstrom joins retailers experimenting with new philosophy: Smaller is better
The Seattle Times - Nov 2017
Urban Outfitters’ reliance on Free People is ‘problematic’
Retail Dive - Nov 2017
Walmart and Lord & Taylor: Brilliant, or badly matched?
Retail Dive - Nov 2017
Who will be left standing after the next retail shakeout?
RetailWire - Nov 2017
Retailers Experiment With a New Philosophy: Smaller Is Better
The New York Times - Nov 2017
Did Amazon Fail Fast Or Fail Fresh With Grocery Delivery?
Forbes - Nov 2017
Wal-Mart will offer customer pick-up space for online orders
BusinessNorth - Nov 2017
The future of shopping? It’s all about the experience
ABC6 - Nov 2017
Grocery pickup area in the works for Walmart near Ann Arbor
Michigan Live - Nov 2017
Zara now open at Easton Town Center
Columbus Business First - Nov 2017
Increase Revenue by Tailoring Offerings for the Next Generation
NectarOM - Nov 2017
10 Technologies That Could Change Retail Forever
CMO - Nov 2017
What is Corner Bakery Cafe and why is its Columbus restaurant so important?
Columbus Business First - Oct 2017
Fueled by Walmart, Bonobos Closes In On 50 Stores
brandchannel - Oct 2017
Online retailers will be given chance to test wares in real world via Polaris pop-up shop
Columbus Dispatch - Oct 2017
Can retailers be healthcare disruptors?
RetailWire - Oct 2017
At Gap, the new plan is Old Navy
Retail Dive - Sep 2017
Why the Walmart-Bonobos deal shows the way to retail’s showroom future
Retail Dive - Sep 2017
Wal-Mart Spent a Year Remaking Diapers
Bloomberg - Sep 2017
Did Kohl’s make a deal with the devil?
Retail Dive - Sep 2017
Big Lots’ new store design caters to target customer ‘Jennifer’
Columbus Dispatch - Aug 2017
Nordstrom and Macy’s: A lesson in surviving the retail apocalypse
Retail Dive - Aug 2017
The Secret to In-N-Out’s Cult Following
QSR Magazine - Aug 2017
Retail Summit: Amazon is a big problem
Columbus Business First - Aug 2017
Gen Z goes to college: How to win this back-to-school shopper
Retail Dive - Aug 2017
The Amazon Century
S Daily Review - Aug 2017
Will voice ordering diminish CPG marketing efforts?
Industry Dive - Food - Aug 2017
How disruptive is Alexa to CPG brands?
RetailWire - Jul 2017
Abercrombie adult, kids’ brands join Hollister on China’s biggest online sales site
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2017
Sears to sell its Kenmore appliances on Amazon
The Telegram - Jul 2017
Sears is giving shoppers even fewer reasons to go to its stores
The Washington Post - Jul 2017
What does Amazon need with a ‘real’ store?
NRC - Jul 2017
Abercrombie abandons effort to sell, puts hopes in turnaround plan
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2017
Is this the Amazon Century?
Retail Dive - Jul 2017
3 Ohio Kmarts among 43 additions to Sears Holdings’ ‘closing’ list
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2017
Online clothing retailer Eloquii ready to open brick-and-mortar stores
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2017
Why Retail Flagships Are Running Aground
Advertising Age - Jun 2017
Robots, Drones & Kale: How Amazon-Whole Foods Will Revolutionize the Way We Shop
RetailSpaces - Jun 2017
How Mickey Drexler failed J. Crew — and what James Brett needs to succeed
Retail Dive - Jun 2017
Central Ohio to gain 100 total jobs as Ascena moves division here but sheds jobs companywide
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2017
State of the Industry
VMSD - Jun 2017
Drexler’s J. Crew departure marks the end of an era
Retail Dive - Jun 2017
Englewood Construction Completes Three Restaurant Projects in Indiana and Michigan
Rebusiness Online - Jun 2017
The credentialed or the creative: Is data making us dumb?
Retail Dive - Jun 2017
New Ikea store expected to boost tourism, Columbus’ reputation
Columbus Dispatch - May 2017
Abercrombie takeover possible?
Columbus Dispatch - May 2017
Columbus/Nashville fashion rivalry is no contest
Columbus Dispatch - May 2017
‘Rhino’ salon aims to draw millennials to haircuts
Columbus Monthly - May 2017
How to Raise the Bar at Your Coffee Bar
Convenience Store News - May 2017
IKEA names contractors for Oak Creek store
The Daily Reporter - May 2017
Swedish Home Furnishings Retailer IKEA Secures Contractors for Milwaukee-Area Store Opening Summer 2018 in Oak Creek, WI
Business Wire - May 2017
What’s Behind a Great C-store Shopping Trip?
Convenience Store News - Apr 2017
The Longaberger Basket Case
Columbus Monthly - Apr 2017
Why retailers are trying on showrooms
Retail Dive - Apr 2017
CVS Pharmacy unveils the ‘next evolution of the customer experience’
Drug Store News - Apr 2017
Goodbye, Candy Counter: CVS Embraces Store Redesign
USA Today - Apr 2017
Retailer rue21 Store Closings Include Lewis Center, Other Area Locations
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2017
Will Amazon Go be a game-changer for retail?
CIO - Apr 2017
‘Flex Fridays,’ more time off for new parents part of trend to attract, keep workers
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2017
Macy’s, Kmart, JCPenney: More retailers closing brick-and-mortar stores
WPXI-TV - Mar 2017
Macy’s new CEO pledges radical merchandise, pricing changes
Retail Dive - Mar 2017
Columbus one of 3 cities getting test of Uber service for teens
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2017
Easton to see new stores, several moves, Station Building update
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2017
Retail disrupter Zara will plant 2nd Ohio store at Easton
Columbus Business First - Mar 2017
Amazon to open ‘campus’ location near OSU
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2017
Bon-Ton seeks return to profitability in challenging retail world
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Mar 2017
What went wrong at BCBG Max Azria
Retail Dive - Mar 2017
Express sales plummet on discounts, dwindling mall traffic
Retail Dive - Mar 2017
Finish Line unloads JackRabbit for low, low price of $0
Retail Dive - Mar 2017
Warm winter has some retailers struggling, others going online to make sales
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2017
The showroom store and customer experiences
DigitalSignageToday - Mar 2017
Retail Isn’t Far Enough Outside the Box Yet
Sourcing Journal - Feb 2017
Report: Sycamore snags The Limited for $26.8M at auction
Retail Dive - Feb 2017
Report: Apparel company Sunrise Brands bids on The Limited
Retail Dive - Feb 2017
Forget Millennials: This Is How You Should be Targeting Consumers
Apparel Magazine - Feb 2017
What Digital Natives Expect from a Checkout Experience
NRF - Feb 2017
Retailers Go To ‘BAT’ Against Trump Import Tax
Forbes - Jan 2017
Should Macy’s have never gone national?
RetailWire - Jan 2017
4 takeaways from NRF’s Big Show 2017
Retail Dive - Jan 2017
Starbucks Knows How To Fail Fast, Just Like Amazon
Forbes - Jan 2017
NRF 2017: Getting ready for tomorrow’s digital retailing environment
Drapers Online - Jan 2017
Why The Limited’s time finally ran out
Retail Dive - Jan 2017
Limited closes stores for good
ThisWeek Community News - Jan 2017
The DNA of the “Digital Native Audience” (DNA)
Retail Dive - Jan 2017
Death of retail? Macy’s, Sears closings likely not the last among brick-and-mortar stores
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2017
Macy’s job losses could top 10k after brutal holiday season
Retail Dive - Jan 2017
Restaurant Design Trends: How the Kitchen is Getting Futuristic
Foodable Network - Jan 2017
Johnny Rockets Reports Year of Record Growth
FastCasual - Dec 2016
Retail Experts Say Walmart Is Primed To Fail Yet Again With Convenience Stores
Forbes - Dec 2016
How Macy’s dismantled everything once right about department stores
Retail Dive - Dec 2016
Limited’s interim CEO abandons ship after 2 months
Retail Dive - Dec 2016
Ailing Limited Stores loses top executive
Columbus Dispatch - Dec 2016
Layoffs Begin As The Limited Considers Closing New Albany Headquarters
WOSU Public Media - Dec 2016
Limited Stores to start layoffs as soon as today at headquarters
Columbus Dispatch - Nov 2016
Department store guru says discounts are like ‘a cancer’
Retail Dive - Nov 2016
CoreNet Global Carolinas presents corporate real estate awards
The Mecklenburg Times - Nov 2016
BIM drives new organization models and advanced technologies
Consulting-Specifying Engineer - Nov 2016
Remaining Relevant to a Disruptive Audience
VMSD - Nov 2016
Ode to retail: Death of the traditional mall
RetailWire - Nov 2016
Should Target Scrap Its Grocery Business?
Forbes - Nov 2016
Cheesecake Factory Opens On Town Center Drive
Santa Clarita Valley Signal - Nov 2016
How Target can refresh its failing grocery business
Retail Dive - Nov 2016
Customer-Facing Technology
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Magazine - Oct 2016
List of retailers planning to be closed on Thanksgiving grows
Columbus Dispatch - Oct 2016
Amazon Locker expected to open at Polaris next month
Columbus Dispatch - Oct 2016
North Face debuts San Francisco pop-up spotlighting streetwear
Retail Dive - Oct 2016
The Limited’s CEO now president of Chico’s
Columbus Dispatch - Sep 2016
Buffalo Exchange used-clothing shop to open near OSU
Columbus Dispatch - Sep 2016
Why Macy’s store closure plans may just be the tip of the iceberg
Retail Dive - Sep 2016
American Girl’s Dangerous Liaison With Toy ‘R’ Us
Forbes - Sep 2016
Smoothie King CEO Talks Turnaround Progress
Nation's Restaurant News - Aug 2016
Is The ‘McDonald’s Of The Future’ Overreaching?
Forbes - Aug 2016
Target Brings Harry’s Shave Subscriptions To Its Shelves
Forbes - Aug 2016
Mall portfolio owner’s new CEO faces familiar challenges
Columbus Dispatch - Aug 2016
The Town Center Regains Significance
The New York Times - Jul 2016
Changes coming to Mentor Gabe’s, Walmart buildings
News-Herald - Jul 2016
Will Finish Line close its NJ stores?
MyCentralJersey - Jun 2016
When retailers compete on price, they really pay for it
Retail Dive - Jun 2016
Is Macy’s new CEO Jeff Gennette the right man for the job?
Retail Dive - Jun 2016
Nordstrom Tries A Tesla Showroom In Menswear — Does The Partnership Have Wheels?
Forbes - Jun 2016
Adaptive Reuse: Much More Than Historic Preservation
Consulting-Specifying Engineer - Jun 2016
Macy’s to test store-in-store, customer-service initiatives at Easton site
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2016
Wal-Mart proposes changes to Mentor building
News-Herald - Jun 2016
New Tanger Outlets Columbus bound to take business from other malls
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2016
Is Neighborhood Market the Answer to Walmart’s Discount Challenges?
Supermarket News - Jun 2016
11 Retail Innovations
McMillanDoolittle - May 2016
The end of an era! Victoria’s Secret axes its iconic mail-order catalog after nearly 40 years to save on the $150 MILLION cost – as it urges its fans to use social media instead
Daily Mail - May 2016
Staying relevant: Adjustments for Whole Foods, Neiman Marcus; bookstores are back
The Dallas Morning News - May 2016
Here’s why you don’t get Victoria’s Secret catalogs anymore
Journal-News - May 2016
Farewell, Victoria’s Secret Catalog
BuzzFeed News - May 2016
Amazon’s 2-hour Delivery Service Could ‘Slaughter’ Traditional Stores
Beacon Transcript - May 2016
L Brands discontinuing Victoria’s Secret catalogs, swimwear
Columbus Dispatch - May 2016
Was the FTC wrong to block the Staples-Office Depot merger? 8 experts weigh in
Retail Dive - May 2016
Amazon’s two-hour delivery service pressures traditional stores
Columbus Dispatch - May 2016
Retail Watch: Aeropostale exposed as mere imitator of Abercrome & Fitch
Columbus Dispatch - May 2016
Limited launches brand with lower-priced clothes in mall stores
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2016
Chipotle’s Image Suffers After Foodborne-Illness Disaster
Bloomberg - Apr 2016
Lowdown: A-B InBev Dives Deeper Into Country Music
Advertising Age - Apr 2016
Say goodbye to ’50s nostalgia: Johnny Rockets goes modern
Chain Store Age - Apr 2016
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Sales, Expansion Momentum Intensifies
Business Wire - Apr 2016
Are retailers over-investing in omnichannel at brick-and-mortar’s expense?
Retail Dive - Apr 2016
L Brands plans layoffs amid Victoria’s Secret consolidation
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2016
Consumer Picks 2016 : Understanding the Numbers
Nation's Restaurant News - Apr 2016
Comforting restaurant and retail combo keeps customers in tune with Cracker Barrel
Nation's Restaurant News - Mar 2016
Lane Bryant, Glamour magazine to create clothing line, publications
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2016
People to Know: Chris Doerschlag
Columbus Business First - Mar 2016
Finish Line commits $15m to boost digital efforts
Retail Dive - Mar 2016
How Sports Authority went bankrupt—and who could be next to fall
Retail Dive - Mar 2016
Was Ron Johnson right? Ron Johnson’s time at J.C. Penney is universally seen as an unmitigated disaster. But what if some of the ideas he had are exactly what department stores need today?
Retail Dive - Feb 2016
BOPIS means making everything happen at once
RetailWire - Feb 2016
DSW to buy online footwear, accessories retailer Ebuys
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2016
Lane Bryant taps buzz from Sports Illustrated cover
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2016
Department stores’ weakness a threat to future of some malls
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2016
Nationwide enjoys Super Bowl with Peyton Manning on its side
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2016
Online shoppers still like stores
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2016
Shoplifting a plague on central Ohio in ’15
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2016
Can the American department store be saved? 10 retail experts weigh in
Retail Dive - Jan 2016
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Enters New Year Amid Record Sales
Business Wire - Jan 2016
The Real Reasons Toys ‘R’ Us Quit Times Square
Forbes - Dec 2015
Commercial Real Estate Spotlight: Polaris Centers of Commerce
Columbus CEO - Dec 2015
Brick-and-Mortar Isn’t Dead Yet — Converting In-Store Shoppers to Sales
Chain Store Age - Dec 2015
Buy online, pick up in store. Simple, right? Not this Christmas.
The Washington Post - Dec 2015
Pop-up shop decked out with ugly Christmas sweaters for holidays
Columbus Dispatch - Dec 2015
Tony Hsieh got rid of bosses at Zappos — and that’s not even his biggest idea
The Washington Post - Nov 2015
New Retail Study Offers Advice on How Brick-and-Mortar Can Remain Relevant in Digital Age
Dealerscope - Nov 2015
X/SPECS puts spotlight on transformation of physical stores
Chain Store Age - Oct 2015
Getting it right in mixed-use buildings: Electrical, power, and lighting
Consulting-Specifying Engineer - Oct 2015
With Larson’s gone, Learning Express fills toy void
Columbus Dispatch - Oct 2015
Meijer plans curbside pickup
C&G Newspaper - Sep 2015
Fazoli’s taking aim at Piada with new fast-casual Italian brand
Columbus Business First - Aug 2015
It may not have cracked the QSR 50 this year, but Corner Bakery’s ambitious growth plan should have it there in no time
QSR Magazine - Aug 2015
This is how rivals are trying to compete with Amazon
MarketWatch - Aug 2015
Urban Outfitters’ physical supports its virtual
RetailWire - Aug 2015
The Thrill of the Grill
Nation's Restaurant News - Jul 2015
Retailers Can Declare A Shopping Holiday Any Time They Want. So Can We Have Thanksgiving Back?
BuzzFeed News - Jul 2015
Dunkin’ Donuts returns after failing to stick in area saturated with competitors
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2015
Mystery Shopping Sonic Automotive’s New Sales Process
Edmunds - Jun 2015
Jeni’s finds listeria in production facility again
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2015
Can Boston Market’s comfort food mount a comeback in the era of Chipotle?
The Washington Post - Jun 2015
Why Restaurateurs Start With Food Trucks — And Some Stay That Way
WLRN - Jun 2015
Bexley ice-cream shop Johnson’s celebrates 65 years
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2015
Brooklyn Car Dealer’s Burger Chain Is Taking On Shake Shack
Bloomberg - May 2015
Consumer Picks 2015: Understanding the numbers
Nation's Restaurant News - May 2015
Amazon waives same-day delivery fees for Prime members
Fortune - May 2015
Kohl’s joins the buy-online, pickup-in-store strategy
Journal Sentinel - May 2015
Waking up to new tastes
Nation's Restaurant News - May 2015
Colonel Sanders Is Resurrected for New KFC Ads
Bloomberg - May 2015
Romano’s Macaroni Grill Ranked Among Top 10 Casual Dining Chains
Restaurant News Release - Apr 2015
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Ranked #1 in National Consumer Study
Business Wire - Apr 2015
Wittenberg graduate owns 14 Columbus area Raising Cane’s
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2015
First Watch places first in key national restaurant survey
Tampa Bay Business Journal - Apr 2015
Wendy’s to open app-development hub near Ohio State
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2015
Amazon’s San Francisco store doesn’t actually sell anything
MarketWatch - Mar 2015
Fast-Casual Service Lines
Restaurant Development + Design - Mar 2015
Selling the mall: ‘We do anything we can’
Sun Journal - Mar 2015
Express to expand outlet stores
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2015
Lake Forest’s Del Taco sold to Chicago restaurant tycoon
Orange County Register - Mar 2015
Shake Shack Tumbles After Inaugural Earnings Fail to Impress
Bloomberg - Mar 2015
The Biggest Game-Changer in Online Commerce
Huffington Post - Mar 2015
Wendy’s tastier looks boost profits
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2015
Granite City Food & Brewery is looking for sale, merger or other deal
StarTribune - Feb 2015
Longaberger president exits after 6 months
Columbus Dispatch - Feb 2015
Rusty Bucket to add 5 restaurants this year
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2015
Victoria’s Secret, Nationwide try twists in Super Bowl ads
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2015
WD Partners builds global clientele using servant leadership philosophy
Columbus CEO - Jan 2015
Penney Resurrects Print Catalog To Trigger Online Sales
Forbes - Jan 2015
Longaberger hires artist Michael Somoroff to lead company
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2015
Attention Retailers: You Are Now A Warehouse
AdExchanger - Jan 2015
WD Partners to NRF: Stores As We Knew Them Are Over
Sourcing Journal - Jan 2015
Over 500 rooting on Ohio State for free furniture
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2015
Reset, Refresh or Re-Invention?
NRF - Dec 2014
Dinner Lab promises unique food experiences
Columbus Dispatch - Dec 2014
Shake Shack files for IPO
The Washington Post - Dec 2014
Retirement of ‘Three Mikes’ end of an era
Columbus Dispatch - Dec 2014
Abercrombie, Walgreens, Target – What’s Behind Retail’s CEO Exodus?
Forbes - Dec 2014
Abercrombie Is Adding Kids Stores To Once-Sexy Adult Locations
BuzzFeed News - Dec 2014
Retailers must improve their stores to win over the ‘storeless generation’
Smart Business Network
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- Feb 2023
Ranked #3 of the top 95 Retail Architecture and AE Firms — Restaurants
Building Design + Construction - Feb 2023
Ranked #4 in the top 130 Retail Sector Architecture and AE Firms — All Retail Buildings Work
Building Design + Construction - Feb 2023
Ranked #4 of the top 90 Retail Architecture and AE Firms – Malls, Big Box Stores, Strip Centers
Building Design + Construction - Jun 2020
Ranked #5 in the Top Retail Design Firms of 2020
VMSD - May 2019
Top Retail Design Firms
VMSD - May 2019
Central Ohio’s Largest Privately Held Companies
Columbus Business First - May 2019
Top 500 Design Firms
Engineering News-Record - May 2019
Top 300 Architecture Firms
Architectural Record - May 2019
40 Under 40
Design:Retail - May 2019
Central Ohio’s Busiest Architecture Firms
Columbus Business First - Apr 2019
Top 10 Engineering Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Feb 2019
Top 10 Architect/Design Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Feb 2019
Largest Central Ohio Engineering Firms
Columbus Business First - Sep 2018
Top 110 Architecture & Engineering Firms
Building Design + Construction - May 2018
#2 of the Busiest Architecture Firms in Central Ohio
Columbus Business First - May 2018
MEP Giants
Consulting Specifying Engineer - May 2018
Top 500 Design Firms
ENR Magazine - May 2018
Largest Privately Held Companies
Columbus Business First - May 2018
Retail Design Firm
VMSD - Mar 2018
Top Engineering Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Feb 2018
Busiest Central Ohio Engineering Firms
Columbus Business First - Feb 2018
Leading Architectural Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Aug 2017
Top 100 Architecture/Engineering Firms
Building Design & Construction - Jul 2017
ENR 2017 Top 500 Design Firms
Engineering News-Record - Sep 2014
Subway to take stake in BurgerFuel
Franchise Herald - Aug 2014
Top 300 Architecture Firms List
Architectural Record - Jul 2014
Top Architecture/Engineering Firms 2014 Giants 300 List
BD+C - Jul 2014
ARE Grand Prize Sustainable Project of the Year
ARE - Jun 2014
2014 “Design Leaders”
design:retail - May 2014
Top 225 International Design Firms
ENR Magazine - Apr 2014
Top 500 Design Firms
ENR Magazine - Apr 2013
VMSD Designer Dozen Announced
VMSD - Feb 2013
ENR Top 500 Firms (WD moves up 1 spot in 2013)
ENR Magazine - Sep 2012
2012 Design Firm of the Year
DDI Magazine - Aug 2012
ENR Top 500 Firms (WD moves up 33 spots in 2012)
ENR Magazine - Aug 2012
2012 MEP Giant (Ranked #59 in 2012)
Consulting Specifying Engineer - Jul 2012
2012 Best Large Format Specialty Store
Retail Design Institute - Jun 2012
2011 Top 250 Firms
Architectural Record - Feb 2012
Standard Market SADI Award
Retail Traffic - Feb 2012
2011 Site of the Year
Kentico.com - Nov 2011
2011 “Design of the Times” Platinum for Gatorade Floor Display
Path to Purchase Institute - Jan 2011
2011 MEP Giant
Consulting Specifying Engineer - Jan 2011
2011 “Design Leaders”
DDI Magazine - Jan 2011
2011 “Top Commercial Engineers”
Commercial Construction - Jan 2011
2011 First Place – Discount/Mass Merchant
VMSD - Jan 2011
2011 “Top Commercial Architects”
Commercial Construction - Jan 2011
2011 Top 500 Design Firms
ENR Magazine