— By Cindy Price — Refresh your business with face replacements for signage. Outdoor signs must be durable enough to withstand all kinds of weather that Mother Nature throws at them. Your sign is quite literally the “face” of your business, so it should look its best at all times. But when weather, age or other elements wreak havoc on it, what do you do? Outside of replacing the entire sign, a face replacement is a solid choice. The Basics: What is a Sign Face? Simply put, a sign …
— By Shaw Hergenrather — Are you ready for a Texas-sized deep freeze? Nine ways restaurants and retailers can prepare for and mitigate winter disasters. Winter is coming. Even if truly cold weather rarely hits your part of the country, the season is rapidly approaching, and, as we all learned from the catastrophic power grid failure in Texas last winter, freezing temperatures can strike anywhere. With a costly fall-out in excess of $130 billion, people across the country — including everyone on my team — watched in …
— By Greg Houck — How emerging mixed-use trends can translate to long term success. Mixed-use projects have a retail problem. Too often, incorporating retail spaces into a mixed-use project is straightforward and static: a single complimentary demand driver, such as a high-rise multifamily with convenient ground-floor grocer. With this approach, the residential component may subsidize a portion of revenues for the tenant, but most often it isn’t sufficient enough and local demand has not been fully understood. Over the past several years there has been many exciting innovations …
— By Chris Marasco — Improving IAQ to better protect your customers. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst of disruption for more than a year. In 2020, the virus quickly shut down many restaurant locations while forcing retail businesses to enforce strict guidelines that instructed customers to wear masks and stand 6 feet apart. In many situations, consumers shifted toward online stores to make their purchases as opposed to gathering in person at a brick-and-mortar location. While the pandemic turned many lives upside down, one positive outcome was …
The Dec. 1 “Smarter Cleaning for Retail, Grocery & Restaurant Facilities” demonstration, hosted by Retail & Restaurant Facility Business, focused on important topics for any facility interested in cleanliness. Kaivac’s vice president of business development, Mike Perazzo, also makes note of easy ways to promote employee satisfaction (in a time when there is a shortage of labor) and making cleaning easier (in a time when hygiene has never been more important). Check out some of the important topics and their video timestamps below, or click to hear Perazzo talk …
— By Steven Duffy — Retail formats — grocery formats especially — must adapt quickly. The future of retail changed forever as the pandemic exposed the inadequacies of e-grocery. Consumers seek convenience at a fair price, and they want a frictionless experience. Grocers and retailers must adapt, and quickly. Retail and grocery formats and their supporting technologies have remained static for decades, unable to respond to shoppers’ demands, new technologies and have failed to meet today’s consumer’s shifting paradigm. Retail of the Future is at an Inflection Point Today …
— By Tom Dawson — How to prep your roof for winter. Winter and colder weather are coming — which means snowfall and ice dams and, if you do not prepare correctly, roof leaks. Did you know that it costs businesses roughly five times more to repair a roof in the winter when snow and ice are present because of the increased labor needed to complete the job? Here are some simple tips and preparation steps to help you avoid expensive wintertime roof leaks. Schedule An Inspection Before The …
— By Katie Lee — Powering through the pandemic, Batteries Plus continues to see a boost in business through multi-unit franchising. It goes without saying just how challenging the past 18 months have been for retailers, but Batteries Plus continues to power through. The Hartland, Wisconsin-based franchisor of 700+ stores stayed open, remained fully stocked, and offered stability and support infrastructure for its franchisees throughout the pandemic. Now with a renewed focus on signing multi-unit operators, Batteries Plus plans to open 30 new stores this year and …
— By Todd S. Kentzel, R.A. — New speakeasy beats pandemic-era odds to become a summer of ‘21 restaurant success story. Architetra p.c. , an architectural firm based in Paoli, Pennsylvania, has announced a collaboration, more than 2 years in the making has come to fruition with the grand opening of Nucky’s Kitchen & Speakeasy in Ventnor, New Jersey, on May 25, 2021. Amidst the backdrop of a global pandemic, a proven team of collaborators led by Joseph Lombardi, co-owner of Architetra, forged forward to create a unique dining …
— By Jeff Hungarter — Videri Chocolate Factory: an LED lighting solution showcases a sweet spot. When Roxanne Lundy began working at Videri Chocolate Factory in Raleigh, North Carolina, she was fresh out of college and the company was but 1 month old. Lundy has been a catalyst behind Videri’s growth from a small, 2-day-a-week operation into a handcrafted bean-to-bar emporium par excellence — far beyond her imagination. Lundy has advanced from chocolate wrapper to retail manager to, today, general manager. She’s a designer by inclination and training, and …
