Retail Venue Development Archive

CoolTown piazza 1: The coffeehouse: This week I’ll take a look at what the ideal shops, restaurants,
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In the news: The Wal-Mart you DON’T know: Fast Company Magazine: The giant retailer’s low prices often come with a
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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
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Live from Hawaii… the farmer’s market: I’m on vacation for the next few days in Hilo, Hawaii, my
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When it’s OK to eat with your hands: As we evolve from a service economy to an experience economy, diners
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Food + fun = Hot pot: How can a town be fun if you don’t have fun places
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