Construction Influencing Retail 
Work Life
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Many indicators, such as small business retail sales appearing up 2.1% While automation may not immediately result in layoffs, it will reshape how jobs are performed, particularly in sectors such as construction, healthcare, and business.
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
There is recognition that European real estate sentiment is, in large part, still influenced by interest rate policies in the US and at home and shifting political order in Asia. Finally, the outlook for office and retail investment remains subdued following continuing caution about the impact of structural change.
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Office Snapshots
JULY 11, 2024
For this global retailer, founded in 1912, social responsibility meant remaining in Freeport with the community that has supported it since its inception. Similarly, L.L.Bean’s commitment to the environment was a design influencer that inspired several built-environment and materiality choices.
Success
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Burned out from a career in retail, Lisa Harper sought refuge in sleepy coastal towns on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. She also serves on the board of Hot Topic, a retail brand targeting pop culture-enthused teens through merchandise and apparel. “I That was in the mid-1990s. Before that, she was a Levi Strauss & Co.
Workplace Insight
JULY 25, 2023
When asked specifically why the cost-of-living crisis is their top risk factor, the top influencing factors were the current inflation issues (cited by 53 percent of affected businesses), increases in the cost of energy (38 percent) and more generally challenging economic conditions (33 percent).
Success
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Impact: Seed’s combination of scientific rigor, social impact work and award-winning product design, plus a subscription model that eliminates the overhead of brick-and-mortar retail, make it a standout in an otherwise overcrowded and underregulated supplements industry. Most Innovative Travel Company 5.
Workplace Insight
JULY 1, 2024
Volar Bio’s evolution in backcloth construction not only includes certified REPREVE recycled polyester and ECOVERO viscose in the backcloth, but introduces Susterra propanediol bio-based resin. Susterra 1,3 propanediol is a pure, petroleum-free, raw material made from regeneratively farmed U.S.
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