Architectural Innovation In A Post Pandemic World
All Work
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The development includes extensive indoor and outdoor areas combining retail, dining, entertainment, and office space with a Main Street vibe.
Biophilic Design Is Part Of The New Normal (And We’re Not Just Talking Office Plants)
All Work
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Biophilic design aims to improve our wellbeing by strengthening our connection to nature in manufactured environments such as hotels, retail spaces and offices. Claire Gaudion, a retail partner at ufurnish.com , creates rugs, fabrics and furnishings inspired by nature and predominantly made from natural fibres and repurposed materials.
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Work Life
MARCH 13, 2025
23 for Construction). Example: 23 becomes 2382 for Building Equipment Contractors, a type of construction company. Prompt 3: Please list private equity firms that acquire turnaround clothing retailers (NAICS code 458110). NAICS has 20 sectors. The third and fourth digits divide economic sectors into subsectors.
Lockers: The New Unexpected Star Of Workspace Design
All Work
MAY 20, 2022
The construction industry accounts for 38% of all CO2 emissions. It’s important for product designers and retailers to understand their embodied carbon emissions , which relate to the manufacturing, processing, transportation, assembly, maintenance, replacement, and deconstruction and disposal of goods.
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From Vacant to Vibrant: Activating Office Space at The Ground Plane
All Work
MARCH 23, 2023
Retail environments have suffered from overbuilding/oversupply and competition from ecommerce. The relationship between retail and office in an urban district is extremely co-dependent. In places where there is still decent office tenancy, but retail spaces can’t survive, a broader approach is needed to address ground-level vacancy.
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Government announces new digital hub for Manchester
Workplace Insight
MAY 17, 2024
The Government Property Agency (GPA) has exchanged contracts with Manchester City Council (MCC) to acquire five acres of the former Central Retail Park in Ancoats, paving the way for the construction of the Manchester Digital Campus. With land purchase anticipated to be finalized next year, construction is set to begin in 2026.
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An All-Encompassing View Of Workplace Health
All Work
JULY 22, 2022
Natural lighting, mass timber construction, warm interior finishes and views of the outdoors provide further connections to nature—all potent contributors to a healthy work experience. A sixty-foot setback allows the creation of a covered entry courtyard, a public plaza and integrated retail. 301 Hillsborough – Duda|Paine.
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Employee Scheduling Software: 10 Best in 2024, Reviewed!
Vantage Circle
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Widely used in appointment-driven industries like healthcare, retail, hospitality, fitness, and home services (e.g., Widely used in appointment-driven industries like healthcare, retail, hospitality, fitness, and home services (e.g.,
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Gamma Offices – Antwerp
Office Snapshots
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The new Gamma workspace masterfully incorporates references to the raw materials sold by the leading Benelux DIY home renovation and construction retailer into a welcoming office environment that embodies the principles of collaboration and flexibility, values that are core to the success of Gamma’s franchise business model.
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Projects from Portugal, Belgium and France winners of the 2023 ULI Europe Awards for Excellence
Workplace Insight
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The awards set out to recognise outstanding built environment projects in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, celebrating excellence in land use practice across the entire development process, from planning and construction to economics, management, sustainability and resiliency, community impact, and architecture and design.
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How to Improve Your Client Relationships
Success
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
From this data you can construct what Webb calls “nodes,” or customer profiles based on personality types and goals. Camille Allen, Broker and retail business consultant Business: The Property Firm Where: Durham, N.C. Create a customer experience for each node. At every touch point, I tell a lie,” he says. “I
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Oh, Mexico: A Burned-Out CEO Turns a Ranch into a Retreat
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.
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L.L.Bean Offices – Freeport
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. The new L.L.Bean headquarters is inspired by a shared joy of the outdoors.
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Crown estate announces details of latest London commercial property developments
Workplace Insight
JULY 12, 2024
According to The Crown Estate , the first three projects, which have a Gross Development Value of over £430 million, will deliver 250,000 sq ft of office, leisure and retail space in the heart of the Capital, which it claims will help to stimulate the renewal of the West End, attract global investment and contribute to the wider success of London.
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Great Workplaces Share Their Top Examples of Workplace Flexibility
Great Place to Work
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
9 on the 2023 PEOPLE® Companies that Care List , emphasizes the importance of communication to increase flexibility for its retail workers. For PCL Construction , No. Target , No. 26 on the 100 Best list for 2023 and No. Employees valued workplace flexibility long before the COVID-19 pandemic reorganized workplace norms and customs.
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Firms should focus on people in the drive for long term growth
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
The retail, media and IT and financial industries will perform best in the workplace of the future, whilst the construction and real estate industries will struggle. Magnetic workplaces can leverage flexible work options to provide employees with more autonomy, but also to access more diverse talent.
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The Next Great Retail Trend: The Office Break Room
SnackNation
MAY 30, 2019
The Next Great Retail Trend: The Office Break Room. At the heart of this shift is the uniquely Millennial belief that “work/life balance” is an artificial construct. For this reason, I predict that retail will actually be reorganized around office spaces, or integrated within workspaces.
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Landmark Group Headquarters – Dubai
Office Snapshots
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The primary objective was to accommodate a variety of retail brands within the conglomerate, with each brand allocated its own floor. The project is LEED certified and material sustainability was taken into consideration, along with sustainability requirements for construction.
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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024
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.
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How employers can improve the hiring process for Gen Z candidates in 4 simple steps
Work Life
JUNE 20, 2024
Yet, they might have experience in a retail or hospitality job, or even life experiences, that can provide transferable skills often overlooked in the traditional hiring process. Plus, giving them feedback and constructive criticism is invaluable to them in their job search. It’s also crucial to incorporate a feedback stage.
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British Council for Offices honour London’s best workplaces at annual Regional Awards
Workplace Insight
APRIL 28, 2022
Offering around 40,000 m 2 of office, retail, and residential space, including affordable housing and a new public pocket park, 80 Charlotte Street has won the award for Best Commercial Workplace. Enabling Goldman Sachs to consolidate all London employees into one 1.2
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Try these approaches to ditch the ‘boss’ and make everyone a leader
Work Life
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Jim Reding, CEO, Aroma Retail Set up inclusive structures Efforts to merge traditional hierarchical models with a culture of empowered teams often encounter roadblocks because of contrasting power dynamics and decision-making approaches.
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We’ve been getting job training all wrong
Work Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
For example, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, education, and health services have a labor shortage. Conversely, in the construction industry, there is a labor surplus. Chamber of Commerce shows that not all industries are experiencing a shortage. These industries have more job openings than unemployed workers with experience.
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10-Stop Guide to Chicago: A Guide to the Windy City You Won’t Find in Your Tourist Book
Success
JULY 20, 2024
The venue was constructed to preserve the building’s architectural integrity, which is a Chicago icon in itself. The hotel is located in a fun commercial neighborhood with a variety of places to eat and unpretentious retail options. Their acts have included the Flaming Lips and Death Cab for Cutie.
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The greatest gift you can give employees this holiday season: Time and worker protections
Work Life
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
My mom shouldered the burden of raising kids and household work, while also working in retail, warehouses, and odd-jobs, which has taken a toll on her, too. Nonetheless, his job came at a great cost to our family and I believe cost him a longer life. My parents worked hard.
How Leaders Can Make Their Message More Memorable
Tanveer Naseer
OCTOBER 25, 2016
I hear a similar exchange at retail stores, where you tell sales reps your shoe size and a few seconds later, they return to ask again. After all, what is memory but an association between two constructs? I heard the exchange above just now, on a flight to Michigan. The presence of one action cues the other.
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Manchester Airport City plan reinvented as £ 1 billion science and tech hub
Workplace Insight
MAY 16, 2024
Construction has already started on the scheme, which is scheduled for completion in 2026 and will contain 131,000 sq ft of laboratory and office space across six floors. This included a large campus for THG, a troubled retail and branding company, that ultimately never materialised.
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Investment in real estate upgrades stalls in face of economic and business challenges
Workplace Insight
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
However, the challenging business environment has reshuffled priorities to financing and high construction costs, and scarcity of resources has made real estate renewal more expensive to achieve, consequently delaying much needed investment. This heavily impacts rent affordability.
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How Caring Leaders Create High Performance Workplaces
Great Place to Work
JUNE 24, 2024
PCL Construction offers rotating weekend project schedules to allow workers to flex their time and participate in important family activities. At Sephora , digging into the results of its “Racial Bias in Retail” study revealed the need for broader action. Instead, the data highlights the value employees put on flexibility.
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History’s 5 Best Leaders + More Great Leaders from Business
John Mattone
JUNE 24, 2024
Jeff Bezos, for example, has disrupted the retail industry with his long-term view and innovative strategies at Amazon. Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, transformed a simple online bookstore into the largest online retailer in the world. Use this feedback constructively.
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BCO Awards dominated by South East offices yet again but Glasgow office takes top spot
Workplace Insight
OCTOBER 4, 2023
A sensitive approach to construction procurement saw the extensive use of local trades to create a beautifully crafted workspace. Innovation in design and delivery earned One Portwall Square the Commercial Workplace prize. The judges were particularly struck by the building’s pioneering mixed mode ventilation and cooling systems.
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Landlords and occupiers don’t see eye to eye on the decarbonisation of European real estate
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 22, 2024
This report provides an important roadmap to improve this situation, outlining many of the critical barriers and hindrances, and contributing important recommendations to improve the situation and accelerate progress.”
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Fighting—and Winning—Above Your Company’s Weight Class
Success
MARCH 17, 2022
Another of my clients sells a commodity used in construction. While any retail travel agency can easily book a holiday, my client customizes by choosing the right flights, taking care of check-in for those flights, calling the hotel ahead to confirm the room and ensuring that its patrons receive special treatment.
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Building an effective performance management system: The framework for excellence
Office Vibe
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A retail giant using the Balanced scorecard framework tracks financial metrics like revenue growth, customer metrics through satisfaction scores, internal process efficiency like inventory management, and learning and growth through employee training results. This evaluation then helps determine rewards, recognition, and development needs.
Cost of living crisis and other employee concerns are top risk concerns of businesses
Workplace Insight
JULY 25, 2023
Debts and late payments are a major headache for any business and leaders are right to be concerned as in May company insolvencies in England and Wales jumped 40 percent year-on-year to the highest level since monthly records began with construction and retail the hardest-hit sectors.
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Top Leadership Trends Shaping The Future Of Employee Experience
Vantage Circle
MAY 29, 2021
Zoe has in-house consulting experience in industries such as construction, media, technology, electronics, telco, FMCG, and retail. She has a particular interest in helping Leaders shift to Leadership in 2021 where trust, being human, empathy, and knowing how to delegate (and empowering!)
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The business case for the retrofit of existing buildings keeps getting stronger
Workplace Insight
JANUARY 25, 2023
On this score, the claims by the retailer and the council to be environmentally friendly while planning for a new building have been challenged by campaigners and commentators. And it’s a global trend. Fit for the future The proponents of a retrofit-first approach even include some property firms.
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A lightbulb moment about mental health and managing change
Workplace Insight
MARCH 26, 2024
This gives us a plan and a way forward that is constructive and productive. I did not transport the lightbulb from the factory to the wholesale and retail outlets – lots of other people did. Using this technique will help us focus also on the things that went well – our achievements, as well as our challenges.
Employee Empowerment: Are You Doing it Right?
Vantage Circle
JULY 8, 2019
Let’s take the example of the World’s leading online retailer, Amazon. Constructive feedback, offering suggestions and encouraging good work are building blocks of a supportive work environment. On the other hand, when you empower them, they become more responsible, more invested. And hence more efficient at the job.
Ultrafabrics celebrates 25th anniversary with new and improved bio-based Volar Bio collection
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.
What you can do to support Hispanic and Latinx-owned businesses
Ruby
OCTOBER 5, 2021
A) Retailers B) Construction firms C) IT companies D) Healthcare providers Okay, to be honest, this is kind of a trick question. Pop quiz: Can you name the fastest-growing segment of small businesses in the United States? The answer is both none and all these groups. What am I talking about? million people, to be precise.
How to tell if a company is trustworthy (and understand what customers may think of your company)
Ruby
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
If you’re evaluating a potential vendor, partner, or online retailer you’re unfamiliar with, here are a few ways to tell if they’re legit. An abundance of grammatical and spelling errors within the company’s native language Many websites are constructed by small teams or even single individuals. What are people saying?
10 Effective Company Core Values Examples To Take Inspiration From
Vantage Circle
JANUARY 31, 2023
This needle-like focus on serving the best to customers has improved the company’s overall performance making it one of the world’s largest retailers. They want employees to be honest, accountable, open to criticism and feedback, and willing to offer constructive criticism. “It’s a no-brainer.
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What is an answering service?
Ruby
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Call centers are a good choice for… large B2C companies businesses with thousands of customers businesses in high-sales industries such as retail, automotive insurance, and telecommunications Virtual Receptionists Virtual receptionists are human beings who manage phone calls remotely (virtually) for business clients.
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