Retail Design

Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act Could Change What You Sell

innovative design protection and piracy prevention act

This bill could change the dynamic that puts designers at the mercy of cheap knock-off. (At least cheap knock offs that are not under the designers control) Emerging designers are especially vulnerable because they don’t trade on their name as much as on the specific design they have created. Bob Garfield of OTM and Susan [Read More]

Retail Design

Retailers Localize For Success

The best independent retailers know how to become integrated into the local lifestyle of their customers. From the merchandise they select, to the way they display it, from their store design to the way they advertise, they use every bit of local knowledge and intuition to weave themselves into the everyday local life of their community [Read More]

Green Retail

Walmart...Your Source for Green Ratings

Wal-Mart, “Your source for crummy plastic stuff”,  has taken on the mantle of environmental leader with their Sustainable Product Index.  The project, initiated by Wal-Mart,  is actually managed by a consortium of industry leaders, NGO’s and university researchers.

Alternately called “audaciously innovative” and “self-serving greenwashing” the jury is still out on the true motivation behind the [Read More]