Articles
- Apr 2024
Why More Tech in Stores Shouldn’t Mean Fewer Workers
Retail Dive - Apr 2024
IHOP-Applebee’s Combo Restaurants Could Be Coming, but History Shows Making Them Work Could Be Tough
Business Insider - Feb 2024
Zac Posen Is Gap Inc.’s Latest Hire in a Long Line
Retail Dive - Jan 2024
Every Store Is a Flagship
Retail Dive - Jan 2024
What It Takes to Build a Private Label
Retail Dive - Jan 2024
The States of Self-Service High Tech and Low Tech
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies - Dec 2023
Expert Predicts Different Futures for Columbus Malls as Online Shopping Expands
WOSU - Dec 2023
Target’s Store Closures Seem to Highlight Challenges of Small-Format Model
Retail Brew - Nov 2023
The Twin Cities Has Too Many Malls. There’s One Key to Survival
StarTribune - Oct 2023
Why Activist Investors Have VF Corp. in Their Crosshairs
Business of Fashion - Aug 2023
What Gap Inc. Needs From Its New CEO
Retail Dive - Apr 2023
Resale’s Big Secret? It May Need Stores
Retail Dive - Apr 2023
Starbucks’ New CEO Wants Senior Leaders to Work in Stores, and It’s a Brilliant Idea
Business Insider - Apr 2023
How Good Is Secondhand Apparel for the Planet, Really?
Retail Dive - Jan 2023
Canada Goose, Francesca’s Launch Resale Options
Retail Dive - Jan 2023
9 Retail Trends to Watch in 2023
Retail Dive - Dec 2022
The Sky Won’t Fall, and Other Retail Predictions for 2023
RetailWire - Oct 2022
Dick’s Sporting Goods Named 2022 VMSD/Peter Glen Retailer of the Year
VMSD - Jun 2022
What Restaurants Can Learn From Retailers
Restaurant Development+Design - Jun 2022
WD Partners Helps Elevate Brands & Increases Profitability
Huntington - May 2022
Work-From-Home Revolution Yields Opportunity for Local Small Businesses
US Chamber - Apr 2022
Exhausted by the Pandemic, Consumers Want Simple
Association of National Advertisers - Mar 2022
What Do Activist Investors Want From Fashion?
Business of Fashion - Feb 2022
How Working From Home Is Changing Consumer Behavior
NRF - Feb 2022
Why Aren’t Retailers Embracing the Neighborhood?
RetailSpaces Blog - Feb 2022
Why Activist Investors Are Targeting Department Stores
Business of Fashion - Dec 2021
Why Drive-Thru Operations Matter More Than Drive-Thru Design
RestaurantSpaces Blog - Nov 2021
Macy’s CEO, a Department Store Veteran, Fights to Fit In the Amazon Future of Retail
CNBC - Sep 2021
Banana Republic’s Safari Reboot Needs More Than Just Nostalgia
Forbes - Sep 2021
What Should Brick and Mortar Retailers Be Doing In 2021? 14 Experts Give Their Opinion
Raydiant - Sep 2021
13 Experts Weigh In On The Future Of Brick and Mortar Retail [2021]
Raydiant - Aug 2021
Victoria’s Secret Is Out in the Open
Retail Dive - Aug 2021
Express Wants to Win Customers Back With This New Store Concept. Take a Look Inside.
Retail Dive - Aug 2021
Taco Bell Pushes Higher For Drive-Thru Customers (Literally)
Forbes - Aug 2021
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ New Stores Are Game Changers
Forbes - Aug 2021
L Brands No More: Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret Are Now Separate Companies
Columbus Dispatch - Jul 2021
7-Eleven Banks On Shoppers Going For Mobile Checkout
Forbes - Jun 2021
Mixed-Use at the Core of Mall Reinvention
Rebusiness Online - Jun 2021
Victoria’s Secret Is (Finally) Trying to Get Women’s Attention
Retail Dive - Jun 2021
Etsy to buy apparel resale site Depop for $1.6B
Retail Dive - Mar 2021
How to Save Today’s Mall
RetailWire - Mar 2021
Les Wexner to Exit L Brands Board
Retail Dive - Mar 2021
Retail Expert: The Store of the Future Is Not a Store
Columbus Alive - Mar 2021
Pandemic Unleashes New Big-Box Era
Bloomberg - Mar 2021
Here’s How Grocery Stores, Restaurants Could Apply COVID-Changes to a Post-Pandemic World
Columbus Business First - Feb 2021
Victoria’s Secret to Have Swimwear in Stores, Again
Retail Dive - Feb 2021
Will High-Flying Allbirds Be Weighed Down By Physical Stores?
Forbes - Feb 2021
A Digital First Approach Is Essential to Retail Success
RetailWire - Feb 2021
Where to Run a Store Now
Retail Dive - Jan 2021
The Evolution of the Shopping Mall: What Consumers Want
Retail Dive - Jan 2021
Pandemic Flushes Out Winners and Losers in Ever-Evolving Retail Industry
Columbus CEO - Dec 2020
COVID Chronicles: Innovation and Reinvention
CBUS Retail - Nov 2020
Reassessing Store Formats for a New Retail Era
RetailSpaces - Nov 2020
Chipotle’s Digital-Only Location Anticipates New Era For Quick-Serve Restaurants
Forbes - Nov 2020
The COVID Effect: What You Can Expect to See (and Not See) When Holiday Shopping This Year
10TV News - Nov 2020
5 Forces That Stripped Apparel Sales in the Last Decade
Retail Dive - Nov 2020
The Store Of The Future Isn’t A Store
RetailSpaces - Oct 2020
The Naked Truth About Apparel’s Future
Retail Dive - Oct 2020
Black Friday’s too late this year. Is Prime Day just in time?
Retail Dive - Oct 2020
Retailers Brace for More Trouble From the Pandemic
Retail Dive - Oct 2020
When BOPIS, BOPAC Go Wrong: Managers Can Teach Damage Control
Society for Human Resource Management - Sep 2020
Is Costco’s Winning Streak at Risk Without Curbside Pickup?
Retail Dive - Sep 2020
Inside Levi’s New ‘Nextgen’ Retail Store
News Break - Sep 2020
6 Ways the Pandemic Has Changed How People Shop
The Business of Fashion - Sep 2020
What’s in a Flagship?
Retail Dive - Sep 2020
With New Whole Foods Facility, Amazon Commits To Dark Stores
Forbes - Aug 2020
Payless Relaunches Online, With Plans for Hundreds of Stores
Retail Dive - Aug 2020
J. Crew Nixes Store Closures After $130m in Landlord Concessions
Retail Dive - Jul 2020
Why Mall Landlords Are Turning Empty Anchors into Fulfillment Centers
National Real Estate Investor - Jul 2020
Making BOPIS Better: Managers Are Key
Society for Human Resource Management - Jul 2020
Retailers Need to Reorganize Like a 21st Century Business
RetailWire - Jul 2020
How Ascena Went Bankrupt
Retail Dive - Jul 2020
Default Odds Fall for Apparel, Department Stores Amid Reopenings, Bankruptcies
S&P Global - Jun 2020
Curbside Service Becomes a Fixture as Sales Start to Pick Up
MSN Money - Jun 2020
Brick and Mortar’s Next Chapter
Retail Dive - May 2020
The Incredible Shrinking Department Store
Retail Dive - May 2020
Some Retail, Department Stores Could Be in Trouble From COVID-19
Columbus Dispatch - May 2020
The Future of Brick and Mortar Retail: Insights From 50+ Experts
Raydiant - May 2020
Retail Design in a Post-Pandemic World
NRF - May 2020
Five Tips for Retailers Offering BOPIS to Consumers
Consulting-Specifying Engineer - May 2020
The Role of Stores in this New Era
The Rollout by RetailSpaces - May 2020
The Restaurant of the Future isn’t a Restaurant
RestaurantSpaces Event - May 2020
After COVID-19, Is Curbside Delivery Here to Stay?
Retail Dive - May 2020
Les Wexner Era Comes to an End as L Brands Founder Steps Down
Columbus Business First - May 2020
Belden Village Mall, Other Retailers Ready to Open
The Repository - May 2020
Stores to Reopen After Coronavirus Shutdown. Will Shoppers Return?
Columbus Dispatch - May 2020
Amazon Goes Bigger With Its Cashier-Less Store Concept
RetailWire - May 2020
Gap Inc. Has Plans to Reopen 800 Stores by the End of May
Retail Dive - May 2020
And the Malls Come Tumbling Down
Retail Dive - May 2020
How J. Crew’s Bankruptcy Sets the Stage for a ‘Shakeout’ in Retail
Retail Dive - May 2020
L Brands, Sycamore call off their Victoria’s Secret deal
Retail Dive - Apr 2020
What Will Happen to the Victoria’s Secret Deal? Don’t Expect a Quick Answer
Columbus Business First - Apr 2020
Victoria’s Secret Buyer Backing out of Its Deal With L Brands
Columbus Business First - Apr 2020
As COVID-19 Restrictions Ravage Retailers, What Does the Future Hold for L Brands – and Its Planned Victoria’s Secret Sale?
Columbus Business First - Apr 2020
Will the Once Marvelous Department Store Ever Come Back?
Retail Dive - Apr 2020
The Brick-And-Mortar Retail Advantage
Shop! Retail Environments - Mar 2020
‘Urban lodge’ Concept Localizes Denver Shake Shack
Shop! Retail Environments - Mar 2020
Urgent Care And Primary Care: Which Model Is Right For You?
Forbes - Mar 2020
L Brands Names Cleveland Woman to Replace Wexner as Chairman
Columbus Dispatch - Mar 2020
Is Amazon Finally on Its Way Out?
The Robin Report - Mar 2020
Les is More
VMSD - Mar 2020
Victoria’s Secret at a Crossroads
Columbus Business First - Feb 2020
Les Wexner Built A Multi-Billion-Dollar Empire. He Leaves Amid Heavy Criticism
WOSU - Feb 2020
L Brands CEO Wexner out as Private Equity Firm Takes Over Victoria’s Secret
The Washington Post - Feb 2020
Wexner Steps Back From L Brands, Sells Majority of Victoria’s Secret to Equity Firm
ABC6 - Feb 2020
Victoria’s Secret Sale Marks End of Wexner’s Retail Empire
New York Times - Feb 2020
New Forever 21 Owners in Search of a CEO
Retail Dive - Feb 2020
Who is Sycamore Partners? Meet the buyer of Victoria’s Secret
Columbus Business First - Feb 2020
What 7-Eleven’s Cashierless Ambitions Signal About the Future of Convenience Stores
Retail Dive - Feb 2020
Making BOPIS Better: Managers Are Key
SHRM - Feb 2020
Tech Ushers in a Drive-Thru Renaissance
QSR Magazine - Feb 2020
Secondhand Is Hot, But Will Nordstrom Get Burned?
Forbes - Feb 2020
No Easy Fix for Struggling Victoria’s Secret
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2020
Could L Brands separate Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works? Analysts weigh in
Columbus Business First - Jan 2020
Ohio Billionaire May Shake up His Retail Empire
Akron Beacon Journal - Jan 2020
Wexner’s Central Ohio Legacy Extends Far Beyond L Brands
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2020
J. Crew taps Victoria’s Secret vet as CEO
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
L Brands Chief Reportedly Exploring Sale of Victoria’s Secret
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
Retailers Showcase 2020 Vision for Service Automation
NoJitter - Jan 2020
NRF 2020: It’s a New Decade and We’ve Finally Put the Retail Apocalypse to Bed
The Robin Report - Jan 2020
Express to Shutter 100 Stores
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
Belk Harnesses AI to Manage Inventory
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
E-Commerce Companies Eye Physical Retail
Retail Dive - Jan 2020
Millennials, Gen Z Shoppers Love Thrift Stores for Their Sustainability, Cheaper Prices
Columbus Dispatch - Jan 2020
12 Fast-Food Trends for 2020
QSR Magazine - Dec 2019
Retail’s Good, Bad and Ugly in 2019
TotalRetail - Dec 2019
Walmart Calls in ‘SWAT’ Teams to Handle 500 Store Remodels a Year
San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 2019
What the Holidays Could Do to Department Stores
Retail Dive - Dec 2019
The Common Goals of Health Care Providers and Retailers
Chain Drug Review - Dec 2019
Madewell IPO Gets the Green Light from Lenders
Retail Dive - Dec 2019
Target & Walmart Vs Amazon: Who Will Win The Holiday Season?
Forbes - Dec 2019
Forget Online Shopping: Some Want the Thrill of the Hunt
Columbus Dispatch - Nov 2019
How the Customer, Not Tech, is Disrupting Physical Retail
RetailSpaces - Nov 2019
WD Reveals the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Shop! Retail Environments - Nov 2019
Levi’s Banks on Sustainability, Depop’s Sexual Harassment Problem
Fashion Week Daily - Nov 2019
Consumers Wouldn’t Care if These Fashion Brands Went Out of Business
Sourcing Journal - Nov 2019
Losing to Win: Why Major Retailers Need to Close More Stores
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
CVS Is Revamping Its Stores to Take on Amazon and Prepare for the Future of Healthcare. Take a Look Inside.
Business Insider - Oct 2019
The ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is an Apparel Apocalypse
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
Victoria’s Secret Ushers in Uncertainty Amid Corporate Job Cuts
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
Breaking: Victoria’s Secret Stores Exec Departs
Retail Dive - Oct 2019
GMDC’s Three-Day Event Focused on the “Consumerization” of Health Care.
Mass Market Retailers - Oct 2019
What If Stores Innovated like Restaurants?
RetailWire - Oct 2019
After Forever 21, What’s the Next Teen Mall Staple?
Yahoo Lifestyle - Sep 2019
Retailers Must Turn Stores into ‘Anything Engines’
RetailWire - Sep 2019
Walmart’s Got The Upper Hand In The Grocery Delivery Battle
Forbes - Sep 2019
Tame the “Tech Beast,” Online Advertising Saves Money, Dos & Don’ts of Corporate Gift Giving and Other Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know
SmallBizDaily - Sep 2019
At Long Last, Evolution at Victoria’s Secret?
Retail Dive - Sep 2019
Functional by Design: Designing to the Needs of Drive-Thru
Foodservice Equipment & Supplies - Sep 2019
The Store of the Future with WD Partners’ Lee Peterson
NRF - Sep 2019
Creating Joyful Moments
Design:Retail - Sep 2019
Resale Is The New $51 Billion Retail Reality — Retailers Should Prepare Accordingly
Retail TouchPoints - Aug 2019
More Patients are Choosing Urgent Care Centers, Creating Challenges and Opportunities for Traditional Healthcare Providers
Yahoo Finance - Aug 2019
Can Mall-Based Retailers Survive Economic Headwinds?
Retail Dive - Aug 2019
Affluents Can’t Live Without Amazon And Other Retailers That Are Essential To Their Lifestyle
Forbes - Jul 2019
Is a b8ta, Tru Kids Partnership Enough to Win Back Customers?
Retail Dive - Jul 2019
Who Will Seize the Opportunity to Turn Stores into Fulfillment Centers?
RetailWire - Jul 2019
Amazon has won. Now what?
RetailWire - Jul 2019
It Remains Unclear If Online Grocery Will Help Walmart’s Online Division Be Profitable
Talk Business - Jul 2019
Early Analysis Suggests Amazon Did Very Well on Prime Day 2019
Notebookcheck - Jul 2019
Can OneMarket ‘Amazonify’ the rest of retail?
Chain Store Age - Jul 2019
Nevada’s Workers Could Be Hit Hard by Automation
Nevada Appeal - Jul 2019
Why Amazon Ranks Best And Walmart Ranks Worst: 7000-Consumer Study
Forbes - Jul 2019
From Old Navy to Madewell: How sub-brands grow up to eat their parents
Retail Dive - Jul 2019
Shake Shack heads to Ann Arbor
Crain’s Detroit Business - Jul 2019
CVS Expanding HealthHUBS to Boston, Dallas Next Year — Targets Cities with Chronic Disease
CNBC - Jul 2019
After Two Decades, Some Inaugural Easton Businesses Still Thriving
Columbus Dispatch - Jun 2019
Who Benefits from an Apple, Best Buy Partnership?
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Chico’s Private Equity Suitor Just Won’t Quit
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Bringing Stores into the 21st Century
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Will the Once Marvelous Department Store Ever Come Back?
Retail Dive - Jun 2019
Traditional Primary Care Still Popular, but Demand for Alternatives Is Growing
Benefits Pro - Jun 2019
Will Urgent Care Centers Put a Hurt on Retail Health Clinics?
RetailWire - May 2019
L Brands’ real secret is Bath & Body Works
Retail Dive - May 2019
Health & Wellness at RECon: How Retail Is Reshaping the Health Care Industry
ICSC - May 2019
L Brands has plans to turn around Victoria’s Secret
Columbus Dispatch - May 2019
Victoria’s Secret drops televised fashion show; will flagships be next?
InsideRetail - May 2019
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show No Longer on Network Television
Columbus Dispatch - May 2019
Shops at Worthington Place May Represent Future for Malls
Columbus Dispatch - May 2019
Dublin’s Throw Nation is the latest in ‘competitive socializing’ venues
Columbus CEO - May 2019
Second-Hand Luxury Goods: Not An Oxymoron But A $6 Billion Opportunity
Retail TouchPoints - Apr 2019
Justice, Lane Bryant parent Ascena Retail Group at low ebb
Columbus Dispatch - Apr 2019
Private Labels Outpacing National Brands
Retail Dive - Apr 2019
Designing the Restaurant of the Future
Nation's Restaurant News
Awards
- Feb 2023
Ranked #3 of the top 95 Retail Architecture and AE Firms — Restaurants
Building Design + Construction - Feb 2023
Ranked #4 in the top 130 Retail Sector Architecture and AE Firms — All Retail Buildings Work
Building Design + Construction - Feb 2023
Ranked #4 of the top 90 Retail Architecture and AE Firms – Malls, Big Box Stores, Strip Centers
Building Design + Construction - Jun 2020
Ranked #5 in the Top Retail Design Firms of 2020
VMSD - May 2019
Top Retail Design Firms
VMSD - May 2019
Central Ohio’s Largest Privately Held Companies
Columbus Business First - May 2019
Top 500 Design Firms
Engineering News-Record - May 2019
Top 300 Architecture Firms
Architectural Record - May 2019
40 Under 40
Design:Retail - May 2019
Central Ohio’s Busiest Architecture Firms
Columbus Business First - Apr 2019
Top 10 Engineering Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Feb 2019
Top 10 Architect/Design Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Feb 2019
Largest Central Ohio Engineering Firms
Columbus Business First - Sep 2018
Top 110 Architecture & Engineering Firms
Building Design + Construction - May 2018
#2 of the Busiest Architecture Firms in Central Ohio
Columbus Business First - May 2018
MEP Giants
Consulting Specifying Engineer - May 2018
Top 500 Design Firms
ENR Magazine - May 2018
Largest Privately Held Companies
Columbus Business First - May 2018
Retail Design Firm
VMSD - Mar 2018
Top Engineering Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Feb 2018
Busiest Central Ohio Engineering Firms
Columbus Business First - Feb 2018
Leading Architectural Firms
Commercial Construction & Renovation - Aug 2017
Top 100 Architecture/Engineering Firms
Building Design & Construction - Jul 2017
ENR 2017 Top 500 Design Firms
Engineering News-Record - Sep 2014
Subway to take stake in BurgerFuel
Franchise Herald - Aug 2014
Top 300 Architecture Firms List
Architectural Record - Jul 2014
Top Architecture/Engineering Firms 2014 Giants 300 List
BD+C - Jul 2014
ARE Grand Prize Sustainable Project of the Year
ARE - Jun 2014
2014 “Design Leaders”
design:retail - May 2014
Top 225 International Design Firms
ENR Magazine - Apr 2014
Top 500 Design Firms
ENR Magazine - Apr 2013
VMSD Designer Dozen Announced
VMSD - Feb 2013
ENR Top 500 Firms (WD moves up 1 spot in 2013)
ENR Magazine - Sep 2012
2012 Design Firm of the Year
DDI Magazine - Aug 2012
ENR Top 500 Firms (WD moves up 33 spots in 2012)
ENR Magazine - Aug 2012
2012 MEP Giant (Ranked #59 in 2012)
Consulting Specifying Engineer - Jul 2012
2012 Best Large Format Specialty Store
Retail Design Institute - Jun 2012
2011 Top 250 Firms
Architectural Record - Feb 2012
Standard Market SADI Award
Retail Traffic - Feb 2012
2011 Site of the Year
Kentico.com - Nov 2011
2011 “Design of the Times” Platinum for Gatorade Floor Display
Path to Purchase Institute - Jan 2011
2011 MEP Giant
Consulting Specifying Engineer - Jan 2011
2011 “Design Leaders”
DDI Magazine - Jan 2011
2011 “Top Commercial Engineers”
Commercial Construction - Jan 2011
2011 First Place – Discount/Mass Merchant
VMSD - Jan 2011
2011 “Top Commercial Architects”
Commercial Construction - Jan 2011
2011 Top 500 Design Firms
ENR Magazine