Capacity Planner is a conceptual design tool built for merchandising workflows. It seeks to help with site feasibility studies, macro planning, and everything in between. Starting with a building shell, users are able to generate a floor plan with department capacity and merchandise categories as the main focus.
Cost Overruns Budget overruns are a pervasive issue in construction, and retail store projects are no exception. Changes, delays, and misestimates during construction all compound…
Despite the rise of e-commerce, physical retail in the U.S. is proving far more resilient than many expected — especially in the big-box and grocery sectors. Over the past three years, retailers like Walmart, Target, Costco, and Aldi have not only maintained but strategically expanded their physical footprints. While 2022 and 2023 saw more store openings than closures, 2024 brought a wave of store closings driven mostly by bankruptcies and weak specialty chains — not the major players in grocery or big-box retail.
Imagine navigating a world where identification numbers didn’t exist. Without bank account numbers, driver’s license numbers, and social security numbers, it would be nearly impossible to look up information about a specific person with 100% certainty that you’re not mixing up people with the same name. Shouldn’t every piece of furniture, fixture, and equipment (FF&E) in your commercial space require the same standard?