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Amenities, Food & Beverage
Centropolis makes more room for shoppers who are ready to dine out again.
Weather isn't the only thing that threatens to put a damper on outdoor leisure this COVID-19 summer. Line-ups everywhere also have even the most resilient of consumers thinking twice about dining out, so Centropolis (Laval, Canada) has made a f[...]
Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Sales Promotions & More
Deerfoot City partners with PARK to bring the party lifestyle back to its retail block.
Lively patios, lawn games, communal summer leisure, and public art—you almost have to do a double-take when you spot these highlights on Deerfoot City's event roster. It seems like a mirage given the pandemic. However, the Canadian destinatio[...]
Customer Service, Food & Beverage, Sales Promotions & More
Consumers are staying in for meals more since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some might still rather have someone else cook for them.
The pairing of bits and bytes isn't entirely new in the world of food retailing, but COVID-19 has sped up advancements in online F&B services. While customers have been ordering cheap eats for delivery via phone and on the Web for some time, th[...]
Food & Beverage, Sales Promotions & More
As your retail team arms itself for a post-pandemic recovery, it might want to consider loosening its bevvy rules if it can.
Encouraging shoppers to sip on a frosty margarita while they shop is either a great placemaking idea or trouble waiting to happen. You'll have to be the judge if the concept is even an option in your market. One thing's for sure: It's working f[...]
Customer Service, Food & Beverage
Pandemic-mindful placemaking: There’s a food service for that at Selfridges.
Food seems to be the most direct way to shoppers' hearts these days and the logical retail category on which to focus marketing efforts to rebuild traffic and revive that "third place." Selfridges (London, UK) has a strategy for that. While mos[...]
Christophe Gernigon might have just saved the restaurant dining room.
Last week, we told you about an American inn that decided to use poshly styled mannequins to fill half its restaurant dining room to abide social distancing rules. If your center's eateries would rather stick to humans but still wish to strive [...]
The Inn at Little Washington gets creative as its sets to reopen its dining room safely.
If you think that dining next to a couple of mannequins is a bit creepy, consider the upside: You get to eat out. The Inn at Little Washington in Virginia (USA) will be testing that concept in its restaurant when it reopens on May 29. It's not [...]
Quartier DOX30’s marketers are proficient at speaking movie binge-watchers’ language.
What do Ratatouille, Julie & Julia, and Marie Antoinette have in common? These movies all feature main characters who are crazy about food—dreaming up recipes, perfecting their cooking techniques, and savoring every last decadent morsel. Seei[...]
Mediamatic ETEN’s eye-catching greenhouse dining pods are proving popular with foodies hungry for local fare.
Like it or not, this concept of lower density dining destinations might be the most attractive to consumers for a while. It isn't always easy to reconfigure food courts, dining halls, and patios, but a little ingenuity and out-of-the-box sourci[...]
A word searching game is luring consumers out of their kitchens and into coffee shops.
Same old, same old—people need coffee. Where they are getting it right now is something that retailers and shopping centers can't leave to chance. If consumers are going to still grab their java to go instead of brewing it at home, there bett[...]
