New Directions in Marketing Campaigns
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced the opening of its 500th restaurant with a Chipotlane, the brand’s digital order drive thru pick-up lane. Located in Louisville, KY, the milestone opening underscores the brand’s ongoing commitment to driving access and convenience to real food made with true culinary every day. “We are thrilled to celebrate this landmark Chipotlane […]
sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food, has opened its first advanced order vehicle pickup window, “sweetlane,” in Schaumburg, IL. The “sweetlane” provides an effortless experience for visitors in vehicles to pickup online orders through a drive-up window. Customers place their order through the sweetgreen website or app, and choose “sweetlane” as their desired […]
Simon announced that Leap, the retail platform for modern brands, will open multiple stores at Simon properties. Simon and Leap are helping digitally native brands strategically expand as omni-channel retailers. To start, Simon and Leap are planning to open four stores between California and Florida: True Classic Tees in Los Angeles’ Del Amo Fashion Center […]
Popable, a pop-up shop marketplace platform connecting brands and spaces for short-term retail leasing, and Walmart have entered a strategic partnership that will allow small businesses to rent retail space in Walmart stores across the country for short-term leasing. Small businesses will have the opportunity to rent out pop-up space in designated Walmart stores without […]
Walt Disney Animation Studios will collaborate with Lighthouse Immersive Studios to develop Disney Animation: Immersive Experience, which is going to Lighthouse ArtSpace venues across North America. Audiences will feel like they’ve entered the worlds of beloved Disney characters and become one with them. “The collaboration with Lighthouse Immersive is a first for Disney Animation,” said […]
Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, produced by Paquin Entertainment Group, has opened at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey. While journeying through ‘Beyond Van Gogh’, guests witness more than 300 iconic masterpieces, including such classics as “The Starry Night,” “Sunflowers,” and “Café Terrace at Night,” as well as many revealing self-portraits. “Millions of […]
Wicked Kitchen, a plant-based global food brand, has opened its first plant-based concession stand at the Target Center in partnership with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wicked Kitchen Target Center menu lineup includes the 100% plant-based Grilled Chorizo Brat, Jalapeño Gouda Burger and Meatball Sub. The Timberwolves and Wicked Kitchen have partnered to create the 100% […]
Life Alive Organic Cafe is expanding its footprint in the greater Boston area, opening new cafes at Kendall Square, Cambridge and Davis Square, Somerville. The Kendall Square modern, light-filled space features 100 seats and a large outdoor patio to reflect the vitality of the MIT community. The Davis Square cafe has 75 seats and an […]
Meijer has introduced a new brick-and-mortar store concept, coined Meijer Grocery, that will provide convenience for customers who are looking for a simplified shopping experience, while providing communities easier access to fresher foods. Convenient by design, Meijer Grocery stores will feature parking wrapped around a singular corner entrance to maximize the number of parking spaces […]
Schnuck Markets has opened Schnucks Express in Columbia, MO. Schnucks Express, which features its own entrance but is also conveniently connected to EatWell, A Natural Food Store by Schnucks, offers customers a complete grocery experience and focuses on the many customer favorites that are available at traditional Schnucks stores. Schnucks Express occupies 11,000 sq. ft., […]
IKEA Canada has opened its first Plan and Order point in Boisbriand, Quebec. The Plan and order point is a new concept that focuses on inspiring and supporting customers who are looking to plan, order and purchase complex home furnishing solutions for the kitchen, bath, bedroom and living room with the help of a knowledgeable […]
AllModern, Wayfair’s modern specialty retail brand, is getting a fresh take as it opens at MarketStreet Lynnfield in Lynnfield, MA. The store blends what people love most about both digital and physical retail, offering a smarter, tech-first approach to shopping. Shoppers can interact with furniture and experts in person, while gaining instantaneous access to an […]
Mezli, a startup based in San Mateo, CA, has launched its fully-autonomous robotic restaurant, the first of its kind in the world, located in the Spark Social food park in San Francisco. Mezli’s restaurant will be the first-ever to serve a full hot menu to customers without requiring any human intervention. This automated approach allows […]
REGO Restaurant Group, parent company of Quiznos and Taco Del Mar has announced a development deal with BCubed Manufacturing, a MI-based manufacturing firm. With 650-sq ft layouts, BCubed restaurants are designed to fit on small land parcels, contributing to a lower cost structure. The modular restaurants, dubbed “The Qube” for Quiznos and “Baja Shack” for […]
Crayola has announced a new licensing agreement with BrightColors, LLC. Working with its partner, Kingsmen Xperience, BrightColors will open a minimum of five new Crayola Experience venues over the next five years, doubling the attraction brand’s presence in the U.S. Crayola Experience, a family destination for creative play, has five successful operations-ranging from 20,000 to […]
Global retailer H&M and CAMP, The Family Experience Company, recently formed a partnership to inspire kids to learn about sustainability through a new interactive style experience at CAMP’s Columbus Circle store in Manhattan. Inspired by H&M’s kid’s mission to provide fashion in a sustainable way, families were invited to upcycle materials into stylish toys and […]
Kohl’s and Sephora have announced plans to expand the companies’ transformative partnership to include a Sephora presence at all of Kohl’s 1,100+ locations. With 600 stores across the country now open, Sephora at Kohl’s is making prestige beauty more accessible to more Americans than ever before. “Sephora at Kohl’s provides our customers with easier access […]
Mayvenn, a beauty-tech company with a network of over 50,000 hair stylists nationwide, has announced a partnership with Walmart to bring tech-enabled, physical beauty experiences into Walmart’s across the country. Customers can currently find Mayvenn Beauty Lounges inside 5 Walmart’s in Texas. These spaces are both retail shopping experiences for buying hair extensions and wigs, […]
DICK’S Sporting Goods and SidelineSwap, the world’s largest online marketplace for new and used sporting goods, are expanding their partnership to offer a series of 50 new trade-in events at DICK’S stores. At trade-in events, athletes can exchange their used sports gear and receive DICK’S gift cards to use towards their next purchase. Athletes also […]
GoodBuy Gear, the leading online consignment marketplace for baby and kid gear, is empowering more parents than ever to conveniently sell and shop children’s products with the opening of its fourth market in New York City. GoodBuy Gear makes the upcycling process easy by offering a hands-off selling experience. GoodBuy Gear’s experts photograph and recommend […]