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Material Trends for Navigating the Pandemic / #4: Return to Imagination

In this 4-week series, “Material Trends for Navigating the Pandemic,” our team of designers are...

Material Trends for Navigating the Pandemic / #3: Transparent Connections

In this 4-week series, “Material Trends for Navigating the Pandemic,” our team of designers are...

Material Trends for Navigating the Pandemic / #2: Brutalist Beauty

In this 4-week series, “Material Trends for Navigating the Pandemic,” our team of designers are...

Material Trends for Navigating the Pandemic / #1: Renewed Perspectives

The pandemic has caused us to reevaluate what it might mean to design for a...

3 Ideas for Innovating Fashion Retail

Lynn Gonsior, Partner & COO of ChangeUp, gives Fashion retailers a customer service focused makeover...

For Beauty Retail, COVID-19 is a Catalyst for Clean

Caitlin Neyer, Director of Strategic Partnerships at ChangeUp, looks at the prospects of beauty business’...

How COVID-19 Will Change Mass & Discount Stores

Lynn Gonsior, Partner & COO of ChangeUp, forecasts the evolution of spaces when reopening Mass...

Grocery Retailing After the Pandemic

Lee Carpenter, Partner and CEO of ChangeUp, shares ideas for reimagining grocery retail post-pandemic including...

A Path Forward for the Restaurant Industry

Bill Chidley, Partner and Insights & Strategy Lead at  ChangeUp, discusses a consumer-first mindset and...

What's In & Out in Retail

Retail Might Not be the Problem

Maybe it's the brand. Speaking as consultants who day in and day out collaborate with...

The Digital Brands Changing the Retail Landscape

GlobalShop, the retail industry’s largest design and merchandising trade show, is a mecca for retailers,...