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We Love Kate Spade
We’ve loved the Kate Spade brand for a long time. But, what we’re loving even more is the announcement of a new line, Kate Spade Saturday, targeting a younger demographic and at a lower price point. We’re excited about the news and looking forward to seeing what this means for the in-store environment. Kate Spade New York stores are known for the brand’s signature storytelling style and colorful brand personality, and we’re hoping “Saturday” will bring the same upbeat energy. Stay tuned; you know we’ll be watching.

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Best Exterior: Swiss Farms

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Swiss Farms has made us so proud…again! We were fortunate enough to have had such a major role in building this brand—it’s certainly come along way. And it is just getting better and better. The concept was recently awarded “Best Exterior” from Convenience Store News. Check out the full coverage here.

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Wowed by Weitzner

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Weitzner Limited is a wallcovering and textile company that focuses on environmentally conscious materials and creating elegant products for commercial and residential interiors. Lori Weitzner is the designer, creative director, and owner of the firm that started in 2004. Weitzner’s products have a natural and textural feel with an overall soft, neutral color palette and a sustainability story.

Two products from Weitzner really caught my eye for upcoming retail and hospitality projects.

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Meaty May: A Tribute to Hamburgers

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Grilled, flame-broiled, topped with everything but the kitchen sink. Burger joints have loyalists, lovers and dissers who are never short on opinions. So in honor of National Burger Month (who knew?), it only seemed fitting to collect opinions from the passionate palates that reside at Chute Gerdeman. Our city is known nationally as a favorite food test market, and we are the home to both Wendy’s and White Castle. But never fear, our tastes are far more far-reaching than drive-thru, as the results will prove. The categories were simple. The opinions, as complex and nuanced as we know the perfect burger to be. The winners are…

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Serene Serenbe

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Serenbe is only about 40 miles south of my home in Atlanta, and I’ve been curious about this place that’s been compared to a Utopian village. So on a recent Sunday, we packed up a picnic lunch and took the grandkids on a field trip.

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Hot International Retail Arrives in South Beach

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It was my first night in hot, humid South Beach with my friends when I noticed the vintage sewing machines lining the double windows from afar and I screamed, “All Saints!” My friends thought I had gotten too much sun and had no idea why I was so excited until they walked in. “Wow!”

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