For more than 30 years, Canadian design firm and manufacturing company Visual Elements has been shaping shopping experiences and raising retail expectations through its work…
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What’s old is new again as New Vansterdam, one of Washington’s first adult-use cannabis stores to be licensed, has completed a massive remodel, effectively modernizing…
It’s impossible not to notice the kitchen when you first walk into Surterra’s Tampa, Florida dispensary, designed by Toronto-based Figure3. Complete with an island, a…
When she first arrived in California from Minnesota 10 years ago and began buying medical cannabis to help relieve her anxiety, depression and digestive issues,…
While most digital platforms still prohibit marijuana ads, billboards and other outdoor ad formats have embraced the growing cannabis industry. The high impact, low cost…
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the art of fine-tuning a website to rank better and increase the number of visitors to the site. While SEO…
James Geier may not know cannabis, per se, but he knows retail spaces. As the founder and president of 555 International, a Chicago-based design firm…
The fact that an ugly exterior is bad for business might seem completely obvious, but the science behind creating a successful storefront and effective signage…
In the past, cannabis sold itself. Strains, packaging, branding, let alone the design of a store, didn’t matter as much as it does in today’s…
With the funding secured, lease signed, and application approved or pending, it’s time to start designing and building the actual retail storefront. But before the…