Branding and design agency Shikatani Lacroix won two awards at the ICX Association Elevate Awards last night for its work with adidas Golf and Cable & Wireless Communications’ telecoms brand FLOW. The ICX awards program honors digital leaders who are using the technology to elevate the customer experience. “We want to thank the ICX Association for this marvelous […]
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For years we’ve been relying on marketing research methods that may not be telling us the whole story. That is, until the application of neuroscience to more accurately predict consumer purchase behaviour. It’s a well-known fact that people buy based on their emotions. But how do you qualify a gut feeling? “Neuromarketing” is bringing science
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“Retailers need to rethink the shopping experience if they want to better connect with today’s Millennials, according to a new study. In a survey of U.S. consumers by Toronto-based retail design firm Shikatani Lacroix, nearly half of Millennials (47 percent) said they value the experience a brand provides more than the actual product value, compared
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Shikatani Lacroix placed 24th in VMSD magazine’s ranking of the Top Retail Design Firms of 2016. VMSD’s annual Retail Design Firm Resource Guide is a listing of global design, architecture and construction firms ranked by design fees. Shikatani Lacroix designed 450,000 sqft. of retail space in 2015, including major retail brand transformations for electronics retailer
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What technology will be a game-changer for your business in 2016 and beyond? The senses impact our view of the world, our emotions and our behavior. An immersive experience capitalizes on all five senses through the use of stunning realistic visuals that provide a tactile feeling as one navigates the retail environment. This experience could
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Specialty frozen food retailer M&M Meat Shops, now M&M Food Market, has partnered with Toronto design firm Shikatani Lacroix to embark on the most transformative redesign in the brand’s 35-year history. To support the reinvention of the M&M brand, Shikatani Lacroix designed a new store concept and in-store experience, developed a new logo, redesigned the
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Picture this: dozens, maybe hundreds of people walking aimlessly, their eyes glazed, looking down, oblivious to the environment that surrounds them. No, this isn’t the next zombie apocalypse blockbuster, it’s the scene common at any grocery store, shopping mall or bank branch — everyone staring at their mobile phone. This generation of consumers could be
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Over 20 years ago, our firm pioneered in-store interactive screens for a major technology retailer using jester motion technology and a rear-projected large screen TV. The project was a failure because most people did not know how to use the technology or, more importantly, understand its key benefits. Although much has changed since then with the
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To say 2015 has been a challenging year for North American retailers is an understatement. The retail landscape has been littered with mass store closures and major brand bankruptcies. In the face of changing consumer purchasing behaviours and double-digital e-commerce growth, retailers are being forced to rethink their retail strategy. For some retailers, there is
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Adidas Golf has gone back to basics with an in-store execution that’s led to a spike in sales for the higher-priced footwear in its product line. An interactive digital retail display, created by Toronto design firm Shikatani Lacroix, allows users to get information they’d need on a particular shoe just from picking it up, without
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Last fall, the world’s largest advertiser, Procter & Gamble, announced it was shifting its focus to sampling. Seen as a “point of market entry,” sampling will now account for a larger piece of P&G’s $13 billion marketing budget. Sampling has long had its place in a marketer’s advertising arsenal, but the popularity of social media
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Fundamental Elements to Design Briefs The foundation of any design project is the design brief. The two major facets included in effective design briefs are the landlord/base building requirements and the client requirements. The information below briefly outlines the key elements required to rollout an existing retail design concept into a new or existing space.
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We are proud to announce that we are the winners of 2014 Silver Vertex Award. Our work on Shoppers Drug Mart’s Life Brand was chosen from amongst more than 250 entries from 21 countries and 55 retailers. The Vertex Awards are the only global competition devoted exclusively to the art of private brand package design, and
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In the past, the only way consumers were able to buy products was through physical distribution channel, hence the typical strategies to meet the customer needs were primarily focused on opening more locations or increasing the hours and days of operation (think Sunday shopping and 24-hour stores in the past decade). Much has changed since
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Retain, Attract, Transact: How to Create Branded Customer Experience Jean-Pierre Lacroix will be presenting at GlobalShop 2015 (March 24-26, Las Vegas). His session titled Retain, Attract, Transact: How to Create Branded Customer Experience, will take place on Wednesday, March 25, 2015; 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM, and will speak to creating retail experience that empowers the customer
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Retailers and marketers face a new set of retail opportunities thinly veiled as challenges. Looking at the glass half empty perspective – the challenges – today’s grocery shopper faces a complex and confusing retail environment with more than 60,000 supermarket products, and these numbers continue to grow along with the range of retail channels available. To amplify the
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Shikatani Lacroix, an award-wining design agency based in Toronto, Canada, designed and delivered the latest retail location for The Source. Located in Terminal 1, the open-concept kiosk opened in December 2014, and it’s based on the new store concept Shikatani Lacroix designed in collaboration with The Source, focusing on creating innovative retail experience. The Pearson
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As the only MLB team outside the U.S. to win the World Series, the Toronto Blue Jays franchise extends its brand outside the ballpark and strives to bring the ballpark experience to its nationwide following. Our video webinar discusses how does a brand envision new products and services, and how does it work toward creating
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Ellis Jacob, President and CEO of Cineplex Entertainment and Canadian Business magazine’s 2013 Most Innovative CEO, and Jean-Pierre Lacroix, President of Shikatani Lacroix discuss how brands can remain relevant in these disruptive times by innovating and focusing on the needs of their customers. Join Ellis Jacob and Jean-Pierre Lacroix for this Professional Development Lunch and
