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The retail experience: plugged or unplugged?

Technology has changed the retail landscape dramatically over the past 10 years, so much so that many people proclaimed digital shopping would kill retail altogether. In reality, technology has enabled retailers to connect with consumers better than ever before, and for those brands willing to innovate, it has provided them with a significant advantage in […]

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SLD Hosts First Executive Breakfast Summit

In partnership with Cineplex Digital Media, we hosted our first Executive Breakfast Summit on April 10 in Toronto. President Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and Fab Stanghieri, General Manager of Cineplex Digital Media discussed “The Changing Physical and Digital Consumer Landscape.” At Cineplex Digital Media, they believe screens have the power to revolutionize how the world does business. When used to their

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New Research Validates VR and Neuroscience as Effective Retail Design Tools

Immersive design agency Shikatani Lacroix Design (SLD) and Chinese strategic innovation and branding consultancy MetaThink have proven the effectiveness of combining neuroscience and virtual reality to test consumers’ emotional responses to a virtual retail environment by recording the same consumer responses to the physical one. A world first, this research validates the use of VR

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VR and Neuroscience Enabled Agile Design

Retail banks are facing challenges from every direction, from the stealth erosion of accounts to competing banks; from online only financial institutions to non-traditional banking platforms. On top of that, banks are reckoning with how they can gain greater value from their retail network. The challenge would be less daunting if it weren’t for the

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Get Investors Excited About Your Corporate Rebranding

Once you’ve gotten the board of directors, C-Suite and everyone on the management team on board with the decision to rebrand, there’s one more hurdle that publicly traded companies need to clear: their investors. Ensuring that investors don’t lose faith in management requires that you justify every major decision your company makes and a rebrand can

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Centre for Digital Experience

What is Digital Experience and Why It Matters When: Tuesday, March 21st, 5-7:30pm What: Centre for Digital Experience (CDX) Where: Marriott Hotel, Toronto The Centre for Digital Experience (CDX) is a non-profit program for digital media use development. The event attracts members of the brand, retail, end users and supply communities. Join Richard Dirstein, Shikatani Lacroix’s Principal and EVP Design and

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Digital Outlook 2017 – The Transformation of Business and Communications

There has been a massive evolution in digital technology over the last two decades that has resulted in a major shift in customer expectations. Doug Bannister, CEO and CTO of leading software solutions company Omnivex, is an industry pioneer who has spent the last 25 years at the forefront of this digital transformation. In this

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Digital Transformation Of Business And Communications – Part 2

As a business owner and communications industry veteran, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, President of Shikatani Lacroix, a Toronto-based branding and design agency, has seen a massive evolution in technology and customer/employee expectations over the last two decades. In part 2 of this multi-part executive Q&A series I will chat with Jean-Pierre about what is driving digital transformation

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Digital Transformation of Business and Communications – Part 1

As a business owner and communications industry veteran, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, President of Shikatani Lacroix, a Toronto-based branding and design agency, has seen a massive evolution in technology and customer/employee expectations over the last two decades. In this multi-part executive Q&A series I will chat with Jean-Pierre about how digital technologies are transforming businesses in every

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