C&A New Store Concept (NSC): Design Research and Evaluation Report

In recent years, ‘experience’ has become an over-used and ill-de!ned term in the creation of physical environments, particularly in the retail industry. Designers and clients realise that the spaces providing sales or services need to be more than purely functional. An Econsulting/Adobe survey of 2020 recorded that 86% of customers were willing to spend more for a great experience over price and product. In 2015 Gensler were asked by C&A, a long-established European retailer in a"ordable fashion, to design a new retail concept applicable to their 1,500 stores across 12 countries. Due to growing competition, the aim was to develop from a transactional retail model to a customer ‘experience’ focus. There was, however, little methodology available to guide the design decisions or to provide relevant criteria that would be appropriate to establishing a measurable outcome. This document describes the research carried out by the Gensler team, led by Jon Tollit, together with C&A during the design development process prior to implementation of the !rst stores. The process helped de!ne and in#uence the subsequent evolution of the Gensler Experience Index (ExI). The project incorporated Jon Tollit’s previous retail experience of over 30 years, which included: iconic Joseph stores in London during the 1980s, with Eva Jiricna Architects; the !rst Apple stores in the UK in the early 2000s; and strategic development with Selfridges post-2009 with Gensler, all of which were at the forefront of innovation in retail design at the time. Tollit’s career has shadowed the changing atmosphere of brand and customer interface in di"erent markets. He joined Gensler in 2001 speci!cally to build a multi-disciplinary studio to investigate and develop a broader understanding of this ‘people focused’ phenomenon, utilising the !rm’s global reach and active support of speci!c sector research, unusual in the design !eld at the time. Each project, in a rapid design and delivery industry, became a means of research and testing that would inform the subsequent project, providing relevant knowledge for future clients. Tollit became !rmwide Retail Practice Area leader at Gensler in 2008

The Concept of Time in a Commentary on The Physics Attributeo to Antonius Andreae

TEMPUS, AEVUM, AETERNITAS La concettualizzazione del tempo nel pensiero tardomedievale, Atti del Colloquio Internazionale (Trieste, 4-6 marzo 1999) A cura di G. Alliney e L. Cova 2000. Studiosi di tutta Europa hanno messo a fuoco vari aspetti delle teorie filosofiche e teologiche sul tempo che contraddistinsero il tardo pensiero medievale (secoli XIII e XIV). I saggi da cui sono costituiti gli Atti rappresentano un rilevante contributo alla ricerca più attuale in questo settore di studi

Habitus or the Possibility of Science of the Contingent

Numer został przygotowany przy wsparciu Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego (1222/P-DUN/2015).Most of sciences can be traced back to Aristotle. This is because in opposition to Plato he was able to find a way in which one could give a scientific form to reflection concerning contingent facts of every-day life. Knowledge of the contingent was made possible thanks to the Aristotelian concepts of category and state (habitus). It is the latter concept that was especially important for forming knowledge about change. Aristotle and his medieval followers apply it in analyses of various processes, from local motion to changes in temperaments, to formation of virtues.Ministry of Science and Higher Education Republic of Poland (1222/P-DUN/2015

A peep or a gaze? References to Antonius Andreae in "Quaestiones super physicam" by Theodoricus of Magdeburg

Conference publication: Via Scoti : methodologica ad mentem Joannis Duns Scoti : atti del Congresso scotistico internazionale, Roma 9-11 marzo 199

Fiscal policy in an era of surpluses

Fiscal policy ; Budget ; Budget deficits

They Were Meant for Each Other: Professor Edward Cooper and the Rules Enabling Act

This introduction to the essays in this Symposium illuminates Professor Ed Cooper\u27s years as Reporter to the Civil Rules Committee by first briefly describing those who preceded him in the position and his own background. We then describe some of Ed Cooper\u27s many contributions to the Civil Rules Committee, the Federal Rules, rulemaking, and civil procedure by examining the present state of the Rules Committees\u27 work under the Rules Enabling Act. We conclude that after almost eighty years of experience under that Act, it is working well in large part because of the sound leadership provided by Ed Cooper over his twenty years as Reporter. It was during these years that the Committee developed an approach to rulemaking that was at once transparent and empirical, with multiple opportunities for participation by members of the public, the bench, the academy, and the bar; with many informal opportunities for consultation with members of Congress and the Executive Branch; and with an understanding by the Committee of its role in relation to the courts, Congress, and the Executive. Two episodes of recent rulemaking and related activity are described as examples of how well the Rules Enabling Act is working, in large part because of the very flexibility and discretion the Act has provided since 1934. One of those episodes occurred when Judge Anthony Scirica chaired the Standing Committee and then- Judge David Levi chaired the Civil Rules Committee. The other occurred when Judge Lee Rosenthal and Judge Mark Kravitz were the chairs of the Standing and Civil Rules Committees, respectively. Both episodes provide a basis for optimism about the future. And they make clear Ed Cooper\u27s continued steady role in supporting and cultivating the robust good health of the rulemaking process and the institutional values it protects

Changing financial industry structure and regulation

Banking structure ; Bank management