Airports

In high-stimulus public spaces, our bodies do more than react – they strategise.
Airports, hospitals, and stadiums all evoke subtle “Flight” responses: scanning, pacing, early exits.
Understanding how threat appraisal drives behaviour can help architects and planners design calmer spaces – and reveal why relaxation, not excitement, predicts dwell, spend, and satisfaction.

Pop-up retail isn’t new by any means but its not seen that much in airports except as casual leasing in “spare” space.  What is interesting is how its being handled in a new store opening soon at Glasgow Airport.  They’ve leased a shop to Planeshop as a permanent tenant but the actual brand/retail concept featured […]

Not much smells better than freshly baked cookies and every food retailer knows, nothing stimulates purchase like something that gets the mouth salivating and the stomach gurgling.  So how terrific is this new idea from Toronto’s Sweet Flour Bake Shop!.  They let customers design their own cookies and bake them fresh in only 2 minutes. […]

Aside from the extraordinary range of F&B, T5 also distinguishes itself with an innovative retail mix consisting of: Blue Sky Traders  — Newsstand, sundries, “Read & Return” books and Press Express, a grab-and-go newspaper dispenser. Borders — Full-size bookstore offering 7,000 titles as well as CDs and DVDs. Brighton — Creative accessories you can mix […]

All the F&B at JetBlue‘s JFK Terminal 5 is operated by OTG. There are essentially 4 components to their F&B strategy. Full service restaurants/cafes showcasing some of NYC’s top chefs A gourmet food hall which enables passengers to mix & match menu items from 8 quick serve eateries A Gourmet Market which offers more than […]