Take a look inside b8ta, a new store for discovering new tech products.  Learn how b8ta closes the gap between maker and buyer with a hands-on helpful retail customer experience that is much needed into today’s high tech, omnichannel world. other Brand Experience Briefs: Target Open House connected home store Apple Union Square Best Buy […]

Apple has removed the word “store” from the names of its retail locations.  This suggests Apple may be thinking about itself less as a product company and more as an experience brand.  This video analyzes the significance of this change and gives you a look at the retail customer experience at the new Apple Union Square in […]

This retail customer experience video audit and analysis takes you inside H-E-B, named The Best Grocery Store in America by Epicurious Magazine and #2 retailer in the Temkin Group’s 2016 Experience Ratings (beating out Amazon and Chick-fil-A). related Brand Experience Briefs: Central Market Boston Marathon Adidas Runbase Whole Foods Detroit transcript: Which grocery store chain was named The […]

What do you get when you combine a museum, community center, and store all focused on promoting running?  You get the Boston Marathon Adidas Runbase.  This Brand Experience Brief takes you inside this one of a kind venue. other Brand Experience Briefs you might enjoy: Nike vs. New Balance Sport Chalet Liberty Public Market, a […]

Liberty Public Market is one of the newest entries in a growing food retailing trend — the rise of public markets and food halls.  This video explains why these venues are so popular and gives you a brief tour of Liberty Public Market in San Diego. DLYohn Brand Experience: Brief Liberty Public Market from Denise Lee […]

Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room is part-brand story, part-flagship retail, part-working roastery, and a complete brand experience.  Take a look at this video audit and analysis to see why this special store might be Starbucks next big move to make specialty coffee more mainstream. DLYohn Brand Experience Brief: Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room […]

jeffery sears

Here’s an interview with Jeffery Sears, CEO at PIRCH, a premium retailer of appliances, plumbing, and home fixtures. I spoke with Jeffery during the research for my new book, Extraordinary Experiences: What Great Retail and Restaurant Brands Do, and in the book I highlighted the brand for sweating the small stuff because of PIRCH’s devotion to […]

What do Mitch Joel, Mark Di Somma, Adam Toporek, Jeannie Walters, Mike Wittenstein, and yours truly have to say about customer experience and brand-building?  Check out this slideshare of quotes, Great Brands Create Extraordinary Experiences. These nuggets of wisdom are culled from a series of interviews I had with business thought-leaders about my new book, Extraordinary Experiences: […]

Pages from DLYohn ChangeThis Its the Experience Stupid Manifesto

“Those businesses that relegate themselves to the diminishing world of goods and services will be rendered irrelevant. To avoid this fate, you must learn to stage a rich, compelling experience.” These words were written over 18 years ago by Joe Pine and James Gilmore in their book The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre and Every Business a […]