Over the past century, many aspects of brick-and-mortar retail have changed, but the fundamentals of retail have not: A customer is looking for a product and expects to receive a great experience ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Bobby Marhamat There was ...

Those who portrayed brick-and-mortar stores as a relic of retail’s past have had to backtrack in a major way. Once regulatory restrictions allowed shoppers to visit physical stores once again, ...

At its core, the function of a brick-and-mortar today doesn't look much different than it did fifty years ago: A customer arrives looking for a product or service, the business provides it to them, ...

Brick is some seriously durable stuff—clay bricks commonly endure for a century or longer, and there are plenty of examples of brick structures that are much older than that. If you have a brick home ...