Tapping retail design ideas for healthcare

Good design attracts consumers and influences behavior


Healthcare providers are tapping retail design ideas because good design attracts consumers and influences behavior, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website. 

Retail establishments have leveraged design to drive sales and promote particular shopping habits for decades, and health care providers and designers can learn a great deal from their practices, the article said.

Key traits for retail health environments include:

• Be accessible. Walgreens designers have added large windows to welcome passersby.

• Be specific. Retailers know that they can’t be all things to all people. 

• Be nimble. Retail stores are designed to react to consumer shifts

Read the article.

 

 



July 22, 2015


Topic Area: Interior Design


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