Retail experts share insights into how food retailers can retool their online operations in response to the pandemic. Read more here.

Chester’s Chicken, the cult-favorite fresh fried chicken quick-service restaurant concept with more than 1,200 locations and over 50 years of success, is introducing its first store redesign in nearly 20 years at three new locations – Durant, Oklahoma; Monroe, Louisiana; and Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The new look features a fresh color palette, updated menu boards, and modern architectural and interior brand elements throughout – designed to create a better connection between the customer and Chester’s famous fried chicken, prepared fresh in store throughout the day.

The elevated in-store experience is the next phase of Chester’s brand refresh, following the 2020 launch of the company’s new website with an enhanced library of marketing and training tools for franchisees, as well as a new, simplified logo that focuses on the lovable Chester the Chicken mascot. Within the past year, Chester’s has also introduced new branded packaging and overhauled its digital menu board design. Read more here.

Oracle Industries Innovation Lab was recognized as one of the 2021 AIA Ohio Design Merit Awards For Newly Completed Buildings. See full article here.

Bellyard, West Midtown Atlanta, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, nestled in The Interlock, is. Operated by Pivot, the sophisticated hotspot boasts 161 inviting, yet contemporary suites and guestrooms. Read more here.

NELSON Worldwide welcomes Radhika Dharanipalan as Senior Project Manager based out of the Alpharetta, Georgia, office. As Senior Project Manager, Radhika will lead the development and coordination of civic education projects—working collaboratively with both in-house and consultant teams on multiple projects through all stages of design, with passion, creativity, and acute attention to detail.

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Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global strategic management advisory, tapped NELSON Worldwide for the expansion of its existing Business Services Center based in Atlanta, dubbed Nexus.

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In a recent article with Business Of Furniture, teammate Kristin Cerutti discussed how designers want the capability to self-serve, but what makes reps great in the future remains the same.

“We’ve had some of these struggles for years, but it has significantly increased with everyone going remote. At the moment, we are having to communicate to our clients in completely different ways than we were before. Today, we need Revit files even earlier in the process and install photos to be able to see things like seaming. Remember, we’re trying to sell ideas to a client who might be inherently less visual than most of us are. This helps save all of us from the heartache and shock of walking in and not being what they expected.” Read the full article here.

Award-winning architecture, design, and strategy firm NELSON Worldwide, announced the addition of Haril A. Pandya, FAIA LEED AP, as Senior VP and managing director of the Boston office. Read more here.