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Networking Communications for a Collective Retailing District of Small Scale Brick-And-Mortar Stores

Rong, Sike
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171660317983

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2020, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
"Retail community" has been defined as curated shopping experiences that build relationships with "an engaged customer base" (Creating Community, n.d.) beyond mere product purchases and transactions. To cultivate local communities by facilitating dialogue amongst shopkeepers and shoppers, and by networking retail community assets, this thesis project explores design opportunities for formulating a communication platform in a retailing district of small scale brick-and-mortar stores. The design intervention taps into the shopper's journey, examines the needs and desires of small-scale retailers, and proposes a digitally-enhanced retail community (Chung, 2000) that engages, interacts with, and brings together individual shopping experiences into a network of collective communications, narratives, and information to promote social interactions and physical engagement in the district.
Matthew Wizinsky, M.F.A. (Committee Chair)
Heekyoung Jung, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
104 p.
Design
Platform Design; Retail Community; Customer Journey; Experience Design

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  • Rong, S. (2020). Networking Communications for a Collective Retailing District of Small Scale Brick-And-Mortar Stores [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171660317983

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rong, Sike. Networking Communications for a Collective Retailing District of Small Scale Brick-And-Mortar Stores. 2020. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171660317983.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rong, Sike. "Networking Communications for a Collective Retailing District of Small Scale Brick-And-Mortar Stores." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1593171660317983

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