{"id":13855,"date":"2026-02-08T14:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mg2.com\/?p=13855"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:13:52","slug":"experience-per-square-foot-rethinking-the-role-of-the-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mg2.com\/zh\/latest\/experience-per-square-foot-rethinking-the-role-of-the-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience per Square Foot: Rethinking the Role of the Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns post-header is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mg2.com\/zh\/latest\/category\/media-coverage\/\" rel=\"tag\">\u5a92\u4f53\u62a5\u9053<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Experience per Square Foot: Rethinking the Role of the Store<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"meta wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-02-08T14:54:18-07:00\">8 2 \u6708, 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/d1xchyov513y0i.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/09150134\/1770625240492.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-image-13858 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1xchyov513y0i.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/09150134\/1770625240492.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/d1xchyov513y0i.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/09150134\/1770625240492-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/d1xchyov513y0i.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/09150134\/1770625240492-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/d1xchyov513y0i.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/09150134\/1770625240492-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d1xchyov513y0i.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/09150134\/1770625240492-12x12.jpeg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>MG2 Principal Melissa Gonzalez recently joined Natalie Berg on her podcast, Retail Disrupted, to explore the future of experiential retail, why digitally native brands are investing in physical stores, and how purpose-led leadership is reshaping the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-charcoal-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/retaildisrupted.com\/episode\/experience-per-square-foot-rethinking-the-role-of-the-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Listen to the full episode on Retail Disrupted<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MG2 Principal Melissa Gonzalez recently joined Natalie Berg on her podcast, Retail Disrupted, to explore the future of experiential retail, why digitally native brands are investing in physical stores, and how purpose-led leadership is reshaping the industry.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":13858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2789],"tags":[],"markets":[261],"market_sectors":[2995,275],"location":[],"class_list":["post-13855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-coverage","markets-consumer-experiences","market_sectors-experiential-retail","market_sectors-specialty-retail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.6 (Yoast SEO v21.6) - 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