Digital can reach you. Retail can move you.
A screen has limits. A physical space doesn’t.
In-store is one of the only places a brand can reach a consumer across all five senses — all at once. That’s not something any digital channel can fully replicate.
Hear more about why physical retail still holds an advantage no algorithm can close. ⬇️🎧
Episode 2 of Cross/Fade on YouTube now. 🔗 Link in bio.
Material choices in retail are shifting. ♻️✨
Recycled and sustainable materials cannot be an afterthought — they are now central to how brands are thinking about store design and fixtures.
It’s one of the trends Mardie Bays and Jacob Beck brought back from the world’s largest retail trade fair.
Full breakdown on the latest episode of Cross/Fade. 🔗 Link in bio.
The store is changing. Faster than most brands realize.
Earlier this spring our team walked the floor at EuroShop — the world’s biggest retail trade fair — and came home with a lot to say.
The latest episode of Cross/Fade is live. Three industry vets. Real talk on retail innovation, what’s trending globally, and what it means for the work we’re all doing.
Link in bio. 🎙️
Do analytics make you creative or careful?
There’s a difference between a content creator and a creative — and it lives in the risk. One chases the trend. The other sets it.
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🎙️ Cross/Fade is here.
Ep 01 with Iz Mateo — designer, storyteller, creative. We talk about the risks worth taking, the discomfort you learn to sit with, and why storytelling is the thread through all of it.
Link in bio.
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Coming soon: Cross/Fade 🎙️
A podcast by @marks.global about everything brand, culture, craft, and what’s next.
(Cause we love this sh*t.)
This is the meeting-after-the-meeting. The candid stuff. Our honest takes on our own terms.
First up: Featured guest Iz Mateo, Storyteller & Product Designer who’s spent the last decade with a hand in shaping culture through the products we reach for every day.
New episodes dropping soon.
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