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106 Design Leaders 2013 I t appears design is on the up and up, and 2012 was a positive step in the right direction for North American retail design, architecture and branding firms. The top 20 firms, according to retail billings, compiled $481.4 million last year, compared to $467.7 million in 2011. San Francisco-based Gensler took the top spot for the third consecutive year, with $70.4 million in retail billings, up from $65 million the previous year. This represents an 8 percent increase from 2011, and a 41 percent increase from its 2010 billings of $50 million. Gensler currently staffs approximately 3,500 employees (up from 3,100 in 2011) and devotes 9 percent of its portfolio to retail design (total billings for the company came in at $751 million—also a big uptick for the year). According to Gensler, leading retail clients include General Motors, Fast Retailing, El Palacio de Hierro and Microsoft. The company also indicated that 15 percent of its work is coming from outside the United States, primarily in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America. Company Total Annual Billings Retail Billings Bellevue, Wash.-based MulvannyG2 Architecture jumped up to the No. 2 spot this year, reporting retail billings of $68.3 million in 2012 (up from 2011’s $42.8 million). The company’s leading retail clients include Costco Wholesale, Target, Kohl’s and Kroger, and the firm reports that big-box (60 percent) and supermarket (20 percent) make up the largest channels of retail projects they worked on in the past year. Dropping to third this year is Seattle-based Callison with $60 million in retail billings (still a sizeable increase from 2011’s $44 million). Miller Zell rose up three spots to No. 4 with $29 million (matching their billings from last year), Perkowitz+Ruth Architects held strong at No. 5 with $28.5 million and WD Partners fell two spots to No. 6 with $27.9 million. Methodology: All firms are listed alphabetically in the Design Leaders listing. A “DNR” designation in the summary chart indicates that the firm “did not report” information in the category. All financial information was supplied by the responding firms and has not been audited by DDI, which is not responsible for inaccurate information. Retail Services Offered Sq. Ft. Company 555 International Inc. James Geier, President 4501 S. Western Blvd. Chicago, IL 60609 (773) 869-0555 F: (773) 376-0555 www.555.com info@555.com $1,400,000 $460,000 95,000 $3,400,000 Juliette Lauer, Marketing/PR Administrator 2709 N. Rocky Point Dr., Ste. 201 Tampa, FL 33607 (813) 281-9299 F: (813) 281-9292 www.apiplus.com jlauer@apiplus.com $3,400,000 1,671,052 Architecture, store design/ planning, visual merchandising, project management, signage/ graphics design, document/ roll-out coordination, strategic marketing/research, branding & identity design Architectural Group Intl. (AGI) Greg Matsey, Marketing & Branding Director 15 W. Seventh St. Covington, KY 41011 (859) 261-5400 F: (859) 261-5530 www.agi-global.com gmatsey@agi-global.com | April/May 2013 DNR DNR 3,500,000 Architecture, store design/ planning, visual merchandising, project management, signage/ graphics design, document/ roll-out coordination, strategic marketing/research, branding & identity design $70.4 million $68.3 million $60 million $29 million $28.5 million $27.9 million $26 million $23.2 million $22.6 million $18.2 million $15.5 million $13.5 million $12.5 million $12.1 million $11.8 million $8.7 million $8.6 million $8.5 million $8.1 million $8.05 million Figures have been rounded for this chart. Amounts represent revenue from retail design services only. In many instances, the firm’s total billings are higher. Not all Design Leaders firms chose to disclose financial figures. Retail Billings Retail Services Offered Sq. Ft. $666,000 $320,000 325,000 Architecture, store design/ planning, project management, signage/graphics design $10,563,000 $1,505,700 67,400 Architecture, store design/ planning, project management, signage/graphics design, document/roll-out coordination Total Annual Billings Avila Design Inc. Architecture, store design/ planning, visual merchandising, project management, signage/ graphics design, document/ roll-out coordination, strategic marketing/research, branding & identity design, installation services api(+) Annual retail billings in 2012: 1 Gensler 2 MulvannyG2 Architecture 3 Callison 4 Miller Zell 5 Perkowitz+Ruth Architects 6 WD Partners 7 Big Red Rooster 8 GreenbergFarrow 9 FRCH Design Worldwide 10 Little 11 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 12 Chipman Design Architecture 13 Shremshock Architects Inc. 14 CASCO Diversified Corp. 15 CMA 16 GPD Group 17 Shive-Hattery Inc. 18 Tricarico Architecture and Design PC 19 GH+A 20 Sargenti Architects David Avila, Owner/Principal 2471 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 548-2000 F: (510) 548-2300 www.aviladesign.com d_avila@aviladesign.com A Baskervill Tracey Gould, Director of Marketing 101 S. 15th St., Ste. 200 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 343-1010 F: (804) 343-0909 www.baskervill.com tgould@baskervill.com B Bergmeyer Associates Inc. $9,600,000 Anne Johnson, Marketing Director 51 Sleeper St. Boston, MA 02210 (617) 542-1025 F: (617) 542-1026 www.bergmeyer.com ajohnson@bergmeyer.com $6,720,000 1,200,000 Architecture, store design/ planning, visual merchandising, project management, signage/ graphics design, document/ roll-out coordination www.ddionline.com http://www.555.com http://www.aviladesign.com http://www.baskervill.com http://www.apiplus.com http://www.agi-global.com http://www.bergmeyer.com http://www.ddionline.com

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