Vol. VI, No. 4, August/September 2006

  1. Editor's corner
  2. Time means more than money
  3. State of the Industry Report, is it really so?
  4. Coffee, café, play, Mommy and me
  5. Developing children's play
  6. Away-from-home leisure competition increasing
  7. Taming the thrills attracts families
  8. Thematic food
  9. Miniature golf factoid
  10. Construction cost escalation continues
  11. The Stinger Report now free
  12. First T-REX Café opens
  13. 2007 Foundation Entertainment University dates and locations set
  14. In the news
  15. Retail developers become restaurant and entertainment operators
  16. Update on summer teenage labor force participation
  17. New projects

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In the news

In addition to having our whitepaper, Time is more than money, published in the June 2006 issue of RePlay Magazine (see story above), we've also been in the news.

The August Newsletter of the Middle East Council of Shopping Centres (MECSC) included an article Fun at the Mall that discussed trends with retail-tainment. Randy White, our CEO, was extensively quoted as an expert in the article. (Click here to download the article as a PDF file)

Then, the September 6, 2006 issue of the Kansas City Star newspaper, metropolitan Kansas City's daily newspaper, had a front page article, Playing up playtime: It's kids' leaning gift, that also quoted Randy White, this time on the design of play environments for children and children's need for open-ended, hands-on, imaginative and outdoor play. Paradise Park, one of the centers our company designed and produced, was also cited in the article as an example of a facility that offers children interactive play. (Click here to download the article as a PDF file)

Vol. VI, No. 4, August/September 2006

  1. Editor's corner
  2. Time means more than money
  3. State of the Industry Report, is it really so?
  4. Coffee, café, play, Mommy and me
  5. Developing children's play
  6. Away-from-home leisure competition increasing
  7. Taming the thrills attracts families
  8. Thematic food
  9. Miniature golf factoid
  10. Construction cost escalation continues
  11. The Stinger Report now free
  12. First T-REX Café opens
  13. 2007 Foundation Entertainment University dates and locations set
  14. In the news
  15. Retail developers become restaurant and entertainment operators
  16. Update on summer teenage labor force participation
  17. New projects

[ Index of Previous eNewsletters ]