LEX News

Close the Online / Offline Gap for Retail Facilities

Brick and motor retailers are finding the competition even more intense with online shopping and it grows fiercer every year.

Downloads of shopping apps saw a 76% increase from 2015 to 2016 according to Retail Dive, indicating a strong change in the way consumers choose to research and perhaps complete their purchases. Furthermore, it is estimated by 2025, 20% of grocery purchases will be made online (Source: Harvard Business Review, What the Grocery Stores Holding Their Own Against Amazon Are Doing Right, 2019).


Three Focal Point products are awarded 2019 PIA Awards

A distinguished panel of eighteen judges consisting of designers and lighting specialists awarded three Focal Point products an Architectural SSL magazine 2019 Product Innovation Award.


Architectural Lighting Works (ALW) Announces Acquisition of V2 Lighting Group

ALW announced that it has acquired v2 Lighting Group, Inc. of San Jose, CA, a move that further strengthens ALW’s position as an industry-leading manufacturer of specification-grade architectural and decorative LED luminaires. v2 Lighting Group is the leader in high-performance and highly-configurable cylinders, pendants, and sconces, making their product lines extremely complementary to ALW’s linear, MoonRing, and bespoke designs.


A Confluence of Light + Sound

Shaper Sense is a new line of lighting products that integrate lighting and acoustic sound absorption materials together. Partnering with FilzFelt, a natural materials and acoustics leader, has led to innovative, award winning, yet simple product designs that meet the needs of open spaces where unwanted noise has become an issue. The solution based strategy of high performance lighting along with the industries highest level of sound absorbing materials and the widest array of color selections, within simple forms, give maximum freedom in design.


Light Without Boundaries Meets the Center of Gravity

A Mixed-Use Development that is the central destination in a vibrant arts district adjacent to downtown Columbus offering a live-work-play campus with a rich program of amenities.