A popular high-tech retailer recently used NVision Inc.'s long-range scanning and measurement services to reduce by one full month the time and cost of expanding its business into a newly vacated space. The system is designed to scan large structures where precise manual measurements are difficult or even impossible.

The scans were used to create a computer-aided design (CAD) file that revealed numerous interferences contained within the proposed design for the vacant space. The retailer used the CAD file to revise its designs before construction began, thus avoiding costly and time-consuming midconstruction corrections.

When a retailer closes its brick-and-mortar store, it can provide a neighboring retailer with the opportunity to expand its own space, increasing its displays, inventory, customer services, and ultimately, sales. However, this opportunity invariably requires some redesign work and new construction on the part of the expanding retailer.

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