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Can our closet wars help us to select our sustainability battles!
I love this chart! It was produced using Globaldata research and is now more than 5 years old. It predicted what types of retailer our fashion wardrobe would be bought from, up to the year 2028. As we stand here in 2025 we can now see how accurate the predications were. Even if we consider […]
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No.10: ‘The Golden Equation for Perfect Shop Space!’ – ’52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’
Post No.10 in the weekly newsletter series: ‘52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’ You too can have ‘The Perfect Shop’ by this time next year! It is often said when writing music that it is not the notes that make the song, it is the spaces in-between. Similarly when it comes to shop space planning, […]
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No.09: ‘Every store is different, but every linear metre is the same!’ – ’52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’
Post No.09 in the weekly newsletter series: ‘52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’ You too can have ‘The Perfect Shop’ by this time next year! I’ve worked with many retail businesses, with many shops. We always go on a tour of their shops. Sometimes all of the shops are bad, rarely all of the shops […]
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