Category: assortment structure planning
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No.10: ‘The Golden Equation for Perfect Shop Space!’ – ’52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, retail, retail management, retail strategy, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operationsPost 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!’
in assortment structure planning, retail, retail management, retail organisations, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store operations audits, store operations compliance, telling product stories, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operations, VM Selling Toolkit, VManalyticsPost 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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No.08: ‘Visual Merchandising: Open this box of delights with care!’ – ’52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’
Post No.08 in the weekly newsletter series: ‘52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’ You too can have ‘The Perfect Shop’ by this time next year! Now that we’ve started working in linear metre ‘Product Story Blocks’ we can really start to plan and control the visual look of our displays. As we are hopefully learning,…
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“Shein don’t Cheat, they Compete!” – Discuss…
in assortment structure planning, ethical retailing, fabrics, fashion, fast fashion, internationalisation, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, product development, product suppliers, pureplay, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, social savvy, supply-chains, sustainability, value retailingAnd then suddenly from the Shein silence, the non-communication with government committees, potential shareholders and the general public, we have Peter Pernot-Day, Shein’s head of strategic and corporate affairs in North America, the UK and Europe, speaking to delegates at Retail Week’s Live 2025 conference. Firstly, thank you to Retail Week for sharing his speech…
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No.07: ‘Products are not born equal, so don’t buy & display them as though they are!’ – ’52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’
in assortment structure planning, customer experience, fashion, impulse retailing, product development, retail, retail management, retail strategy, shop of the future, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store operations compliance, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operations, VM Selling Toolkit, VManalyticsPost No.07 in the weekly newsletter series: ‘52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’ You too can have ‘The Perfect Shop’ by this time next year! ‘Products are not born equal!’ They have different commercial and emotional roles to play in your assortment. And to be financially successful, you need to have the correct balance of…
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Uniqlo: ‘Now a luxury that none of us can afford to ignore!’
Technical materials development has always been at the heart of Uniqlo’s evolution as a producer and retailer. But for many customers, fibres & fabrics alone, no matter how innovative are not enough. They want more fashion and styling in what they choose to buy and wear. Enter Uniqlo’s latest appointment in the shape of its…
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No.06: Transforming ‘Linear Metres’ into ‘Product Story Blocks’ – ’52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’
in analytics, assortment structure planning, customer experience, customer-engagement, multi-category, retail, retail management, retail organisations, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, supply-chains, telling product stories, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operations, VM Selling Toolkit, VManalyticsPost No.06 in the weekly newsletter series: ‘52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’ You too can have ‘The Perfect Shop’ by this time next year! When we transform quantitative ‘Linear Metres’ into ‘Product Story Blocks’ it is a huge milestone in developing your shops. You are evolving the shop concept from numbers & data into…
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‘Making the most of the winter blues?’ IKEA have it in the bag!
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, food & drink, home, in-store services, internationalisation, location strategy, packaging, personalisation, pop-up stores, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, shop of the future, store experience, store theatre, telling product stories, town centre planning, visual merchandising, windowsIKEA is so much more than a retailer of things. It is a business driven by a philosophy of innovation and ideas, and not least, a dry Scandinavian sense of humour. The brand will magnificently be seen in all of its glory soon, when it opens its London West End flagship store in Oxford Circus,…
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No.05: Introducing the beauty of linear metres into your space planning – ’52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’
in analytics, assortment structure planning, customer experience, high street planning, multi-category, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail strategy, shop of the future, space management, space planning, store layout, store operations, store operations compliance, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operations, VM Selling Toolkit, VManalyticsPost No.05 in the weekly newsletter series: ‘52 Steps to the Perfect Shop!’ You too can have ‘The Perfect Shop’ by this time next year! When planning shops, and when planning the product to go in them, we need to be analytical. We need to study the data to ensure that our options per sqm…
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Brompton bikes back-peddling through the turmoil of Supply & Demand!
Brompton bikes were first invented in 1975. Their story is one of supply & demand. From high demand and little competition to market saturation. It is a lesson in retail economics for all of us. Brompton is known as an innovator in the world of cycling. The brand that developed an urban bike that commuters…
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