Category: assortment structure planning
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VM&RD: “What’s the Future of Visual Merchandising?” Part 2 “Forget people and forget VM!”
Extracted from the article on “What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” a first collaboration with VM&SD Magazine, India’s only magazine to focus on all aspects of retail design and visual merchandising in the context of branded shopping environment. “What is the future for visual merchandising? Part 2 “Forget people and forget VM!” This is at the…
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Tim Radley asks “What’s the Future of Visual Merchandising?” Part 1: A big question often requires us to go back to basics.
An article by Tim Radley in VM&RD Magazine I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to speak at the In-Store Asia event in Mumbai. What I found was energy, enthusiasm and real excitement about the future of Indian retail and this great industry in general. Consequently I wrote the article on “What is the…
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Highly Decorated: Orla Kiely Home for Heroes
Whether you know the name, the un-missable, unmistakable signature leaf pattern of Orla Kiely runs rampantly through most people’s lives like a real life creeper casting its colours and shapes on everything from stationery to lamp shades, from linen to laptop cases. The pattern evokes in its simplicity the sunny retro days of seventies consumerism…
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Personally Speaking: Anthropology for the People
By name and now by nature, Anthropology is a retailer for the people. There may be more commercially obvious operators who adorn their assortment with monograms and a monotony of namesakes but Anthropology is carefully personalising its parchment, customising its cushions whilst maintaining its decidedly desirable approach to product design and display. It’s beautifully…
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Vintage Velocity: Barbour Not just for the Weekend
Some brands become so synonymous with a single product that the wider brand heritage and values become lost in the mists of time, and are left behind in the pursuit to maximise the commercial potential of a unique market leadership. The new Barbour concept store seeks to redress the misconception that Barbour is…
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Larger than Life: Simply Be a Physical Presence
The complex kaleidoscope of omnichannel continues to see the cross-fertilisation of both the online channel and physical high streets and shopping malls with insurgents from the other side of the digital wall. Whilst the most successful physical brands continue to maximise online and mobile opportunities a noteworthy entrant in the opposite direction has recently…
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The White Company Sitting Comfortably: Pinterest Board
Never was there such a natural manoeuvre than the one that has seen The White Company ease itself to the forefront of intimate, everyday comfort wear. See the image board: Click below: RetailMeaning Pinterest: An inspirational showcase of brand new, retro, and vintage shop designs, visual displays & customer experiences. Classic retail spaces with…
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Understated & Effortless: The White Company Eases into Comfortable Commercialism
Never was there such a natural manoeuvre than the one that has seen The White Company ease itself to the forefront of intimate, everyday comfort wear. The worlds of sleep, home relaxation and selected socialising has created a quiet demand for soft, sensual and comfortable clothing that crosses the divide between personal and public…
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Connect & Collect: John Lewis Airport Ambassador
The rebuilt terminal 2 at Heathrow airport has many benefits beyond the bright new environment, faster check-in, streamlined security processes and state of the art facilities. New and refreshed formats abound in both food and retail, and amongst the dazzling displays and illuminated logos one brand shines brightly for the first time in the airport…
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Paddington’s Curiosity Shop at Selfridges: Pinterest board
Best sellers come in all shapes and sizes from Cuban boots to Peruvian bears. Selfridges always captures the popular crowd-pleases, presenting them with aplomb, enjoyment and emotional experience. A retailer always with a large slice of sticky trickery tucked under its considerable commercial hat. See the image board: Click below: RetailMeaning Pinterest: An inspirational…
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