Category: assortment structure planning
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Why being a ‘Digital-first’ retailer teaches us to be brave but not irresponsible.
in analytics, assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, space management, space planning, store operations, store operations audits, store operations compliance, supply-chains, visual merchandising operations, VManalytics, website excellenceOur favourite discussion from the bespoke workshop: How to think & act like a ‘Digital-First Retailer!’ Learn how to be precise, quick, brave and successful Digital-first businesses take actions with precise data. This minimises risk. They monitor the result of actions with more analysis and assessments. There is no such thing as a wrong action,…
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Rapha: A renaissance in cycling
in accessories, assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, food & drink, in-store services, internationalisation, leisure & sport, new retail, omni-channel retailing, product suppliers, retail, retail brand heritage, retail strategy, shop of the future, social savvy, store experience, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandisingThe lessons for us all: “Never treat your customers as a commodity but as a community. To have a community you must have common passions, missions and values. You must believe and mean something to your customers. And you must re-establish and re-enforce that meaning in everything that you do.” Rapha Performance Road wear is…
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Petit Pli: One giant leap in space-age fashion
in assortment structure planning, customer service, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, fashion accessories, footwear, in-store services, internationalisation, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail businesses, retail strategy, shop of the future, store experience, supply-chains, sustainability, telling product storiesThe lessons for us all: “Petit Pli is born from innovation and invention and has created unique materials & products that make it unique. But it is essential that every retailer also lives continuously with innovation and invention. In the best and worst of times continually look forwards to be new, newsworthy and interesting for…
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Bike Shed Motorcycle Club: Revving up Community
in assortment structure planning, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, food & drink, footwear, health & beauty, in-store services, internationalisation, leisure & sport, location strategy, menswear, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail organisations, retail strategy, social savvy, store experience, store theatre, telling product storiesThe lessons for us all: “You can teach people how to be successful at retailing, if they have the passion. But it’s much more difficult to teach ‘Passion’ even to people who know how to buy & sell. People really love to buy passion, today!” The Bike Shed Motorcycle Club started in November 2011 as…
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Zara Battersea: High visibility through hidden technologies
in assortment structure planning, customer experience, customer service, fashion accessories, fast fashion, footwear, home, internationalisation, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, menswear, omni-channel retailing, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, shop of the future, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, visual merchandisingThe lessons for us all: “It is one thing designing & buying the best product in the world, but another level when you can say with confidence where every piece of it is! We should all learn from Zara’s product passport investment, so we can ensure we sell all of what we produce. We make…
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Zara Battersea: High visibility Pinterest gallery
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, fashion accessories, fast fashion, home, internationalisation, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, menswear, omni-channel retailing, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail businesses, retail strategy, shop of the future, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, visual merchandising, windowsZara has taken the wraps off its latest flagship – a two-story, online-integrated space – housed in an arresting new building, which forms part of the ambitious regeneration of the Battersea Power Station complex, created by the celebrated architect Frank Gehry. The tech-driven store, which at 4,500sqm is Zara’s largest commercial space in the UK,…
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Bike Shed Motorcycle Club: Revving up Community – Pinterest gallery
in accessories, assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, food & drink, in-store services, internationalisation, leisure & sport, multi-category, packaging, Pinterest Gallery, pop-up stores, retail, retail organisations, retail strategy, social savvy, store experience, store theatre, telling product storiesIn November 2015, the Bike Shed motorcycle Club tentatively opened it’s doors on a 12,000 square foot venue across four renovated railway arches in the heart of it’s original home, Shoreditch, in Central London. The BSMC at 384 Old Street now features a 100 seat cafe and restaurant, with bike parking on a private street…
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Petit Pli: One giant Pinterest gallery
in assortment structure planning, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, fashion accessories, footwear, in-store services, internationalisation, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, packaging, Pinterest Gallery, product suppliers, retail, retail businesses, retail organisations, retail strategy, shop of the future, store experience, store theatre, supply-chains, sustainability, telling product stories, visual merchandisingFounded in 2017 by aeronautical engineer, Ryan Mario Yasin, Petit Pli invents and applies groundbreaking material technologies that solve problems for individuals, businesses and the planet across the textiles value chain. The entrepreneurs have been inspired by space since the beginning, and everything they create has to pass the Mars Test. “If you’re planning on…
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Retail Strategies: Defining a ‘Customer Focused Retail Proposition’
What we can learn: “The beauty of a new business is that the vision is everything. The horror of old businesses is that everything is visible!”
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So, ‘clothing rental’ is only commercially viable for expensive outfits worn on posh occasions? Think again!
in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, fashion accessories, fast fashion, footwear, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, pre-loved, preorder, re-sell, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, secondhand, sustainabilitySo, ‘clothing rental’ is only commercially viable for expensive outfits worn at posh occasions? Think again! To make clothing rental work it must be a commercial success for both the retailer and the customer. If either party loses out, then the business model will simply not work. With that in mind, perhaps you’ve been under…
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