Category: assortment structure planning
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Brand Enhanced: Lefties Labelling with Love
There may be devil in the detail but the rewards will definitely come well before heaven. Value retailing continues to expand its expertise and grow competence in areas traditionally well outside its remit. Lefties leads the Iberian pack with expert enhancements that press all the added-value buttons, seams, adornments, tickets and labels. Key to…
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Carpe Diem: Seize every Nike opportunity
Think football, think World Cup, think leary overweight men in replica kits? Think again, think high technology fitness wear, think the colours of the world’s most famous football teams as you’ve never seen them before; think Nike World Cup, think opportunity and think innovation. Irrespective of the World Cup feeding frenzy Nike has projected…
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Sometime Soon: Parfois plans for a Perpetual Summer
From a quiet corner of Portugal, in a land famous for exceptional quality and craftsmanship in leather goods, Parfois has developed a brand and a reputation that has taken it on a quiet adventure into 20 countries. Its understated stores are calm and classic, a suitable setting for an assortment with is gentle on…
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Ladies fashion: always the “black-widow spider” for menswear?
Do you have the problem of balancing the proposition of mens and ladies fashion? Fashion credentials do not always translate easily between genders. Particularly when a dominant female perception has been built for many years, the move to menswear can be difficult and delicate to position. Ironically the stronger the female brand, the more successful…
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Power Player: Reebok Reefreshed, Reenergised
Hot on the Heels of Athleta, Reebok unveils its urban equivalent… A hub for staying fit and fired in the hectic haze of modern life. the collection is focused and fashionable but overall highly functional for the street, the gym or the court, building on Reeboks heritage as one of the pioneers of…
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Selfridges Denim Devolution: Browse the Pinterest Gallery
Destination denim stretched its legs and stepped out as the World’s largest dedicated denim studio. No idle fascination this 2500 square metres throws a curved ball at the conventions of category collections with Selfridges claiming jeans from £11 to £11,000 in a range of over 11,000 pieces. Denim journeys unfold past acrobatic mannequins and parades…
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Balancing Act Up and Running: Go Directly to Sports
She Runs. He Runs.” is a new proposition on the footwear floor of Sports Direct, the discount leader in the European sports market. Regularly criticised for its level of expertise and service, particularly in the footwear world where technical information and brand communication is essential in the buying process, it has teamed up with…
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Cap in Hand: A New Era in Headwear
To be head and shoulders above a crowded category requires dominance of range and unparalleled choice. A New Era has dawned in the competitive market for souvenir and sporting caps inspired by the vast array of US sporting franchises whose merchandisers market everything from replica kits, memorabilia and the ubiquitous baseball cap. The central…
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Splendid Isolee: Courting the In-Crowd
The re-invention of the department store, a place that selects the best from the rest, finds another incarnation in the distinctly desirably shape of Isolee. A generation on from the ground-breaking Colette, beckoning the Parisian partisan into a world of the coolest brands – the bijoux boutique, beauty emporium and couture cafe combination shows…
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Wide Assortment: Piquadro’s Spatial Awareness
Dimensions that you only dream about, offer the opportunity for Piquadro to showcase its assortment to the passing shopper. Space and structural planning mirror category and collection ranging to provide a store that replicates the perfect pilot. The retailer response is a corridor of discovery on a journey from travel to totes, from fashion…
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