Category: assortment structure planning
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Is there another Zara? Or is it running out of ‘fast-fashion time?’
in assortment structure planning, brave-words, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, footwear, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, supply-chains, sustainabilityZara is extraordinarily successful. But will it become a victim of its own success, so long as sustainability remains a victim of Zara. Zara has become the most amazingly successful fashion retailer ever. It perpetually fills its stores with new and exciting styles, that customers across the world constantly fall in love with. To achieve…
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There’s much more to successful store concepts than interior design!
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, high street planning, in-store services, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, town centre planning, visual merchandisingAre you are planning your new ‘Shop of the Future?’ Will it be more creative, more beautiful, more engaging and more exciting than ever? Well that will largely depend on whether it will be integrated and woven, more than ever, into the strategic and operational fabric of your modern retail business. The fact is there’s…
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IKEA: The value of ‘groundwork’ not ‘deskwork’ . From ‘customer to community experiences!’
in analytics, assortment structure planning, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, food & drink, high street planning, home, in-store services, internationalisation, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, personalisation, recycling, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, sustainability, town centre planningIKEA: ‘A lively happening’ coming soon to a place nearby There are many interesting learnings from the opening of the new IKEA shops across the globe, not least the fact that the roll-out is happening at a pace against a back-drop of shop closures, particularly amongst established chains. There is much to digest in the…
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What makes a successful physical retail shop? 75% Astute Strategies & 25% Creative Concepts
in assortment structure planning, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, in-store services, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, product suppliers, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store experience, store theatre, supply-chains, visual merchandisingWithout doubt the first-hand customer experience is the essential interaction that makes a physical retail shop a commercial and brand success. But as with the proverbial iceberg, there are a multitude of strategies and operational activities that go towards delivering that first-hand experience, and into making any shop, a success. And now that physical shops…
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The 6 Best Retail Strategies: No.5 Sustainability Strategies
in assortment structure planning, brave-words, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, internationalisation, meaning in the retail madness, packaging, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, social savvy, supply-chains, sustainability, telling product storiesSustainability: Making more from less Time has long passed, from when a sustainable initiative was not much more than a smart marketing strategy. Sustainability has now irreversibly developed into something essential to establish commercial traction with many customers. Responsibility for sustainability has also shifted, from the marketing department to every department across a business. Products…
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The 6 Best Retail Strategies: No.3 Supply Chain Strategies
Supply Chain Partners: In the same boat together The relationship with suppliers has never been so important. The COVID lockdown exposed the dangers of weak supplier integration, whilst the move to remote digital communications highlighted the opportunities for technology applications across new supply chains. Trust between some suppliers and retailers hit an all-time low as…
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The 6 Best Retail Strategies: No.2 Product Assortment Strategies
The Product Assortment. ‘The Crowning of the King’ ‘The Product is King’ or so the old-adage goes. It seems strange to doubt this statement. After all, retail is the process of bringing the product and the customer together. Product is still at the heart of retail, of course, but its role as ‘absolute king’ is…
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Made.com: fabricating a new approach to furniture
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, home, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, product suppliers, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, social savvy, supply-chains, telling product storiesMade.com was founded in 2010, as an online retail enterprise. As a product of recent times, it exhibits the same entrepreneurial culture, a desire to innovate, and an appetite to disrupt the traditional way of doing things in its own sector, as other digital-first businesses. Imagine a furniture concept that throws out the baggage of…
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What are retail’s 6 ‘Astute Strategies‘
in accessories, analytics, assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, ethical retailing, fashion accessories, fast fashion, food & drink, footwear, health & beauty, high street planning, home, impulse retailing, in-store services, internationalisation, jewellery, kids fashion, ladies fashion, leisure & sport, location strategy, luxury, meaning in the retail madness, menswear, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, packaging, personalisation, pop-up stores, pre-loved, preorder, product suppliers, pureplay, re-sell, recycling, renting, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, sales promotions & events, secondhand, shop of the future, social savvy, space management, space planning, store experience, store operations, store operations audits, store operations compliance, store theatre, supply-chains, sustainability, technology & electrical, town centre planning, value retailing, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operationsCreating a balanced organisation, flexible process flows, and a culture for change will benefit you little, unless you channel these attributes correctly into the brightest opportunities. Every retailer will have different opportunities that will depend on the product and service sectors that they inhabit, the markets in which they operate, their level of ambition and…
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“Saving Planet Retail:” From ‘Economies of Scale’ to ‘Scale of Economies!’
From ‘Economies of Scale’ to ‘Scale of Economies!’ The principle behind making money from ‘economies of scale’ is to produce high volumes of products, which reduces the individual unit cost. The more you make and the more you sell the greater the margin and the greater the profit. The principle behind making money from ‘scale…
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