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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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Changing Habitat: Survival of the Stylish
in assortment structure planning, brave-words, customer experience, home, in-store services, omni-channel retailing, packaging, Pinterest Gallery, product suppliers, retail, retail brand heritage, retail strategy, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, visual merchandisingSince 1964 Habitat has been adorning the houses and apartments of design-minded Europeans consistently stylish in an ever changing world of taste whilst weathering its own personal storms as it passed from its visionary founder Sir Terence Conran through several corporate reincarnations until settling recently in the Sainsbury’s stable. And so to Nine Elms in…
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Spanish Statement: Primark’s Pinnacle of Pre-eminence
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, fashion accessories, fast fashion, footwear, home, internationalisation, jewellery, kids fashion, ladies fashion, location strategy, menswear, multi-category, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail strategy, shop of the future, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store theatre, visual merchandisingThe last decade has seen the rise of Primark as a tour de force in the world of value fashion as it strides from the UK and Ireland across Spain, Germany, Italy and now to the United States. It is easy but incorrect to brand Primark as simply low prices. These it certainly has through…
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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
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer-engagement, fashion accessories, footwear, home, impulse retailing, in-store services, internationalisation, jewellery, menswear, multi-category, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, product suppliers, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail strategy, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, visual merchandising, windowsBy 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. See the image…
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Ale House Rocks: Hip-hopping impulse shopping
in accessories, assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer-engagement, fashion accessories, food & drink, health & beauty, home, impulse retailing, internationalisation, jewellery, kids fashion, multi-category, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail management, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandisingFamous for its half-in half-out life-size plastic cows, catching by surprise the passer-by, herding them helplessly into the green pastures of impulse grazing, the power of Ale-Hop lays in its meticulously constructed category assortment. See the image board: Click below: RetailMeaning Pinterest: An inspirational showcase of brand new, retro, and vintage shop designs, visual displays &…
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Happy Anniversary: John Lewis Never Knowingly Undertold.
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, high street planning, home, in-store services, ladies fashion, location strategy, luxury, menswear, multi-category, omni-channel retailing, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, social savvy, store experience, store theatre, visual merchandising, windowsPerfect timing as a noteable anniversary coincides with the best ever period for the UKs favourite retailer. As at home in the omni-channel world as it once was in its humble drapers shop the retailer goes from strength to strength breaking commercial thresholds and competitors hearts. To celebrate with style the flagship London store is…
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Everything’s Coming Up Roses: Cath’s Cornucopia
in accessories, assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, fashion accessories, home, impulse retailing, internationalisation, multi-category, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store experience, store theatre, visual merchandising, windowsAmongst the proud pillars of Piccadilly a little floral femininity has broken through the winter weather. Cath Kidston’s first flagship is a bright beacon of colour inviting the passer-by to explore a world of nostalgic designs, a celebration of classic kitsch, a veritable house of horticultural hype. Famous for its floral designs Cath Kidston largely…
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New Home: West Comes East to be Part of the Furniture
Style travels well, and judging from the stunning arrival of West Elm on this side of the pond, the American home fashion retailer is about to make serious waves in the UK decor market. The essential elements have been transported safely with its distinctive high wall displays, blocked shelving, colour story chic and opulent ornaments…
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Open: Welcome to the House of Fun
Something pretty peculiar popped up in Islington. The coolest collection of contemporary living from the safest pair of hands in British retail. Open House is a month long pop-up experience exclusively featuring the House collection of John Lewis. The whole is housed in a two-floor space with the ground level given over to informally segmented…
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