Category: jewellery
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Hema Global: New Blood in New Street
in accessories, assortment structure planning, customer experience, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, health & beauty, impulse retailing, internationalisation, jewellery, leisure & sport, location strategy, multi-category, packaging, retail, retail strategy, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, value retailing, visual merchandisingFor a retailer with a long heritage Hema packs a powerful contemporary punch as it speeds into the newly refurbished New Street Station in Birmingham. On the fast track to becoming a global brand Hema now has 5 UK stores, with 3 of these in high traffic transport hubs including Stansted airport. In the same…
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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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Connect & Collect: John Lewis Airport Ambassador
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, impulse retailing, in-store services, jewellery, location strategy, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail strategy, space planning, store experience, visual merchandisingJohn Lewis features heavily in the innovation accolades category, a pioneer in format development, developer of own brand and most noticeably in the omni-channel world at the vanguard of click and collect, next day delivery and a host of customer focused initiatives. It was then only a matter of travel time before the retailer brought…
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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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Spanish Impresario: Stradivarius’ Virtuoso Performance
Stradivarius makes its first public performance in the biggest venue in town, Westfield Stratford, as the Inditex family sends forth another member making “bridgeheads” and “inroads” into the UK mainland. As with all consummate professionals Stradivarius can’t fail to impress and delight its audience as it pitches the high notes of current fashion, with the…
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Reveal the Mystery: Swatch & Learn
in accessories, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer-engagement, fashion accessories, internationalisation, jewellery, luxury, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, store experience, store theatre, visual merchandising, windowsThe price of competition may be a Swatch watch but the price of success is repaid many times in customer loyalty and social network buzz. Clever Swatch calculate the cost of a mystery watch giveaway in a sealed box for £25 with any regular purchase. No watch is worth less in the assortment, so the…
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Gyroscopical; Chronological; Cosmonautical: Brilliant Breitling
in accessories, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, fashion accessories, in-store services, internationalisation, jewellery, luxury, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail strategy, space planning, store experience, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandisingTime waits for no-one, and Breitling have wasted no time at all in propelling itself to the forefront of watch design and manufacturing par excellence. Every face tells a story and Breitling communicates every story with style, with integrity and with a precision that complements the design of its watches perfectly. The new store environment…
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Fossilisation: A Personal Investment
Far from remaining in the history of time, Fossil’s latest incarnation inhabits the modern world of customisation and personalisation, with new products, new services and a whole new store with a clear focus on the “his” & “hers.” An investment in individual identity. Most noticeable in the latest concept is the introduction of the…
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Watch & Wonder: Selfridges Serves up an Apple Experience
Time is money and when it comes to Apple that money and revenue can be sizable, so speed to market and proximity to the pockets of its patrons is an essential element to retrieving its return on investment. In a collaboration of near colossal proportions Apple has taken chronological control of all of Selfridges’…
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Gyroscopical; Chronological; Cosmonautical: Brilliant Breitling
Time waits for no-one …and Breitling have wasted no time at all in propelling itself to the forefront of watch design and manufacturing par excellence. Every face tells a story and Breitling communicates every story with style, with integrity and with a precision that complements the design of its watches perfectly. The new store environment…
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