Category: store operations
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Discussing Visual Merchandising & Shop Design: Zara – ‘A Storyteller by Design’
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, fashion accessories, footwear, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, omni-channel retailing, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operationsListen to myself, Tim Radley, on the Louise Lally podcast, discussing the future of visual merchandising, and the changing world of physical shop spaces for both large brands and small independent retailing. Join the free podcast now through this link…Retailing with Meaning Ep2 ”Shop Merchandising and Display” (podbean.com) The podcast features a discussion on Zara.…
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Discussing Visual Merchandising & Shop Design: Crate & Barrel – ‘The founders of modern VM?’
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, disruptive retail, home, impulse retailing, meaning in the retail madness, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm operations, windowsListen to myself, Tim Radley, on the Louise Lally podcast, discussing the future of visual merchandising, and the changing world of physical shop spaces for both large brands and small independent retailing. The podcast features a discussion on Crate & Barrel. For me their name and visual merchandising are synonymous. Visiting their famous flagship store…
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Discover a ‘Five-Star Christmas: “Meaning in the Retail Madness”
in accessories, analytics, assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, brave-words, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, 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, Pinterest Gallery, pop-up stores, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, sales promotions & events, social savvy, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store operations audits, store operations compliance, store theatre, store-videos, supply-chains, sustainability, technology & electrical, telling product stories, town centre planning, value retailing, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operations, VM Selling Toolkit, VManalytics, website excellence, windows“An excellent read *****” “Valuable reference for anyone in retail *****” “This book is more relevant now than ever! *****” ‘Meaning in the Retail Madness’ explains how touchpoints have replaced channels, how linear supply chains will become circular, why assortments are increasingly virtual, how physical is turning to local, and why products and shops are…
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Exclusive Interview with Tim Radley: Visual merchandising & shop design
in assortment structure planning, customer experience, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, meaning in the retail madness, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandising, visual merchandising operations, vm compliance, vm operations, VM Selling Toolkit, VManalytics, windowsJoin Tim Radley, international retail specialist, and founder of VM-Unleashed, as he chats with Louise Lally about the future of visual merchandising, and the changing world of physical shop spaces for both large brands and small independent retailing. Please click on the image link below… In this interview Tim explains important areas that all retailers…
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Actually, what is a good retail experience?
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store experience, store layout, store operationsActually, what is a good retail experience?Listen to Tim Radley discussing ‘Customer Experiences’ on the Louise Lally podcast Please click the link below to follow the discussion… Retailing with Meaning Ep1 Store Concepts (podbean.com) ‘Experiential retailing’ is a term most often used to express extreme physical shop theatre, music, lights, bells & whistles. It has…
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Talking about ‘Experiential Retailing’ for SMEs with Startups.co.uk
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, impulse retailing, in-store services, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, personalisation, pop-up stores, product suppliers, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, social savvy, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, visual merchandising, windowsVery pleased to have collaborated with Startups.co.uk on an article about Experiential retailing.Thanks to Helena Young, for inviting me to contribute. Of course, creating and delivering a good customer experience is so important for every retailer. But will it be the saviour of the high street, the knight in shining armour for independent retailers?Well, not necessarily! As…
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Can the ‘cost of living’ educate us on the ‘price of owning?’
in customer-engagement, disruptive retail, food & drink, ladies fashion, meaning in the retail madness, menswear, new retail, packaging, product suppliers, recycling, renting, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store operations, supply-chains, sustainabilityThe ‘cost of living’ crisis affecting all of us, is an opportunity to educate everyone on the wider sustainable issues around the things we buy and own. There are of course so many powerful and compelling reasons why we should think more deeply about the repercussions of what we buy. The environment, climate change and…
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Why disruptive retail models must still implement good old-fashioned inventory management?
Why disruptive retail models must still implement good old-fashioned inventory management? The worlds of sustainability and the circular supply chain are clashing headlong with traditional retail principles and processes. This new wave of businesses specialise in, and operate, a variety of models across renting and re-selling. Some of these models still rely on a controlled…
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If galvanising your workforce is your main objective as a retail leader, then consider this checklist…
The road to achieving a fully-functional modern retail business with an empowered workforce is not an easy one to take, or a simple one to execute. Success comes through addressing a wide variety of issues and activities. Encouragement and empathy are a good start but they will only ease the journey, not get you to…
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Community Tesco: ‘Chatting up’ the locals
It’s not that I have ever had any bad experiences with Tesco, but I’ve never really connected with them as a brand either. I told them as much when I met them a while ago to discuss opportunities for their Tesco Express shops. Despite having the premise of being ‘local’ there really was nothing much…
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