Category: store theatre
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Hackett’s Special Place: Popular Pinterest Gallery by Demand
in accessories, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, fashion accessories, food & drink, footwear, in-store services, internationalisation, kids fashion, leisure & sport, location strategy, luxury, menswear, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail strategy, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store theatre, telling product stories, visual merchandisingHackett’s new home is where the heart is. Moving 200 yards along Regent Street has taken the lifestyle retailer a million miles to a three level elegant emporium combining space to breathe with intimate corners and surprises around every eloquent elevation. Flagship brand distinction, engagement on an emotional level is the name of the Hackett…
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Digital Signage Summit: Disrupting the Store Design Model
Tim Radley, presenting at the Digital Signage & Interactive Solutions Summit 8-45 a.m. – 24th September Radisson Blu Hotel, London Stansted Looking forward to speaking at this very interesting summit on Digital Signage and the Store Experience. It’s a very relevant subject for retailers so hoping to set out the main issues, benefits and…
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The Benefits of Digital Signage
The Benefits of Digital Signage: No. 1 Creating Store Atmosphere I’ve always spoken about looking at the physical retail store as 2 parts. There is the “Brand Box” which is the hard, expensive and permanent shell which includes the materials, flooring, lighting and fixtures & fittings. Then there is the “Dynamic Content” which includes…
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Le Labo: Scenting an Opportunity
Le Labo is one cool, expensive perfumery retailer. Its origins are in France – hence “The Lab” – and it draws its inspiration from the halcyon days of perfumeries of the 19th & early 20th centuries. However Le Labo is not just about exquisite scents & smells but is very cleverly put together. As…
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VM & Display Show: “The Commercial Context for Creativity”
It was a pleasure yesterday to be speaking at the VM& Display Show in London. Many thanks to all indeed for pulling yourselves out of the beautiful sunshine and coming along to listen to me. The show itself was full of innovative and creative businesses displaying everything retailers could wish for from the latest lighting…
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The White Company: Living life in the Soft Lane!
There surely cannot be a better example of why online retailing will never replace the physical store than The White Company. The recent opening of the extension of Westfield London sees the latest incarnation of the home retailer, now lifestyle retailer, inviting the customer to literally dive into the sumptuous textures and fabrics that make-up…
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The 2 different ways to encourage customers to spend
Do your retail sales blow hot & cold? Well, with the sun shining today in the UK and for most, at least, the winter snow receding into memories if not from the balance sheets, it reminds me of a more than relevant story. Anyone remember the tale from when they were younger about the…
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