Category: technology & electrical
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Apple Digital Garden: A Natural Evolution
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, in-store services, internationalisation, leisure & sport, location strategy, omni-channel retailing, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, product suppliers, retail, retail brand heritage, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, shop of the future, social savvy, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, technology & electrical, telling product stories, visual merchandising, windowsIt is a fair claim to say that Apple revolutionised retail just as it had with entertainment, work and communications channels before. This visionary business realised that the value of theatre and physical interaction was at the core of the retail experience; and that immediate sales were only a secondary objective for directly owned stores…
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Centrifugal Celebration: Dyson’s Hair-Raising Experience
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, internationalisation, location strategy, packaging, Pinterest Gallery, product suppliers, retail, retail brand heritage, retail strategy, shop of the future, space planning, store experience, store layout, store theatre, technology & electrical, telling product stories, visual merchandising, windowsTo call the new Dyson experience on Oxford Street a museum would be to relegate its content to the realms on history whereas this celebration of centrifugal forces is a testament to the extraordinary inventions of the future. This world-renowned company has of course cut its technological teeth on sucking seamlessly and extraordinarily efficiently every…
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Sonic Selfridges: Big Noise in the World of Music
There are many magical corners of the Selfridges supersized store to admire and marvel at, to lose yourself in an exploration of a wondrous assortment from traditional classics to outrageous innovation. In the basement bowels of the lower ground floor through the avenue of travel accessories, luggage and literature is a gem of a…
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Argos Accelerated: The Digital Dilemma of an Invisible Assortment
in assortment structure planning, customer service, disruptive retail, luxury, multi-category, omni-channel retailing, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, store experience, store operations, technology & electrical, value retailing, website excellenceBetter late than never Argos, the seasoned survivor of the catalogue age, continues to catapult its perfect proposition for the omni-channel world from its pre-historic paper origins into the efficiencies of a digital dynamo The latest Argos incarnation discards not only the traditional catalogues encapsulated in plastic, its pens & pencils, its paper order forms,…
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Watch & Wonder: Selfridges Serves up an Apple Experience
in branding & visual communication, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, internationalisation, location strategy, luxury, new retail, omni-channel retailing, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, pop-up stores, product suppliers, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail organisations, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, store experience, store theatre, technology & electrical, telling product stories, visual merchandising, windowsTime 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’ windows…
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Microsoft Moves: New Windows on the Retail World
in accessories, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, in-store services, internationalisation, new retail, omni-channel retailing, Pinterest Gallery, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail organisations, store experience, technology & electrical, telling product storiesThere are many rhymes and reasons why brands become retailers, and the buyout of Nokia by Microsoft and the rebranding of the phone hardware has given the software giant an interesting opportunity to develop a physical store presence. See the image board: Click below: RetailMeaning Pinterest: An inspirational showcase of brand new, retro, and vintage shop…
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A Sonic Site: Sore Eyes is Music to Your Ears
in accessories, branding & visual communication, fashion accessories, impulse retailing, new retail, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, pop-up stores, pureplay, retail, retail businesses, retail strategy, sales promotions & events, technology & electrical, telling product stories, website excellenceThe UrbanEars concept takes a small perfectly formed product and projects it into the lives of consumers in a fun, fashionable and environmentally sustainable way. The myriad of messages are presented in a beautifully simple and stylish way allowing the customer to select by lilac, lemon or whatever hue is particularly you. Limited editions combine…
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Sweet Sounds for UrbanEars: Colour in a World of White Noise
in accessories, branding & visual communication, fashion accessories, impulse retailing, internationalisation, new retail, omni-channel retailing, packaging, Pinterest Gallery, pop-up stores, retail, retail businesses, shop of the future, social savvy, store experience, technology & electrical, visual merchandisingA simple store speaking louder than words makes the action of listening a pleasure and an experience. UrbanEars is a concept in listening from Scandinavia, an ergonomic and aesthetic sound sensation for all the world to enjoy. The concept is based around colour , sound quality and the pleasure of wearing headphone in the office,…
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iNTIMATE Relationships: a C-change for Apple
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, in-store services, internationalisation, new retail, omni-channel retailing, packaging, personalisation, Pinterest Gallery, pop-up stores, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, shop of the future, social savvy, space management, space planning, store layout, store theatre, technology & electrical, telling product stories, visual merchandising, windowsA new hero, in a new era, for Apple, heralded into the temples of temptation with a spectrum of colour and metallic glow that is the choice of plenty for the advocates of the new C-phone. The stores are not just a testament to the skill in the introduction of the new but very much…
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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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