Category: town centre planning
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Why Independent Retailers should naturally make the best social media influencers!
in branding & visual communication, brave-words, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, food & drink, high street planning, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, personalisation, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, store experience, store theatre, telling product stories, town centre planningHave you ever wondered why shopping on a good local high street takes so long? Well, there may be negatives such as finding somewhere to park, particularly if its popular, but once in situ it is largely down to becoming immersed in the whole shopping experience. You discover new and unusual products that require further…
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Retail winners combine ’New Thinking & Processes’ with ‘Old Values & Channels.’
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, high street planning, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, store experience, store theatre, town centre planningMy own Top 5 predictions for the year ahead… 1. The ‘Pureplay bubble’ will continue to burst. 2. Physical retail, in one form or another, will almost always be essential. 3. The convenience and reliability of Click & Collect will become even more widespread as a game-changer. 4. Traditional retailers will continue to decisively get…
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Keep your ‘Retail Feet’ firmly on the Ground. Physical is back with a vengeance!
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, high street planning, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, personalisation, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, sales promotions & events, social savvy, store experience, store operations, store theatre, town centre planning, value retailing, website excellenceIt’s the time of year when the Christmas period sales results come in, and the assessment of winners and loses takes place. My own Top 5 conclusions… The top of Retail Week’s ‘Christmas trading 2022 league table’ has a strangely familiar feel to it, featuring the likes of JDSports, Greggs, Next, B&M, Sainsburys and Tesco.…
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Read: “Passion Generators & End-to-End Facilitators” – The House of Vans
in branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, fashion accessories, footwear, leisure & sport, location strategy, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, store experience, store theatre, telling product stories, town centre planningJoin me, Tim Radley, in “Meaning in the Retail Madness,” discussing how retailing without passion is alienating consumers, and handing customer relationships to distributors. Modern retailing is so complex. It is now almost impossible to be an engaging brand & product innovator, and also best practice distributors of communication and physical stock. The game changing…
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Discussing Sustainability & Ethical Retailing: Timberland – ‘Local Responsibility’
in accessories, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, footwear, high street planning, internationalisation, leisure & sport, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, recycling, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, sustainability, town centre planningListen to myself, Tim Radley, on the Louise Lally podcast, discussing the world of retail sustainability, from diverse shopping channels, rental & second-hand resell, to on-demand manufacturing & the virtual inventory, and how sustainability, ethical governance and diversity are intrinsically linked. Join the free podcast now through this link…https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ua8ca-1307ed8 The podcast features a discussion on…
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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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‘Authenticity, not Experience,’ will be the Saviour of the High Street
in customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, high street planning, in-store services, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, store experience, store theatre, town centre planningAuthenticity, not Experience, will be the Saviour of the High StreetListen to Tim Radley discussing ‘Experiential Retailing’ on the Louise Lally podcast Please click the link below to follow the discussion… LinkedIn In the constant, and often misguided, battle between online and bricks ‘n’ mortar retailing, the customer experience is often heralded as the physical…
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‘Pulling the purse strings not the heart strings!’ M&S shop strategy is on the money
in assortment structure planning, disruptive retail, food & drink, high street planning, ladies fashion, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, multi-category, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, space planning, store experience, store layout, town centre planning‘Pulling the purse strings not the heart strings!’ M&S shop strategy is on the money It is always sad to hear about store closures, but the plans for the M&S estate restructuring are based on ensuring its future as a vibrant retail leader, not as a desperate attempt to regain profitability. You would have to…
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What the guardians of Oxford Street should learn from the citizens of Valencia.
I was sucked into a discussion recently on the woes of Oxford Street, London’s famous shopping destination. The fact is it is no longer the destination that it was. It has suffered more than most from the COVID lockdowns, reduced tourist numbers and home working, but the focus of the grumblings went back further than…
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There’s much more to successful store concepts than interior design!
in assortment structure planning, branding & visual communication, customer experience, customer service, customer-engagement, disruptive retail, high street planning, in-store services, location strategy, meaning in the retail madness, new retail, omni-channel retailing, retail, retail brand heritage, retail businesses, retail management, retail organisations, retail strategy, retail-regeneration, space management, space planning, store experience, store layout, store operations, store theatre, town centre planning, visual merchandisingAre you are planning your new ‘Shop of the Future?’ Will it be more creative, more beautiful, more engaging and more exciting than ever? Well that will largely depend on whether it will be integrated and woven, more than ever, into the strategic and operational fabric of your modern retail business. The fact is there’s…
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