Category: brave-words
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“Making the most of what Retailers’ have!”
After another turbulent week on the world’s stock markets and a refocus on the uncertain economic horizons ahead, purse strings are inevitably drawn ever more tightly around the already tied arms of retail bosses and managers. Restricted investment in the new, leaves the only other alternative – “to make the most of what retailers have…
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“Getting the quality from quantities!” how to benefit from retail benchmarking and analytics
Almost everything is measurable and comparable in retail stores but the benefits only come through understanding the implications and the opportunities that lay within the many depths of the powerpoint charts and excel graphs. Firstly, benchmarking should not be blind but focused on areas of commercial opportunity and the improvement of sales, profit and customer…
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Retail Video Analytics: “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
“Which came first, the chicken or the egg? How long did the chicken stay for, where did she go, and how many eggs were in her basket? Store Analytics – eggs-plored and eggs-plained! There’s a general feeling that store analytics, using video technology to monitor the movement of customers, their dwell times, engagement rates…
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VM&RD: “What’s the Future of Visual Merchandising?” Part 4
“What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” – Part 4 An article by Tim Radley in India’s VM&RD Magazine Extracted from the article on “What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” a first collaboration with VM&SD Magazine, India’s only magazine to focus on all aspects of retail design and visual merchandising in the context of branded shopping environment. …
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VM&RD: “What’s The Future of Visual Merchandising?” Part 3
“What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” – Part 3 An article by Tim Radley in India’s VM&RD Magazine Extracted from the article on “What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” a first collaboration with VM&SD Magazine, India’s only magazine to focus on all aspects of retail design and visual merchandising in the context of branded shopping environment. …
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Visual Merchandising Operations: The dangers of “spread-sheet retailing”
Many a good and potentially commercial idea and initiative has never made it from the boardroom to the operational teams, never mind the stores themselves. The complexity of the modern store portfolio has added to this problem, as stores develop a mixture of owned and franchise stores, international coverage and increased store grading and clustering…
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VM&RD: “What’s the Future of Visual Merchandising?” Part 2
“What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” – Part 2 An article by Tim Radley in VM&RD Magazine, April/May 2015 Extracted from the article on “What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” a first collaboration with VM&SD Magazine, India’s only magazine to focus on all aspects of retail design and visual merchandising in the context of branded shopping environment.…
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Tim Radley asks “What’s the Future of Visual Merchandising?”
“What is the Future for Visual Merchandising?” – Part 1 An article by Tim Radley in VM&RD Magazine, April/May 2015 I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to speak at the In-Store Asia 2015 event in Mumbai. What I found was energy, enthusiasm and real excitement about the future of Indian retail and this great industry…
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“Shopportunities” – What makes a town’s retail good?
“Shopportunities” – What makes a town’s retail good Tim Radley speaking at Dublin’s “The Future of Irish Towns” Dun Laoghaire, Ireland: Thursday April 16th. One thing is for sure. It is not just the number of retail outlets that makes a town an excellent destination for retail or not. When you begin to…