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What are the 6 ‘Astute Strategies‘ for 2022?

Creating a balanced organisation, flexible process flows, and a culture for change will benefit you little, unless you channel these attributes correctly into the brightest opportunities. Every retailer will have different opportunities that will depend on the product and service sectors that they inhabit, the markets in which they operate, their level of ambition and current delivery, and their business strategy. Some opportunities will be common to all. The first-

The ‘ZtoA of Retail Disruption’ blog

Tim Radley 'The ZtoA of Retail Disruption'

How Much of your Retail Space should be Allocated to your Staff?

Retail professionals are under extreme pressure to deliver what they always have, but now in a retail landscape that is being transformed by changing customer behaviour and a migration of retail sales to e-commerce, questions that have never had to be faced before are now becoming uncomfortably relevant… I have witnessed some unseemly “scraps” for store square metres in my time between competing categories all trying to get as-

VM & Display Show: “The Commercial Context for Creativity”

The Evening Post:- 20th April Visual Merchandising: “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 and technology to a-

“Retail is Performance Theatre – Twas it not always so?”

The Morning Post:- 21st March “Retail is Performance Theatre – Twas it not always so?” I thought it time to write something about the issue of theatre in retail. This has been stimulated by the news that John Lewis has had all its sales personnel at its new White City store personally trained by a drama academy. Once again hats off to John Lewis for this initiative, one of the oldest-

Retail By Your Side: Practical & Moral Support for Retail Professionals

Retail is not getting any easier…in the boardroom or the stockroom. So allow us to introduce…“Retail by your Side,” seeking to support the modern retail professional with advice, inspiration and practical know-how delivered through daily posts. Although retail life is complex…sometimes simply an idea, a few words, can go a long way to making every moment in a unique industry a more enjoyable and commercial one. “The Morning Post!”-

Tim Radley at the “Placemaking Strategy Conference 2017”

The “Retail Strategy Planning & Physical Store Delivery” Workshop. Tim Radley, CEO of VM-Unleashed! will be speaking and addressing specific retail planning problems and questions at the… “Placemaking Strategy Conference 2017” Nottingham Conference Centre. March 22nd. For placemaking managers, city councillors, BID Directors, town planners and all those responsible for the regeneration of town centres & high streets – the simple truth of a successful and thriving retail destination is that-

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas…Attain Retail Best Practice

“The 12 Gifts of Retail Christmas” for a Happy New Year On the twelfth day of Christmas VM-Unleashed gave to me… No.12 “The Quickest Ways to turn my Average Business into a Best Practice Retailer!” Retail Sense & Sensibility!” analytics into answers into actions Retail in many ways is the most perplexing of industries as whilst it is built on quantifiable parameters and defined quantities its performance and-

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas…Display Product Stories

“The 12 Gifts of Retail Christmas” for a Happy New Year On the eleventh day of Christmas VM-Unleashed gave to me… No.11 “The Most Commercial Ways to Group & Display my Product Stories.” Whilst retailers are successful through selling individual options it is the presentation of product stories that attract customers and present a proposition that is appealing to customers. Product stories will be a balance of category displays,-

On the Tenth Day of Christmas…More Customer Visits

“The 12 Gifts of Retail Christmas” for a Happy New Year On the tenth day of Christmas VM-Unleashed gave to me… No.10 “The Strategy to Increase the Frequency of Customer Visits.” One KPI improvement that can have the most decisive impact of sales levels is to increase the number of times your loyal customers visit your stores. Whilst this involves a range of marketing initiatives from store windows to-