A few years ago there was a lot of talk around the sustainability of brick and motor stores in retail – will online shopping take over? How will brick and motor stores compete? Will physical stores become obsolete? And then COVID-19 hit forcing most retailers around the world to close their storefront doors for months….
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Retail Design: Visual Merchandising 101
When I started my post-graduate career (after graduating from Interior Design) I started as a Visual Manager for H&M. This might seem like a weird entry level job choice for an interior design graduate but, in reality, there are a lot of similarities between Interior Design and Visual Merchandising. You’re just applying them in a different…
Retail Design Planning: Guiding Customer’s Through Your Store
When looking at interior design in retail, its more than just paint, mannequins and merchandise. Understanding how your customer uses the space, what your customers’ needs are and then planning the design around these is the difference between a retailer that’s making money and one that doesn’t. In order to optimize your selling potential, you…