The new LEED rating system passed last November by the U.S. Green Building Council apparently is spurring retailers to adopt environmentally sound building practices. Although retail sales rose by 8.3% in 2010 compared to 2009, an extremely competitive retail environment still exists. Retailers, constantly looking for ways to enhance the shopping experience and increase customer [...]
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Merchandise presentation often makes the difference in influencing the final purchase decision. Although advertising, exterior store design, directional signage, traffic aisle patterns, and merchandise focal points may get shoppers going in the right direction, custom-designed hardlines fixtures can stimulate customers to interact with the merchandise and close the sale. Billboard effect Arranging a large amount [...]
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As the sole national provider of slatwall to Home Depot’s 1900+ stores in the U.S., Gabriel Logan has had to pass rigorous evaluations as a supplier in the areas of quality control, capacity, financial resources, insurance, and cost – to ensure that the product exceeds customer expectations. However, we’ve found that offering value to our [...]
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Gone are the days of in-store communications with a static message that is replaced seasonally or as a result of a new advertising campaign! By integrating proximity marketing with digital signs, messages can be matched to consumers’ interests, shopping trends, or demographics. Shoppers with shared characteristics tend to shop at certain times. Digital signage, informed [...]
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Continuing the Disney Store tradition of razzle-dazzle, storytelling, and entertainment, the new “immersive” concept announced at the National Retail Federation conference in New York on January 11 is a fusion of technology, innovative store design, and 21st-century customer service. Customer service with an iPod touch New retail-sales technology designed by Oracle incorporates the iPod touch [...]
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Upon entering the lobby area of Columbus Ohio’s Nationwide Arena, visitors encounter a 70- foot, glass-enclosed atrium visible from the arena’s many levels. Within this environment is nestled the vast and impressive BlueLine Store, official outlet for National Hockey League Columbus Blue Jackets merchandise. Architectural wonder Nationwide Arena, an architectural and technological wonder in the [...]
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Whole Foods rocked the foodservice world in 2005 when it opened a new flagship store in Austin, Texas with six different in-store eating concepts under one roof. Today, the store’s restaurants offer chicken fried tofu, press-to-order panini and wheatberry quinoa Waldorf salad. The Austin Whole Foods’ wine department now sells wine for drinking either in [...]
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What search engine do people choose when seeking important information to solve problems and make needed purchases? 71.6% select Google. That’s why we’re proud that our fitting room packages are at the top of Google search. Flexibility One reason for our fitting rooms’ popularity is flexibility. Spaces reserved for customers to try on apparel are [...]
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Walmart’s fine jewelry counter, once hidden at the back of stores, is now being positioned as prime real estate at the front of some newly opened units. Retail industry analysts believe that this decision may be an indication of a strategy to take advantage of national demographic trends, shopping habits during the economic downturn, and [...]
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