Category Archives: Retail Design

Future Of Retail: Explore Shops Through Google Maps

Not only can Google point a camera at your house, now they can peek inside a retail store and show you the interiors.  Could this spark design wars if shoppers use this to decided if they’ll visit your store…or not?
Future Of Retail: Explore Shops Through Google Maps – PSFK.

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McDonald’s Remake

With Americans trying to fight the latte effect on their finances, McDonald’s has been successfully competing against Starbucks with the McCafe line.  It appears that the company plans to follow the money.  McDonald’s is incenting franchisees to remodel restaurants with the lounge appeal that made Starbucks famous.
McDonald’s remake: Consultant suggests McDonald’s wants to be more like Starbucks [...]

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How Well Do You Know Your Shopper?

Poor customer experience is the leading driver of customer turnover.  So how well does your store meet the needs of your shopper? Do you know what those needs are? Beyond having a good merchandise mix, shoppers need compelling reasons to choose you over the hundreds of other channels to find what they need including just staying at home [...]

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Retail 2.0 Brings the Internet to the Store

CompUSA and TigerDirect.ca, a Canada based electronics retailer, are trying a new way to connect the Internet experience and the store experience. What they are calling Retail 2.0  is a technology that ”provides online product information to in-store customers as they shop: product by product, aisle by aisle.” 
Through a network of desktops, laptops, monitors and televisions throughout the store, shoppers can research [...]

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What Most Influences Your Shoppers to Make a Purchase?

What in-store elements most influence a shopper to choose one brand or product over another?  What is the best means of introducing a new product and motivating a shopper to add it to their basket?  Our informal reader poll highlighted just a few instore marketing tools. Instore experience and signage came out the clear winners.  [...]

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