Store Layout
This coverage examines store layout strategies and trends shaping the UK retail environment. Reporting highlights design innovations, shopper behaviour insights, technology integration, merchandising approaches, and case studies from leading retailers โ providing retail executives, operations managers, and brand professionals with guidance on optimising in-store experience and driving commercial performance.
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Feb- 2021 -22 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi crowned UKโs favourite in-store supermarket by Which?
Aldi has been named the UKโs favourite in-store supermarket in Which?โs annual satisfaction survey.ย According to the consumer organisation, Aldi emerged as the top in-store supermarket in the UK after receiving a five-star rating for value for money โ the only supermarket to achieve this in the survey โ and…
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Feb- 2020 -17 FebruaryAnalysis
The evolution of the Ikea experience: Whatโs next?
With the news last week that Ikea is to shut its first big UK outlet in Coventry, we can take this as a sign that the Swedish furniture retailer โ the worldโs largest – needs to accelerate the evolution of its customer experience. Arguably, the first of the real experiential…
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Nov- 2019 -14 NovemberAdvice
How to avoid profit loss by keeping your retail store up to date
In the store many actions are taken just because management likes to do them a certain way. โIf it ainโt broke, donโt fix it,โ itโs often said.ย And particularly in well-established stores with a reputation to uphold, keeping standards high might entail squashing innovation in order to protect a static…
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Oct- 2019 -17 OctoberComment
Using data to take in-store shopper psychology to the next level
As shoppers, we all know the tactics retailers use to entice us to spend more. Thereโs the visually appealing, uncluttered entrance of a fashion retailer that captures the imagination and gets us into store. Or the deliberate positioning of bread and milk at the back of a supermarket to ensure…
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Jun- 2019 -7 JuneAdvice
How FMCG retailers are personalising our supermarkets
Sometimes, the world seems to just turn too quickly; work projects pile up, kidsโ schedules get too hectic – even taking the time to pick out a healthy meal at the supermarket can seem like an overwhelming task. As both consumers and busy people, many of us crave convenience when…
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Apr- 2019 -10 AprilAdvice
Are security cameras the future of retail?
Ask somebody what they immediately think about when someone mentions CCTV and their mind often jumps to the idea of; being watched, invasion of privacy or even the phrase โBig Brotherโ. The tussle between security over privacy remains, but there are new benefits that may be changing the balance in…
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Feb- 2019 -1 FebruaryAdvice
Reduce waiting times and improve customer experience
It is no secret that competition among brick-and-mortar retailers is at an all-time high. Even after a relatively busy Christmas period, the high street has seen a number of store closures, with M&S and House of Fraser among the major names to announce swathes of their portfolios shutting their doors.…
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Nov- 2018 -22 NovemberSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s opens ‘experimental’ Selly Oak superstore
Sainsburyโs has opened a new 67,000 sq ft โexperimentalโ store in Selly Oak, Birmingham, featuring its first eat-in food market. The supermarket is located in the recently regenerated Selly Oak Shopping Park and offers customers a choice of food, general merchandise and fashion. Alongside a wide selection of food and…
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12 NovemberAdvice
How high street retailers can make it as โbricks and clicksโ companies
Next year Amazon is set to celebrate its 25th birthday, although much of the high street wonโt be joining the party, with an estimated 38,900 UK retail jobs being lost or affected this year alone. The roll call of businesses that have entered administration, from House of Fraser to Poundworld…
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Jul- 2018 -16 JulyAdvice
Waking up to the opportunity of digital signage
Against a backdrop of declining footfall in retail, itโs hardly surprising that weโre starting to see more innovative approaches from retailers looking to drawing in customers. And one such tactic is the rise in the number of retailers opting for digital screens to lure in shoppers. A great case in…
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