Small Biz Trends

JUNE 15, 2025

Evaluate Readiness: A comprehensive checklist allows you to assess all areas of your store on opening day, from product displays to staff training, enhancing customer satisfaction. Opening a retail store is an exciting journey filled with endless possibilities. How do I evaluate the store’s location effectively?

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Store Layout Inventory Management Visual Merchandising Promotions 68

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2025

From the art of visual merchandising (VM) to the subtle science of store layout, many of the best decisions were historically guided by experience, gut instinct and the occasional stroke of genius. A quick VM or store layout adjustment could fix what might otherwise remain a mystery.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2022

Now, brands like Vans are embedding these short-term solutions into their day-to-day workflows as they strive to optimize the flow and experience of the shoe and apparel retailer’s 500+ stores in North America. Vans has increased the efficiency workflow for its visual merchandising and monthly floorset process using solutions from IWD.

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Visual Merchandising Store Layout Boutique Apparel 288

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 24, 2024

It’s been designed with a streamlined approach to store layout to offer an intuitive shopping journey that encourages discovery and easy navigation. The new location features a bold storefront, expanded footwear and accessory selections and an emphasis on sustainability and dynamic digital fixtures.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Sadly, in addition to imagining how people will shop the store, designers need to think harder about how they might steal from it, too. That means asking questions like: What more can be done to deter theft using store layout, customer flow, shelf height, mirrors, lighting and the placement of gondolas, merchandise and security cameras?

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Loss Prevention Sporting Goods Customer Experience Store Layout 297

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Small-format stores must convey their value proposition clearly and succinctly, making it easy for consumers to understand what sets them apart and why they want to go there.

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Checkout Planning Consumer Store Layout 274

Wiser

JUNE 30, 2020

Beyond the merchandising itself, assortment planning also refers to optimizing a store’s visual merchandising, layout, and the placement of the products. It’s all about forecasting demand and meeting it with the best product selection, promotions, branding, and store layouts.

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