In developing an effective store
design, a most critical element is how the store is organized for
a logical unfolding or discovery of merchandise by the browser. Is
your store easy to shop?
There are several approaches to retail store organization and merchandise
display. The first and most common is to display similar merchandise
all in the same area.
You might, however, want to consider as an alternate presentation
method, Lifestyle Merchandising. This is a more thematic
interpretation of ‘cross merchandising’,
presenting products in this manner can also increase the perceived
value of items that normally would seem unconnected with any other
merchandise.
Finally, you may find that a combination of the two merchandising
styles may best be suited to your market area or target customer.
Creating room settings in highly visible
focal areas of your store and positioning commodity
products in convenient locations make it
easy for the customer to stock up and help you achieve the best of
both methods of display. |