Maximizing Visual Merchandising in Retail Spaces
Learn about the essential areas of display within a retail store and how interior displays play a crucial role in showcasing merchandise, providing information, and promoting the store's image. Explore display design principles for creating engaging and harmonious visual presentations that attract clientele and drive sales.
Maximizing Visual Merchandising in Retail Spaces
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Where do retailers use visual merchandising? Four areas of display in a retail store • Storefront • Store Layout • Store Interior • Interior Displays
STORE INTERIOR • Fixtures: Store furnishings • Permanent and movable • Display cases • Counters • Shelving • Racks • Benches • Size, variety and quality affects clientele
INTERIOR DISPLAYS Purpose • Show merchandise • Provide product information • Reinforce print/other advertising
INTERIOR DISPLAYS Purpose • Promote store’s image • Usually promotional • May serve as part of selling space
Closed: see, not touch Jewelry Open: encourages handling Clothes racks Architectural: shows use of product Room vignettes Kitchen set-ups Point-of-purchase: promote impulse buying Tabloids, candy at check-out Decorations: promote seasonal or holiday themes Types of interior displays
Display Design Every display must have: • Balance – equal distribution of objects • Formal: identical on both sides (symmetrical) • Informal: not visually identical • Point of Emphasis – point of eye contact • Contrasting color • Contrasting shapes, size, textures • Highlighting with spotlight • Placement – something in foreground
Harmony – pleasing effect of combinations • Proportion – (Scale) The relationship of the design elements to each other; pleasing effect on the eye • How do the elements relate? • Consider the side of the space in the window • Consider the size of objects to be used in the window
Harmony – pleasing effect of combinations • Rhythm – line direction, eye movement • Pyramid/cylinder • Step or progression: progression of sizes or color (light to dark) • Zigzag: background, middle, foreground • Repetition: (xxx) multiples of the same shape or color • Alternation: (xoxo) when certain shapes or colors are used alternatively (light against dark colors, warm colors with cool) • Radiation: emphasis in middle; all radiates from center (sun)
AREAS OF WINDOW DISPLAY • Bow – most important part, seen the most; Used for main attraction, catch the eye • Center panel – runs ceiling to floor • Floor – used for tie-in items to help bring attention back to window • Back/side walls – hanging, accessories • Door wall – last chance for customer before entering store
Evaluating a Window Display Ralph Lauren • Theme: • Balance: • Emphasis: • Proportion: • Rhythm: • Harmony: Seasonal Asymmetrical Contrast Proportional Alternation Yes