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Article #7: Retail Store Displays and Physical Layout

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The layout of your retail store displays An alternate approach is known as
should be given careful consideration. lifestyle merchandising. This is when
The goal is to create an environment in unrelated products, as defined by product
which your product naturally unfolds and category, are placed together in order to
reveals itself to your customers. But reflect a certain lifestyle. This may be
how is this accomplished, and how do we accomplished via retail displays that
make a store front "shopper friendly"? mimick rooms. For example, a display
A variety of techniques have been found centered around a golfing lifestyle might
to be successful with regards to retail contain golf shirts, khaki pants, golfing
store display organization. The most shoes, and even golf clubs, club covers,
widely accepted of these techniques is balls, hats, gloves and sunglasses. This
that similar products are grouped type of merchandising is focused on the
together in the same physical area of the overall lifestyle of the target
store. In the broadest sense, an example demographic, as oppossed to the category
of this would be found in department of product.
stores, where there may be entire Thematic merchandising is another method
sections of the store devoted to general of setting up retail store displays. A
categories of products, such as men's, good example of this type of
women's, boys, and girls. Within each merchandising could be found in a display
main section can be found subdivisions, that is designed around a child's
for example, accessories, blouses, pants, bedroom. In such a display, one might
skirts, perfume, and cosmetics. find a race car bed frame, matching race
This type of organization allows a car comforters, sheets, and pillow cases,
consumer to easily browse and encounter matching wall paint, lamps, alarm clocks,
specific lines of products for which they curtains, ceiling borders, wallpaper and
are looking. Within each subsection, other room accents, all similarly themed
teasers can be included to entice the around the race car motif.
customer to browse the other sections. Of course, the above methods can be
For example, in a section which sold modified and even combined as
women's blouses, mannequins placed at eye appropriate. The important thing to
level will not only feature blouses, but remember is that there be some logical
perhaps a skirt or pants, as well as a connection between all of the products in
purse and jewelery. This type of visual any given retail store display. The
merchandising increases the average per connection should not only be between the
customer ticket, as additional items are products, but also serve to connect with
discovered by the customer that they may the customer.
not have initially considered buying.






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