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What’s in-store for 2022? How the store will evolve in the age of digital acceleration

Retail Focus

How much help they need does of course depend on the sort of products they are looking for; the Pricer report suggests that getting help is particularly important for complex, high consideration or big ticket items, where shoppers want to be able to self-serve information about the product and its specifications digitally at the point of display.

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Welcome to the future: Bricks-and-mortar retail undergoes a revolution

Inside Retail

For example, Balenciaga’s latest collection was presented in a video game walkthrough format, and this had a connection to their store displays and the fashion catwalk too,” he noted, referring to the Fall 2021 collection that was also featured in the video game, Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow.

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Welcome to the future: Bricks-and-mortar retail undergoes a revolution

Inside Retail

For example, Balenciaga’s latest collection was presented in a video game walkthrough format, and this had a connection to their store displays and the fashion catwalk too,” he noted, referring to the Fall 2021 collection that was also featured in the video game, Afterworld: The Age of Tomorrow.

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Building a ‘Bridge’ Between Brands and Retailers [Case Study]

Rose

The annual advent of “sunglass season” in the retail industry triggers a tremendous amount of planning, coordination and creativity between sunglass brands and the retailers who sell them to the consumer. VCI has been a pleasure to work with on the new Foster Grant Reading and Sunglass displays we just launched in January of 2021.

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Case Study: Staples Innovation Table

Rose

PROJECT BACKGROUND: Visual Creations and Rose Displays (VCI-Rose) had already collaborated with Staples on the office supply giant’s high-profile initiative to change how consumers view their stores. It also demonstrates our ability to design and manufacture high-quality — sometimes extraordinary — displays and fixtures.

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The customer is in control: Here’s the new payment and checkout experience

Inside Retail

E-commerce skyrocketed when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, as more consumers realised its ease and convenience. But importantly, it allows the staff to talk to people about the artisan bread on display, giving customers the full experience – that’s their core value proposition.”. We are all inherently social beings.

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NRF Says 2021 Holiday Sales Grew 14.1 Percent to Record $886.7 Billion

VMS

“We closed out the year with outstanding annual retail sales and a record holiday season, which is a clear testament to the power of the consumer and the ingenuity of retailers and their workers,” NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said. Sporting goods stores, up 20.9 General merchandise stores, up 15.2 percent.