This month we worked on completely transforming their furniture & home space to increase sales and customer inspiration. Megan Warner is a local furniture upcycler in Wellinborough, who sells her fabulous revamped furniture pieces in the Emporium.

The furniture space was previously not styled and looked very over crowded with merchandise, that it was difficult for customers to shop the space effectively. The new space comprises of a central feature wall, styled with Cole & Son’s wallpaper and dressed to give the customer interior inspiration. All furniture is now accessible for customers to browse and the unique features on Megan’s pieces are now clear to appreciate. We also added a digital screen with video content showing Megan at work creating her furniture pieces, which helps to tell the story of her brand and business to the customer.

It was fantastic to see that Megan has already sold three of her furniture pieces already this week !

During the Spring I had the pleasure of teaching the retail team at Big Mat, a well renowned DIY retail store in Malta.

Owners, Carl and Noel Attard asked me to write a bespoke online Visual Merchandising Course for their retail team. 

I wrote a bespoke online program which ran over four class sessions. The bespoke program was run as live online classes and I scheduled a practical exercise after each class. The practical exercise was linked to the subjects we had covered during that lesson, giving the attendees the opportunity to be able to put the Visual Merchandising techniques into practice within the store. 

The bespoke course focused upon teaching the team the key principles of Visual Merchandising and how these can be implemented effectively to ensure both creative and commercial success. Carl and Noel wanted a strong focus on revamping their large store window area, front entrance and in store promotional space. 

It’s always amazing to hear how our past students are progressing with their career’s in the Visual Merchandising industry, this month I would like to feature our past student, Roxanne Gates and some of her fabulous styling she is now creating for M&S.

I had the pleasure to teach Roxanne when she booked onto our online Introduction to Visual Merchandising in October last year and I am so pleased to hear that Roxanne is now working as a Stylist on the Visual Merchandising team for M&S ! Roxanne is working in the M&S store in Warrington,the flagship store for Merseyside and a M&S Academy store. She is very proud to be part of the team that are helping to set the Visual Merchandising standards for the North West of England!

Roxanne has allowed me to share some examples of her fantastic mannequin styling created in her store….

This month I am launching a new 1 day online live workshop 

Introduction into Visual Merchandising & Window Display Online Course

Our group online Introduction Course into effective Visual Merchandising & Window Dressing techniques for today’s retailers. Focusing upon techniques suitable for both Fashion and 3D Merchandise.
This live, interactive workshop with me is run via our Zoom classroom and has a maximum of 5 attendees per class to allow for me to support all attendees during the classes.
These 1 day workshops run every Thursday from 9.00am until 15.00pm UK time.
Course certificates are awarded to each attendee upon attendance of the workshop.

Price £99.00 per person

For more info and to book ;

https://visualmerchandisingcourses.simplybook.it/v2/#book

This month I ran an online webinar for The University of the Arts London focusing upon Visual Merchandising tips and techniques for Digital Retail. Taking inspiration from my industry knowledge which I have gained particularly over the past year, while working with many digital retail clients. Where I have been working with these businesses to assist with improving their online Visual Merchandising across their E-Commerce stores.

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