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Merchandising Difficult Items Kristen Ainscoe

Visual Merchandising

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= $ ROI

Bad Example

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Outcomes

90% less 64% more

Good Example

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Visual Merchandising

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= UPT’s (units per transaction)

The Store Environment

Branded Product Luxury Product

Footwear

Apparel

Cash Wrap and Bottled Products

Saddles and Accessories

Sportswear Racing

Branded Product

Footwear

Apparel - Riding

Apparel - Riding

Setting Your Store 1. Use graph paper to sketch out your store

(1” blocks = 1 square foot) 2. Run reports to rank all

products/categories 3. Create a map that identifies where

products/categories should live and coordinate the adjacencies

Apparel Wall Rules Zone 1 –

Informational/Display

Zone 2 – Face outs

Zone 3 - Quantity

Merchandising

Apparel Wall Rules • Color • Shape • Line • Tops on tops of bottoms • Layer front outfit • Pant hems should be at

least 3” off floor • Hangers in same

direction • 5” of space between

hanging apparel

Apparel Wall Techniques Alternate Technique

Apparel Wall Techniques Triadic Technique

Apparel Wall Techniques Mirror Technique

Accessory Merchandising Rules Merchandise product from small to large on fixtures that are at eye line or lower.

Merchandise product inside out from the middle shelf (small to large in either direction) when the fixture is taller than eye line.

Product and Fixture Solutions Saddle Blankets

Product and Fixture Solutions Saddle Blankets

Product and Fixture Solutions Saddle Blankets

Product and Fixture Solutions Saddle Blankets

Product and Fixture Solutions Saddle Blankets

Sale or Consignment

Product and Fixture Solutions Riding Crops and Whips

Product and Fixture Solutions Riding Crops and Whips

Sale or Consignment

Product and Fixture Solutions Brushes

Product and Fixture Solutions Brushes

Product and Fixture Solutions Bottle Products

i.e. Grooming/Medication

Product and Fixture Solutions Bottle Products

i.e. Grooming/Medication

Product and Fixture Solutions Cash Wrap Pick-up Items

Recapping the Rules • Use the highest level of walls for display, not

product • Creative fixture development • Sort product by color, shape and line • Use techniques on fixtures to enhance shopping

experience, using suggestive selling • Develop strong adjacencies to move the customer

through the store • Understand your business • Schedule time for visual merchandising

FREE 1-Hour Consultation ONO (what we do) • Analysis and Recommendations - $99 • Innovate in 48 - $199 • One-on-one Coaching – $100/Hour • Store Visit and Recommendations -

$100/Hour plus Travel • 10% Discount on First Full Service

(does not include show specials)

Anne Cecil www.onomadeinthe191.com 215-704-1084 onomadeinthe191@gmail.com

AETA Show Specials $99 Social Media • Development and management of Ambassador Program • Strategies and Content Management • The top 10 things you need to do on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube

today Visual Merchandising • Resolving troubled fixtures, merchandise or vendor fixtures with

renderings and how to implement rules for specific cases • Analysis of Business for Fixture Floorplan based on Sales Volume Product • Assortment planning for Total Business Ecommerce • Review, analysis and recommendations (set up Analytics)

Anne Cecil www.onomadeinthe191.com 215-704-1084 onomadeinthe191@gmail.com