Tips for good retail lighting.

Occasionally I run across well put information that is worth referencing  here. Such is the case with this article on retail lighting.  Thanks to Zumtobel for the research.  Click the link to see the entire article, including more photos.  To give an idea of what is...

Avoiding the Tchotchke Effect.

As a retailer, the last thing one wants is for their merchandise to be associated with the terms like worthless, disposable, or tacky.  Yet, if it looks like tchotchke because of the manner in which it is presented, that is exactly what is communicated. The primary...

The Landlord Got it Right

      What does it say about a retailer when the most visible storefront window in the shopping center where they reside is a vacancy for rent by the landlord. I have blocked out the signs for these retailers and put them up in a gallery so as to show how the...

Visual Holiday Cheers!

It is probably obvious to anyone following this website that I am after a formula for the perfect daytime storefront.  The challenge is how to make the window display standout against all the visual noise in the environment.  Whenever, in my travels,  I see a...