Window Display: New Visual Merchandising - Softcover

Tony Morgan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856696855 ISBN 13: 9781856696852

Publisher: Laurence King, 2010

Synopsis

A showcase of the most exciting, innovative and successful window displays worldwide, with seven chapters covering key topics for the visual merchandiser, each with a gallery of photographs demonstrating how and why each window is successful. Colour is a great tool to promote a trend, Seasonal Windows exploit key shopping seasons, while following Trends, in fashion, food or homewares, and translating them quickly into a display is a key skill for a visual merchandiser. Graphics and Photography are cost-effective and efficient tools, or use Lighting to add drama, whether spotlighting products or flooding an entire window. Theatre shows off exuberant and avant-garde displays created to wow passers-by. Quirky windows allow free rein for wild ideas, with spectacular results. This book offers inspiration and guidance to visual merchandisers and retailers who need to create eye-catching window designs that will increase sales.

About this title

About the Author

Tony Morgan worked as a Head of Visual Merchandising at Selfridges for 18 years. He has taught and consulted across the world and was a lecturer at the London College of Fashion and the Fashion Retail Academy in London. Tony advocates new visual merchandising talent and is currently working with universities across the UK to mentor and support students.

From the Back Cover

A showcase of the most exciting, innovative and successful window displays worldwide, this book offers inspiration and guidance to visual merchandisers and retailers who need to create eye-catching window designs that will increase sales. Stores have to deliver their merchandise in a competitive, imaginative and distinctive style, and never more so than now, when consumers have less to spend. The challenge is not only to grab customers' attention and encourage them to shop, but to promote a store's brand and keep shoppers informed of fashion trends. Seven chapters cover key topics for the visual merchandiser, each with a gallery of photographs - of stores in Belgium, Spain, Italy and Hong Kong as well as London and New York - demonstrating how and why each window is successful. Colour is a great tool to promote a trend, Seasonal Windows exploit the key shopping seasons and encourage the buying of gifts, while following Trends, in fashion, food or homewares, and translating them quickly into a window display is a key skill for a visual merchandiser. Graphics and Photography are cost-effective and efficient tools for delivering a message or inform the customer, or use Lighting to add drama, whether spotlighting products or flooding an entire window. Theatre shows off exuberant and avant-garde displays created to wow an audience of passers-by. Quirky Windows allow the merchandiser to realise their wildest ideas, with spectacular results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Laurence King
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856696855
• ISBN 13: 9781856696852
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192