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VM&RD; is India’s only magazine on Visual Merchandising and Retail Design and was launched in September 2005, VM&RD; underscores the best there is to the systematic art of creating a complete retail experience. Each issue of the magazine focuses on all aspects of retail design and visual merchandising in the context of branded shopping environment.

‘Tech enabled agile work-style is going to be our future'

Harsh Manrao, Director at experience-design firm, figments.inc, shares with VM&RD his insights on what business continuity really means in the context of retail design and experience. Read on…

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Industry honchos come together to rethink for the new normal

Two interactive online sessions organized by www.retail4growth.com of VJ Media Works recently for the store fixtures and lighting industries respectively, highlighted some key points for business continuity in the RSP space. Moderated by retail industry veterans Surender Gnanaolivu, Sr Consultant - Retail Experience, and Vishal Kapoor, Chief Design Officer - Future Group, the sessions brought together top players from the respective industries to discus the way ahead in a post pandemic business environment.

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Light at the end of the tunnel

The second online industry session had lighting manufacturers, suppliers and solution providers discussing new business models to mitigate the impact of pandemic on the industry.

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A SPATIAL ODE TO LIGHT

Spread across 5000 square feet and built over three levels, Marici Experience centre, Kolkata has been conceptualized along the theme of ‘Marici’ - a deva or deity from the Buddhist culture who is associated with light and the sun. Designed as a holistic, single stop experience centre for lighting design and solutions, the spatial design offers an unaltered and uninterrupted lighting experience through various arrangements of light fixtures and fittings. The one of a kind retail experience zone for lighting products has been designed by Salient Design Studio.

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FOR A SUMPTUOUS VISUAL TREAT…

Fusing the contemporary and traditional sensibilities in an elegant conflence is a common theme running across both these store design projects. Designed by Delhi-based design and architecture studio RMDK, the aesthetics at Saugaat, the luxury dessert store in Delhi, and at Dadu’s, a pioneer in traditional sweets and snacks in Hyderabad, are a journey into sensory indulgence, just like the products they sell. Here’s a look at both these dessert destinations located in Delhi and Hyderabad respectively.

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BARE BUT BOUNTIFUL ….

Torani Store, the Designer clothing outlet in Delhi, draws deep inspiration from the rich Sindhi culture and recreates the heritage in the store’s stunning design and beautiful garments. The grand store has been designed by Bora Da`Designs.

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Why this silent salesperson is needed more than ever now

In the era of social distancing, the dynamics of shopping will undergo new shifts and store elements like mannequins will have a greater role to play. New Delhi based mannequin supplier JAMBUDWEEP IMPEX is gearing up for the new normal with its Purform Mannequins that come with many unique features. SANJEEV MAGON, Partner, JAMBUDWEEP IMPEX, the all India sole distributors of Purform Mannequins from New Zealand, shares with VM&RD the details of the product, while highlighting the need for out-of-box retail solutions during such extraordinary times.

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Dollar: Making every store penny count

Dollar Industries Ltd needs no introduction, being one of the top three hosiery brands in India, enjoying a 15% market share in the branded hosiery segment. The company had reported a Rs 1030.96 crore turnover for the financial year 2018- 19. In an interaction with VM&RD, Vinod Kumar Gupta, Managing Director, Dollar Industries, talks about the company’s approach to retailing.

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Bridging the gaps with fractional retailing

At a time when the Covid -19 situation has forced everyone to take the virtual or online path for business and social interactions, a physical retail space that promotes local arts and handicrafts might seem like a distant reality . And yet most of us know that a brick and and mortar space is inevitable in the context of retail space and is just a matter of time before it gets back to what it is - a community space that brings together buyers and sellers. If it can also come with new cost saving business models, then even better. After all, going forward cost and resource optimization will be one of the top priorities for most brands.

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When experiential retail meets business goals

Experience by its very nature implies something intangible and sensory. In the retail design context, how do you make something like experience serve the business objectives of a brand? And in today’s times when experience can many things - for the physical to the virtual, how do you ensure it offers some tangible returns? Angela Kreutz, CEO, blocher partners India, shares some perspectives in this regard.

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Visual Merchandising and Retail Design Magazine Description:

VM&RD is India’s only magazine on Visual Merchandising and Retail Design and was launched in September 2005, VM&RD underscores the best there is to the systematic art of creating a complete retail experience. Each issue of the magazine focuses on all aspects of retail design and visual merchandising in the context of branded shopping environment.