This week I’m relaunching my free online Visual Merchandising support via Zoom for businesses and students.

The Visual Merchandising Surgery will run every Friday up to Christmas from 10am until 11am UK time.

Email me;  sarah@visualmerchandisingconsultant.co.uk to book your appointment…..

This month is all about Autumn Installations and here are the displays I created for Tower Bridge, London.

The main window focuses on one of their popular home accessories brands, Victoria Eggs and instore I created Autumn displays around the Tower Bridge Cat book all ready for the up and coming half term holiday !

For further information on our Window Design and Dressing service please take a look on our webpage or contact me direct ;
Email. sarah@visualmerchandisingconsultant.co.uk
Mobile. 00 44 7976 575847

Fantastic feeling this month to be back designing and installing this fab new season window and instore display for our new client, Wed2B. This concept was installed in their Baker Street store in London. Taking inspiration from the current pampas grass trend which is very heavy featured on platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest.

For further information on our Window Design and Dressing service please take a look on our webpage or contact me direct ;
Email. sarah@visualmerchandisingconsultant.co.uk
Mobile. 00 44 7976 575847

This month Selfridges London launched ” Project Earth” aimed to connect to their ethical consumers.

The concept introduces clothing rental, a second-hand fashion shop, beauty pack recycling and a “concierge” to help organise product repairs as part of a five-year sustainability plan intended to adapt to new ways of living.

Prior to lockdown Fashion rental brand “Hurr” launched in Selfridges as a pop up installation on the main Fashion floor instore. This brand is now on show within their Project Earth window scheme and is part of their new 5 year retail concept, to bring more Fashion Rental into store.

It was so good to be working with the retail team at Tower Bridge again this month now they are fully re-open !
I worked together with the Tower Bridge Retail team to remove all the previous Spring displays and replacing these with fresh Summer installations.
They have just launched their second children’s book , The Tower Bridge Cat and the Baby Whale 🐳 so this became our main focus in the windows.
It was so good to see smiles from some of the children passing by as I was dressing this installation !

During this time of most retailers now starting to re-open I thought it would be useful to detail some key Visual Merchandising tips to assist retailers post Covid 19 ;

1. Make an impact within your window displays to really welcome your customers back to your store ! Your window displays are one of your stores/ brands biggest advertising spaces – so create a scheme which reflects your brand image and will appeal to your customers.
2. Ideas for window display installations could also follow trends for celebrating and conservation of our planet ! Great inspiration can be taken from brand’s like Selfridges with their ” Project Earth and Thank you” concepts.
3. Consider creating interaction within your window and use QR codes so that customers can interact with you virtually via their smart phones.

Welcome to my new website !

After 14 years of running my freelance Visual Merchandising training and consultancy business I thought it was about time to give my consultancy business a website all of its own!

I have been working with Elena who owns Elenique Skin Clinic in Fulham London for almost four years now. My consultancy with Elena started prior to her opening her new business premises in 2016 with Visual Merchandising training. 

I now work with Elena to create her window and in store displays three times per year and March prior to lock-down saw us creating beautiful Spring displays – which are my favorite installation to date ! We created some beautiful cherry blossom trees which created the height needed in Elena’s windows and promoted the fabulous skin care range, Intraceuticals which is a brand Elena uses during her treatments.

Join me for a free webinar I’m running on behalf of Central St Martins UAL on 26th May at 12pm UK time.

I will be taking a look at the modern consumer profile and how brands can best engage with the consumer through interactive retail and Visual Merchandising experiences in stores. To sign up and for more info click on the link below ;

https://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/short-courses/stories/visual-merchandising-trends-in-modern-retail-sarah-manning

Welcome to my new website !

After 14 years of running my freelance Visual Merchandising training and consultancy business I thought it was about time to give my consultancy business a website all of its own!