Tuesday 30 July 2013

Five Minutes With...Your Beauty Assistant

Five Minutes With...

Five Minutes With... is a new series of interviews on yourbeautyassistant.com with leading personalities from across the industry.

The objective is to obtain the views from top people in the business about what they feel about the industry, what excites them about their companies and brands and what is important to them in their personal lives (causes, charities, friends, politics, arts luxuries etc).

So if someone spent five minutes with the interviewee they would leave with a good understanding of why they have been so successful and what kind of person they are.

The questions are not published, only the answers in the form of a statement

The answers - or each statement - should be brief: one, two or a maximum of three sentences.

The questions below are not in any order and it is not mandatory to answer all or any of them; instead, should he or she wish, the interviewee can pen their own profile of themselves by answering (in statement form) their own questions.

The ‘interview’ will be prefaced by a short introduction written by yourbeautyassistant.

An image of the interviewee is required and should be sent to jon_charles@btinternet.com or info@yourbeautyassistant.com

Where necessary the copy will be edited and sent for approval prior to publishing.

For all further information contact Jonathan Charles: 020 8488 9515/jon_charles@btinternet.com

 Visit Ignite Retail website for more information on retail design services.

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Monday 22 July 2013

Ignite Design has moved again!!

Ignite Design has moved to old nest again.

The new address is:

Ignite Design Ltd.
6 Morie Street, Wandsworth
London, SW18 1SL
t. + 44 (0) 208 870 3240

At Ignite, we have helped many famous brands to over come difficult times with the best retail designs for the stores.

Check out our recent work on in store and retail designing:



TESTIMONIAL: 
It’s been a pleasure working with you - I just love the chase of the consumer insight, and working to bring about a genuine breakthrough has been a super journey.  

Don't forget to check out our website for more information on retail designing.

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Monday 15 July 2013

Pop up shops - Retail Store | Ignite Retail

In the sixties in London, trendy Carnaby Street is suffering economic downturn. This also resulted in well known brands going under economic stress.

For seasonal celebrations such as christmas, halloween, many shops go for original pop ups ideas that persuade customers in the shop.

" Now an increasing number of new small businesses are fuelling a pop-up shop boom. In one empty unit in Richmond, south-west London, where there was room for six retailers, 80 different pop-up shops opened in the space of just five months." 

Read More how pop ups can help retail stores to face the financial curb.

At Ignite Retail, a retail design agency with a team of professionals, we build strategies to aid retail stores to keep pace with economy downturn. The more strategically you analyse customer behaviour, more helpful it is to to increase retail sales.

Get in touch with us if you need assistance with in store design.

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Monday 8 July 2013

Redevelopement of Oxford Street | Ignite Retail

Westminster City Council, London has approved to remove some of the old existing buildings on the world's one of the most expensive streets 'Oxford Street' and is all ready to undergo a £195m redevelopment. 

It will be a great addition to UK's high street and beneficial for our consumers.

According to Richard Dickinson, chief executive of New West End Company, which represents businesses in Bond Street, Oxford Street and Regent Street, this redevelopmenet should take place ahead of Crossrail opening in 2018 which is another big project and aim to transport about 200,000 people every day.

Read More here


Retail stores in the UK are going through difficult times due to economic balance and delay in the summer season in the UK. Finally in the month of July, heat wave hit britain and hope to last for long. There is massive sale going on in Oxford Street in big brands like HnM, Mango, Next and many more...

Don't forget to make a trip...

At Ignite Retail, we strive to provide high class retail designing to the retail stores that helps both customers and owner to solve the purpose.

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Monday 1 July 2013

New Year Hopes for Retail Stores - Ignite Retail

UK high street figures are not very promising for this year. There has been a sharp fall in spending after christmas as the economy has been going through ups and downs. The cold weather gripped UK  for almost the end of may.
"Sales of food fell by 2.6 per cent, to the lowest level seen since April 2004.

Keith Richardson, retail expert at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: “The number of high street insolvencies so far in 2013 and the prevailing economic headwinds suggest that it’s going to be another challenging year for retailers.”

Read More here

Ignite Retail helps you to keep pace with UK economy. A good retail design always helps you to gain customer's attractions and improves number of customers coming to the retail store.

The in store design is a key for every retail store. The way products are displayed and how visible they are to the customers improves purchasing.

Ignite Design are highly creative & resourceful designers.  Given the no of skus Paul & Joe consistently have to merchandise, and the comparative size of our site at Harrods, Ignite did a great job of designing our unit to present our cosmetics in an accessible way for customers to browse & test.  They design from the customer viewpoint, so create maximum impact for our brand.  We are delighted with their strategic creativity and positive on time, on budget response.
Annie Bruce, Paul & Joe.

Scientific side of retail design

Retail store owners are striving hard to develop new strategies to influence customers to their store. Understanding shopper's thinking and needs is very important for every store - why, what and where...

This is usually done accompanied shopping; mystery shopping, face to face interviews of the customers, surveys and many other tools.

Shelf layout is another important thing which should not be forgotten when in store design is being done. Good shelf layout makes visibility and findability easy for customers. They don't have to spend time on searching for little things. Everything should be so well organised that its easy to find.

Read More here about how shopper reasearch can add difference to retail design

At Ignite Retail, one of UK's most promising retail design agencies, helping many big brands with the marketing and retail designing.

By spending prominent time and energy on in store design, really improves in the number of customers.
It's a challenge to design the in store for every business. A retail designer is responsible for creating an environment which gives a pleasent experience to consumers while shopping.


Contact Paula Dowie, owner of Ignite Retail, for retail design services.