Service: VM Support Services
Visual Thinking provides highly skilled, temporary visual merchandising staff to support all kinds of VM resourcing needs.
Our industry-wide connections mean we know and work with the most talented VM contractors with extensive knowledge of different retail sectors and brands.
In short, we have access to outstanding VM people who can turn up as required, quickly pick up the brief and work with you to deliver really great results.
We provide VM expertise and support for store projects including: implementing display changes and seasonal display schemes, POS installation, exhibition space set up and specialist catalogue and photo-shoot styling. We can provide people for unplanned staff absence, and for longer term resourcing needs such as maternity and holiday cover.
The service we provide is fast, reliable and competitively priced. Staff may be booked for single one-day events or longer, depending on your requirements. Charges are individually quoted and based on the project type, staff numbers and skills type, duration and location of delivery.
Call us to discuss your VM project needs, availability and rates: 01788 543 331
Case Studies:
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Client: Simply Sports
Project: Seasonal Merchandising Update
Brief:
The client approached Visual Thinking to provide consultant support to coach store management and staff on key VM and retail principles to enhance its seasonal merchandising and improve use of space.
Solution:
The Visual Thinking team developed a hands-on visual merchandising coaching programme. The focus was on fully re-merchandising seasonal areas and prioritising prime space for best-selling brands and products, using a ‘show, do, review’ approach. In the process, key departments such as football, cricket, running were transformed.
Management and staff completed the programme with an improved understanding of visual merchandising techniques and the importance of maintaining visual standards, including product density, forecasting sales against aligned space, stock turn rates and techniques for handling product fragmentation.
The Visual Thinking team also provided advice and recommendations on further potential development areas, to be reviewed on subsequent visits. Since the programme, the client has reported increased sales, as well as more sales from less stock.
“Our staff have gained in confidence and understanding due to the excellent training from Visual Thinking. The improvement in merchandising has led to an increase in sales from a smaller product range. I would thoroughly recommend using Visual Thinking to improve the look, feel and performance of a store.”
Adrian Pointer – Managing Director, Simply Sports.
