A brief presentation outlining my work approach & process

1. Sunil Inasu Retail design & project management

2. What makes for a successful store?

3. What makes for a successful store?

4. What makes for a successful store?

5. Retail design & Project management

6. Store design – who for?

7. Store design – Primary deliverables

8. Business Generation

9. Business Generation

11. SKU’s and display densities

12. Choice of Store location

13. Façade treatment, signage & show windows

14. Store access & exit

15. Intuitive yet calculated layout

16. Category zoning & placement

17. Highlight & focal elements

18. Circulation paths & widths

19. Visual connect across floors

20. Ease of vertical transportation

21. Back office, stockrooms & store replenishments

22. Staff services

23. Security & shrinkage limitation

24. Cost effective design

26. Customer Engagement

28. Customer desirables & must have’s

29. Impulse vs. planned buys, cross merchandising

30. Intuitive layout & category placement

31. Uncluttered layout and displays

32. Circulation paths & widths, hassle free browsing

33. Highlights, focal points & promotional areas

34. Effective Lighting

35. Seasonal Themes

36. Effective VM & collaterals

37. In store signages & communication

38. Services – baggage drops, shopping bags, trolleys, gift wrap, restrooms

39. Trial rooms, service desks, cash tills

40. Rest and refreshment options

41. Regular store refreshment & maintenance

43. Communicate brand identity

45. Colors

46. Textures

47. Materials

48. Music

49. Aroma

50. Temperature

51. Display densities

52. Green initiatives

54. Primary deliverables

55. Time

57. Plan and share fund flow requirement

58. Plan adequate infrastructure and resources

59. Work out SOP’s for pre-fitout and post fitout times

60. Standardization – design, details, drawings, processes

61. Inventories for lead time items

62. Ready for fitout sites

63. Maximize landlord deliverables

65. Efficient Co-ordination for services

66. Project Checklists for orders and schedule of works

67. SIS data collection & docket submission SOP’s

68. Pert charts

69. Efficient site supervision and co-ordination

70. Status updates, pictures, follow ups

71. Account for Murphy’s law, provide for alternate plans and contingencies

72. Vendor management & upgradation

75. Rate analysis

76. Cheaper specs / equipment / vendors

77. Efficiency partnerships

78. R & D, new technologies

79. Multiple vendor base

80. Rate contracts

82. Tracking

85. Design SOP’s

86. Quality of design & drawings

87. Specs and BOQ’s

88. R & D, Store visits and analysis