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The Fit Fitting Room - Part 1: Size Matters!

Posted by alerttechnologies on Jun 7, 2013 6:14:17 AM

I’m often asked what constitutes a good fitting room from a customer point of view that would take into consideration things like size, color, and environment. This is the first in a series of blogs on what I think about each element of fitting room design and the impact each has on the overall customer experience in the fitting room.

First up is size. Size matters! Unfortunately, there is no standard size fitting room. Sizes range from a box about the size of a phone booth (remember those?) which are so small they make you lean up against the door when trying on, or the curtained ones that your butt pokes out as your balancing on one foot, to eerily large rooms that make you feel isolated and deserted.

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Topics: Customer Service, In-Store Experience, store design, Fitting Rooms, conversion, dressing rooms, apparel retail, Customer facing, Alert Technologies Inc., Markdowns, Margin

Retail Margin 101: Grow It or Kill It

Posted by alerttechnologies on May 30, 2010 11:59:57 AM

The word on everyone’s lips today in retail is margin. From the gurus on Wall Street, to the management teams steering the ships of big retail, everyone’s preaching, ‘Enough with the cuts already!’ ‘We need top line growth and margin improvement!’ So why is it when I walk my local mall and enter almost any store I’m greeted with “Hi, welcome to fill-in-the-blank! Check out our buy-one, get-one stuff and our 40% off whatever!” Or my favorite, “…we just did a whole bunch of new markdowns, come check them out!”

I’m not speaking to discount self service retail here. They know who they are and they pay for their service model with margin. I’m talking about the retailers who preach that they do put customer service first and attempt to provide personal service to their customers in the name of adding value which translates to higher margin.

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Topics: Customer Service, In-Store Experience, Fitting Rooms, Lean Payroll, Customer facing, Alert Technologies Inc., Payroll Allocation, Markdowns, Margin

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