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Retail planningWhat is model-led retail space design and how can it help you optimise your stores?
Model-led retail space design means building your floor plans on a category space layout that you know works. See how it can help you optimise you stores.
Making the most of your most costly, but valuable physical asset
A retailer’s most costly asset is its physical estate; and it is also its greatest opportunity for success if used effectively. This is why many store development teams are using a technique called model-led retail space design. As a way of applying science to their store planning.
Space planning – insanity or success?
If the definition of insanity, as credited to Einstein, is doing the same over and over again and expecting different results, then in the world of retail space planning the converse is also true.
If you plan the layout of each store differently, you are unlikely to get the same results. And you also won’t have any idea what is causing the changes in performance.
What is model-led retail space design?
Model-led store design means building your floor plans on a category space layout or model that you know works. Using your best performing stores in your estate, you can define targets for the amount of space allocated to each category.
Using these model stores means you won’t be reinventing the wheel. You will be building your store plans on what you know works. Your planners will be guided by the space targets to get the right mix to maximise sales. Whether they designing new stores or remodelling existing ones.
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Read case study All InsightsDifferent models for different types of stores
However one size doesn’t fit all and you will need to create a variety of model stores based on different sizes, types of stores and shopper missions within your estate. And by using the layout of the best performing store within each of your categorised formats you will be able to build consistency into your store plans, based on best practice.
Building a picture of how category space is influencing performance
The next step is to analyse the best and worst performing stores to see where differences in category space may be influencing performance and use this to define your planning principles, so that future plans will be based on existing knowledge.
Reviewing and updating space targets
These models will need to be regularly reviewed and updated as many factors will influence which categories over and underperform. But with your plans built on solid foundations, sanity should prevail. And your retail planners will have an array of ideas of what they can do next to improve the profitability of poor performing stores.
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