Retail from modernization to digitalization

Retail is getting revolutionized with modernization, the services offered by retail store is only to facilitate the customer at every level. Now biggies in retail offers self-checkouts, mobile payment, in-store shopping engagement, digital retail and last but not the least social media. Retail store strategy is only customer oriented and in this regard they are utilizing all major applications to facilitate their customers. For instance modern day customer has not to worry about the payment if he had done shopping more than the money he possessed. He can use the option of mobile payment, if they have shortage of money.

Retail is getting digital

Now consumers can easily do the shopping, things are in their access; they can move and walk around freely. Numerous products are placed in display shelving to attract the attention of the customers, they can access very easily, what makes customer loyalty more achievable is self-checkouts, and this is the tactic to win the customer as they can do by their own and can enhance the shopping experience of the consumer. It is fast and flexible and people rely on such check out system. It is due to the broader focused strategy that retail stores are getting digitalized thus providing more services to its customers. Theses self check out is reliable as they allow retailers to implement self checkout solutions more efficiently, thus digital software is helping to reduce time and cost of the customer and employers respectively. In huge retail stores things such digital self check-out proves vital thus optimizing the sales and revenue.

Omnichannel retailing is enhancing the retail business

Now goods which are placed on Storage racks by utilizing the visual merchandising technique can easily be shopped without thinking too much about money. How because retail stores are now offering omnichannel retailing, there is no need of multi-channel retailing, this shift has entirely change the sales system and help to increase the sales of retail stores. Now customers can use all available channels like Smartphone and other mobile devices, computers to share with your friends what they find in a super retail store and can make payment easily by using the above mentioned devices.
The transition period of retail industry

I think this is a transitional period that is revolutionized to such an extent that it affects the entire manufacturing industry in the late 19th century. Store equipment like Commercial Shelving has turned it to reality, now things at big stores are safe and can be sold after a while. This revolution has given a new boost to the manufacturing industry the live example is huge retail stores and their chains in the global market. So this is not all about retail technology, it is also about consumer technology that has changed the entire scenario of retailing. There is a lift up in economy due to increase in supply.
Now a day shopping is not only restricted only to stores, people are going mobile, they access everything from their Smartphone, people would love to shop the things of their need only, so to make the retail store business go mobile is the right option to increase the sales. So here is a need to make a responsive website so that you can direct your customers even if they are at their home and comparing the prices. So through this way retail business is getting digital. But there is still a need to make the business online, and the omnichannel is the rising need of retail business.

From go-down to warehouses

Those were the days when people store the products in go-down with no special arrangements to keep things safe. These go-down was built of straw and husk mixed with soil, to keep the perishable things safe for a long time. If we look at the history of warehouse, the first warehouse was built in the age of Alexander the Great; he has built the warehouse to secure the artifacts he has collected from his expeditions around the world. So this was the short earlier history when life is not so much complicated, while the demand and supply is not at boom.

The solution of storage is industrial shelving

 Industrial revolution came in the seventieth century, when supply of the product increased with the increase in demand. The big problem in large scale production is only one, how to arrange the things and how to preserve the things, the manufactured products cannot be placed only on the floor, so the need is the mother of the invention. It was the time when product management is developed in industrial environment so the Industrial Shelving is designed keeping in mind the industrial needs. The shelving is made of steel that can bear the weight of industrial goods. The main objective of designing these shelves is to transfer the things from one corner to another easily. These shelves are reliable as it is made of quality material.

Benefits of industrial shelves

 
The Industrial racking has made it possible to manage large scale production in a proper manner. Here is no fear of any damage of the product when the products are assorted in industrial racking. It’s only because of this storage facility that the large industrial concern can manufacture the products on large scale and keep it in stock for a long time. If I say that warehouse is the need of large industrial concern it’s not at all wrong. Industry is now flourishing and surviving only for one reason because it has dealt with product storage issues. So we can see big warehouse of market biggies. Product assortment is manged by store keepers as well as machinery is used to place the product on third or fourth storey of industrial shelves. Things can easily be moved and transferred from one place to another. Thus these shelves have given the facility of portability and mobility of the products in and out of the factory. These warehouse shelving has changed the entire system of storage.

Warehouse and the threat of hoarding

Many people do not consider that warehouse shelving is important, I agree with them. Industrial shelvesare important only for the large concern which can maintain large warehouses with its large scale production. Well, with the increase in demand I suppose industrial shelving is necessary for large, medium and small manufacturing unit. It has advantages and no disadvantages. Things are kept safe for a long time no damage is occurred. Moreover if proper environment is provided things will never get perished. So the stock of the things always gets ready to be released in the market. Industrial shelving is necessary to deal with the demand of the good. The allegations that are charged to challenge the importance of the warehouse like hoarding are not inseparable fact. But it happens only in that society where class discrimination is on the top or we can say in capitalist system.

Redesigning a retail store a big shift

If someone thinks that store designing is just like home décor I state my disagreement. For people this is the sign of raising their lifestyle. Retail business has given boost to the lifestyle stores. This is called rebranding activities. The main purpose of rebranding is to increase sales. In Dubai and Sharjha retail sales jumped to 13.2 percent last year. In Sharjha retail business is on its peak. The rebranding has scaled up their sales to such an extent that it has given boos to lifestyle stores.

Dubai's retail offering totally 26 million sq ft as of the end of 2010 and is expected to increase to 31.3 million sq ft in 2013. This is a huge turnover any country can expect from the business of retailing. Available retail space per person is significantly higher than most global cities at 15 sq ft/person, compared to 11.3 in USA and 2.7 across European countries. So here is every opportunity to give a rise to retail business. The question is how these mega stores are contributing such a huge share in a country’s economy. This is quite simple; retailing is on its peek because some factors are working behind it like mannequin and display shelving.

Redesigning of store, a phase of evolution

Without industrial shelves a store cannot be revamped, if product assortment is not done properly to catch the attention of the consumer become very difficult. Product visibility can only be done if the store designing allows much space for product keeping. So that product can place properly thus enhancing product visibility. Proper light arrangement ensures product visibility so glass lighting and luminaries can prove vital in this regard.

Effects of redesigning retail store
 
Revamping of store is a good idea, event management can also add worth to the annual turnover of a retail store. Event festivity not only compels the consumer to shop but also give a good feeling to the audience and the spectators. Visual merchandising plays a key role in introducing a brand, so retail stores provide a huge platform to introduce a brand before general public by using the technique of visual merchandising. The main objective designing the store layout is to give a feeling of a better lifestyle and to sell the products of fashion those appeals to the senses of the buyer. At retail store things are not to be kept only in Storage racks, they are to sell so all the arrangements are done to increase the sales.

Factors that can increase the turnover of the store

  The store décor can create buzz among the buyers to come and discover the new things added in their well known brand. If the correct measures are taken the store can prove a great source of revenue, at U.AE. All is done to increase the buyer’s confidence that is very crucial to increase the sales of retail business that contribute a huge share to the economy. The redesigning of the store not only the change the outlook of a store but it gives a new look and impression to its buyers. Redesigning is essential; it brings a positive change not only in environment but also in the minds of the buyers. Retail business can add worth to our lifestyle.

Retail store—a piece of creativity

Every day I have a new spirit, everyday I think of doing some new activity. Every day I wish to dress up in a new way and visit some new places. But why I think so, because I wish to make my day special, I wish to explore the beauty spreads around me. The place I just love to visit is not fully laden with the array of flowers across the fountain, no; I don’t wish to visit such places. Being a human of 21st century I am habitual of visiting the shopping malls, supermarkets, and retail store for which U.A.E is famous worldwide. Yes, in U.A.E and Sharjha people just come to visit these mega super markets full of renowned brand where you can find everything from the every corner of the world.

The idea of super store is inspired by the concept of Globalization

 
U.A.E is getting famous for these super departmental sore, but this is not only the condition of U.A.E. In every country you can see the chain of world’s renowned superstore. Certainly this is the influence of Global village that has merged the world in a village and this retail store is the second episode of this global concept. These retail stores have a great share in the economy of a country. Thus revitalizing the branding as well as advertising concept, we can say it business expansion across the boundaries of the countries. When I visit LULU hypermarket I just amazed by the product management and the mega structure they have designed to make an abode for all the best world’s renowned brands.

Outstanding features of mega stores

I think the most inspiring feature of such markets is supermarket shelving and refrigeration. It was quite surprising for me to preserve and store the food items on such a big scale. Everything from vegetables to chocolates and ice-cream are fresh and buds trickling, well this is a complete system providing refrigeration facility to the food items. Managing store food items on such a huge level needs appreciation. Well, it’s not done yet; when I walk around I find accessories for daily use with different brand names, is assorted in the supermarket equipments in such a way that these are visible to every spectator. Each store layout is telling its own story, with colors, lights and frequent space these hypermarkets has turned the shopping into a real joy.

What is remarkable in stores?

Customer interaction is more important in this new type of business. The store designing is all about to measure the sales turnover at each step. Here is Industrial racking  for customer’s convenience so that they do not take pains of holding the items in their hands. These stores not only appeal to people of elite classes but these stores are an open invitation for the people of all classes. Everybody can shop here; here is everything for the people of all age-groups. Those who are brand conscious can find every brand in the hypermarkets of UA.E. This is how hypermarkets and superstore has made the shopping a real fun. As if you are on the world tour and are getting familiar with the specialty of each country, here at superstore.
The super stores have given the rise of new Marketing trends such as visual merchandising that has revolutionize the entire concept of commercial marketing. The store image created by using light effects increase the visibility of the products and increased the chances of buying product at the spot. so retailing has taken shopping at the level of idealization worldwide.