
After completing module one you will be able to answer the following questions:
-What is Visual Merchandising?
-The main objective of visual merchandising in retail?
-The importance of brand identity?
-Defining a business target market?
Learn to draw your own planogram using simple hand-drawn symbols for fixtures, walls, and facing directions, and align fixture size, shelving, and department layouts to streamline merchandising planning.
Identify hotspots—store focal points where traffic concentrates—to place top priority products. Use planogram and staff feedback to map hotspots, least shopped areas, and optimize merchandising.
Master store fixtures from tables with outfit suggestions and accessories to create inviting displays. Learn to merchandise walls, use folding boards for folds, and utilize round rails to boost sales.
Develop attention to detail in in-store fixtures by using a steamer and hangers, aligning outfits with balanced colour and pattern, and signing off with size order and consistent presentation.
Have you ever come home from a store and bought more than you intended?
Has a window display ever stopped you in your tracks?
Has the smell and music in a store ever triggered an emotion?
Who is behind this magic?... A Visual Merchandiser.
Visual merchandising is a key element to any successful retail industry. It is the skill of implementing techniques and visual displays to maximise sales.
Whether you are thinking of a career in retail, want to expand your skillset or are a business owner who wants to learn ways to increase your sales...this is the course for you!
This Visual Merchandising and Display online course is the perfect way to learn the art and science behind being a visual merchandiser. This marketing practice uses floor plans, colour, lighting, fixtures, displays and other elements to attract customers.
In this course we start from the beginning covering the theory of retail marketing including consumer behaviour, retail branding, store design, target markets and product placement.
Putting theory into practice, then learn the techniques to merchandise products, execute store displays and steps to create retail windows. In addition the course offers practical presentations to learn how to draw planograms and identify a stores focal points.
The end result is the knowledge to be a successful visual merchandiser, increase retail sales and have a new set of skills to further your career.
I have combined my third level study of retail (management and marketing) and my ten years experience being a visual merchandiser to create this comprehensive and up to date online course.