Achieving Investors In People Platinum Re-Accreditation – Our Commitment to Excellence
Our organisation is proud to announce that we have upheld our Platinum Accreditation from Investors In People (IIP) after a recent audit: a prestigious recognition of our commitment to our people. This achievement demonstrates our unwavering commitment to creating a culture of excellence and investing in the growth and development of our employees. Attaining this […]
Sonic Branding For Retailers
In the ever-evolving landscape of retail design, businesses are constantly looking for new ways to entice and engage customers. While visual aesthetics and senses of touch have long been highlighted, sound is an often-overlooked element with huge potential. The intentional use of sound in retail environments has the potential to affect customer experiences, elicit emotions, […]
10 Product Display Tips to Make Your Store Stand Out
Product display is a crucial aspect of visual merchandising in any retail store. How your products are presented can make all the difference in whether or not customers walk into your store and make a purchase. With the proper display solution, you can draw customers in and create a focal point that captures their attention. […]
The Seven Principles of Design For Retailers
A blog to understand The Seven Principles of Design For Retailers.
Are You Ready For The January Sale?
Despite the festive season being one of the busiest times for retail businesses, the January sales are some of the most stressful, thanks to the common burnout from Christmas. To be able to get the most out of the January sales season, retail stores should be as prepared as possible. With retail window displays ready […]
How Smart Retail Design Can Boost Sales
Your first and only shot at a positive first impression as a store begins with the retail design. If your shop design misses or the trade display designs fail to make an impact, you have missed your opportunity to grab the attention of shoppers.
It’s a hard fact to hear, and it can even be overwhelming, but the solution doesn’t have to be. Having smart retail displays and a shop design that is engineered to be engaging as well as functional is a possible reality for your store with smart retail design.
Trespass Keswick Store Case Study
Keswick is a market town in the north of the Lake District, surrounded by mountains, amazing scenery and of course the lakes. It’s the ideal place for adventurers, hikers, and people looking for an escape, which makes it the ideal location for a Trespass store, featuring their DLX (Designed for Life in Extremes) range and activewear, offering everything passing adventurers would need on their travels.
Having worked with Trespass for a number of years and supporting their monumental growth, the team at Ripple were called upon to manufacture a range of dynamic new look furniture and fixtures for the Keswick store, as part of their new store format roll out, embracing their brand and the great outdoors.
Alchemy Infuzions Pop-Up Shop
It’s great to see so many brands getting back to focusing on their retail space. We are currently working with some exciting clients who are looking to the future and adapting their physical environments to provide engaging customer experiences.
One of our newest customers, Alchemy are taking their first steps into the retail world with their first pop-up shop, currently located at Houndshill Shopping Centre in Blackpool. Alchemy’s brief was to create a premium finished solution with countertop space to showcase their feature products, lockable storage space to hold stock as well as being easy to set-up and dismantle to move to different shopping centres whilst testing locations and audiences.
We also integrated two freestanding digital screens featuring videos of their products, the eye-catching large format screens are a great way to engage and inspire potential customers.
Designed and manufactured within 4 weeks!
Historic Environment Scotland
The Engine Shed is Scotland’s building conservation centre. Created and managed by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), it promotes engagement with traditional buildings and educates people about the skills and materials required to build, conserve and maintain them. The beautifully restored, redundant MOD railway building (engine shed) was refurbished in 2019 with 2 new wings added and Ripple was asked to design, manufacture and install their retail area; a unique project with a contemporary reflection of the industrial era complimenting the outstanding conservation efforts of the existing building. Aside from the manufacturing and installation of this project, a great deal of emphasis was put on the design for the manufacturing process. Our Technical Design team took the approved concepts from the architects and agencies involved and worked hard to realise exactly how the products could be manufactured, considering materials such as Cold Rolled Blackened Steel (CR4) with lacquered finish to offer an industrial look and feel. These expertly finalised designs then headed into our in-house manufacturing facility where the design team continued their involvement to oversee the detailed production and on-site installation.
Trespass Windsor Store Case Study
Trespass is a brand where adventure comes first, they constantly push the boundaries of innovation and have brought numerous ‘firsts’ to market including Tres-Tex, Tres-Shield and Tres-Tex 3 layer fabric. The brand now has over 300 stores worldwide and are constantly expanding, at pace, with over 100 of those stores opening in the last couple of years.
Having worked with Trespass for a number of years and supporting their monumental growth, when the brand opened a new flagship store in Windsor, the team at Ripple were called upon to manufacture a range of dynamic new look furniture and fixtures, embracing their brand and the great outdoors.
This evolution of their in-store design and brand is part of a larger scale roll out to their other premier retail locations across the country.
Using a visual combination of multi-faceted oak veneer and hard-wearing textured steel, the new look really brings to life the organic and outdoorsy feel that the team at Trespass were looking to achieve.
The technical specifications and manufacturing processes on this project were a great challenge for our designers and facility, we managed the full process from design to manufacture and successfully delivered the installations on time and within budget. We really look forward to working with the team at Trespass once again to continue the roll-out.
