The storefront is the first thing in store that begins to work in the process of selling goods. It is the best real-life advertisement for the store. It must have a certain aim – to make all the passers-by not to pass by your store but come in and buy something. Investments into the right design of your storefront will definitely bring you more profit. It is the thing you should never save money on.
What are the goals of the proper storefront window design? It is able to create the viral marketing effect (when customers tell about your shop their friends and relatives). You invest money in it once (mainly, of course you also need to take care of its good looks from time to time) and it keep bringing them back to you constantly. If your goods have good sales in some certain seasons (Christmas, St. Valentine Day etc.), there is a sense to invest in your storefronts in that time. It is very important to know how you should manage it to have a feedback that is worth all the efforts and expenses.
There are three types of the storefronts – open, closed and combined. Open storefront begins to sell your goods even before the potential customers walk in. If open storefront is your choice, make sure that your salesroom looks the same terrific. The closed storefront does not allow customers walk in; it creates an intrigue and gives them ideas and expectations. Its style must fit with the style of the salesroom. The combined type means that the storefront is partially open, partially closed. It is a double engine for your marketing machine. You have two ways at once to attract the customers.
The accent of the storefront can have several focuses. The focus can be made not on the goods themselves but on some imaginary situation, whose elements may have direct or indirect connection with the assortment of your store. Sometimes they can be topical, for example, Christmas-themed.
Still, the most popular visual representation is displaying the goods on the storefront. They can be rather present in the window or there may be some attractive posters with the goods depicted there.
The combined way of the display involves the images of products inside the imaginary situations. It is the best decision for the grocery stores (of course, with usage of the product copies). There are many ways to play with the design ideas attracting people with bright packages of products.
The informational storefronts are focused on some hot offers, sales or new goods arrival. They must be bright and catch the attention of the potential customers. The total sale may look on the storefront like a full cover with the information about the discounts provided. It is better to make separate posters for such sales.