Let’s Talk Retail Store Design: Choosing the Correct Hard Surface Flooring for Your Showroom
The Centurion [news.centurionjewelry.com] Many jewelry store owners contact me with the question: What is the best hard surface flooring to use in my showroom? Technological advances in commercial flooring have created a variety of applications that have made...
Let’s Talk Retail Lighting Design
The Centurion [news.centurionjewelry.com] The main goal in designing a lighting plan for a jewelry store is to keep the clients eyes looking at the jewelry cases and not at a busy ceiling. For example, a busy ceiling has many track lights that get mounted in different...
Let’s Talk Retail Design: Choosing Your Store’s Colors
Centurion Jewelry News [news.centurionjewelry.com]To convey a simple idea of meaning and differentiation requires you select a color that properly fits your strategic positioning. Selecting a color (and color scheme) for your brand must represent the client's...
Jewelry Store Bench Area
INSTORE Jewelry Magazine [instoremag.com]Jewelry shops seen from the showrooms give clients a more interactive feeling in the store. See Full Article https://instoremag.com/jewelry-store-shop-areas/?oly_enc_id=6244A5888912E5P?slide=4...
Very Best Jewelry Seating Areas
INSTORE Jewelry Magazine [instoremag.com] FIT FOR A MOVIE STAR. Hollywood glam is the theme at Zorells Jewelry in Bismarck, ND, designed by Leslie McGwire & Associates, which debuted in 2019. See Full Article
6 Major Ways to Refresh Your Salon Design for Your Reopening During COVID-19
Salon Today [salontoday.com] Please read this important article to help your business! Salon industry professionals are faced with the challenge of adjusting to the new normal. There will be necessary updates to address, processes to refresh, new protocols to follow,...
COVID-19 Healthy Designs
i + D Magazine July/August Addition 2020 CLICK HERE to see Leslie's comments on pages 35-39, just press the arrow to review. Begin at the Beginning "Always important—but now more than ever—is the first impression clients get upon entering a salon," says Leslie...
COVID-19 Interior Design Solutions
In order to keep your business open and more profitable during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, we will have to redefine the retail experience. My name is Leslie McGwire, ASID Allied specializing as a COVID-19 interior designer. I am the president of Leslie McGwire...
COVID-19 Directional Signage
This is a great example of signage seen in this picture from Park Place Jewelry store in Ocean City, Maryland. This directional signage shows how clients entering the store will feel most comfortable shopping at the store. As valued clients enter the store, it's...
Leslie Talks: Retail Interior Design to Improve Business Sales
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” is a saying that you have likely heard many times. However, in these extraordinary times, an especially important concept when it comes to the interior design of a retail store is essential. Every time a...
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