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...
Impressive Jewelry Store Fireplaces to Up Your Imagination
INSTORE Jewelry Magazine [instoremag.com] Directly off the sales floor at WILLIAMS JEWELERS in Englewood, CO, a customer lounge, also known as a man-cave, boasts a separate, complementary environment with a bar, local beers on tap, a fireplace and a TV. The man-cave...
COVID 19 Social Distancing Barriers
With over 35 years of experience in business development, interior design, equipment, furniture sales and marketing services for hospitality environments as well as retail space, salons, resorts, spa and jewelry-based businesses I am always looking for suitable...
Leslie Talks: How Color Can Help You Make More Sales
Build brand recognition with color. According to studies, colors can boost brand recognition by 80 percent. Finding a way to work your logo colors into your interior design will help customers associate those colors with your store. A good example is the robin’s-egg...
Leslie Talks: The Next Journey
Hello! I am excited to start connecting with you more each week here in my blog. I have been doing interior designing for over 35 years and loving every minute of it. Prior to this post, I have written many articles for national interior design magazines. Now I'm...
Flying High
INSTORE Jewelry Magazine [instoremag.com] Welling Company & Jewelers Former airplane hangar provides home for Welling & Co.’s 100-year-old jewelry business.. See Full Article
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