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Small creative businesses popping up all over London
An innovative company called KiosKiosk is offering free and short-term leasing of small pop up kiosks to help new creative start-ups sell their products in an innovative way. The kiosks are opening up around London this summer and are one of the initiatives backed by the London Sustainable Development Commission, working to help creative independent [...]
Taking traditional retail to a whole new level
This post is a bit different to my usual Point of Purchase observations, but this story from creative ideas blog, Springwise, really interested me and I felt it deserved a mention here. Traditional luxury department store Fortnum and Mason have recently decided to take local produce to a whole new level by sourcing honey from [...]
Giving students a helping hand
Considering the current economic climate and the way our employment market is changing, it’s hugely important that we’re aware of our teenagers and how we can help them get to where they want to be in the future. Things aren’t as simple as they were a few years ago. Now University graduates and people who [...]
San Francisco
I was recently in San Francisco on a business trip visiting some of our clients and I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours looking around the shops in the city centre. It’s really impressive, Saks and Bloomingdales particularly stood out for me – their in-store and window displays were fantastic, they’re so keyed [...]
Valley sponsor the Retail Trust Ball
All the team here at Valley had a fun night out recently at the Retail Trust Ball. We were official sponsors of the ball and are proud to support such a good cause. The Retail Trust provide support for anyone in retail, including their families and employees. In these tough economic times it’s great that [...]
From Bogota to bras.. and back again!
With the festive season well and truly upon us, it seems the credit crunch is forcing families to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. Consumers are inevitably spending less this year, so the shopping experience is crucial to helping retailers secure those valuable purchases. This is something I was discussing with a new designer from [...]
