Christmas is nearly here! Have you noticed?

Well of course you have! You can’t but fail to notice when towns, markets and shopping centres are illuminated with sparkling Christmas lights and the High Street is full of exciting shop window displays tempting you inside to explore further. You are coaxed around the shop floor looking for a solution to your gifting worries…only […]

Q&A feature in A1 Retail magazine

A1 Retail magazine very  kindly invited us to feature in their Question and Answer section this month on Visual Merchandising. There are many skills and specialisms involved in successful  ‘Visual Merchandising’ and we explain how our  training for window and interior visual displays and styling  fits in.  ‘Window Dressing’ isn’t just ‘fluff’ – it is a crucial, silent selling technique which generates sales.

Made You Look! at The Treasury!

Small Business Saturday originated in the States where it was launched by American Express in order to raise the profile of small retailers. Now running in this country too, any small firm looking to take part can join in.  Attention is focused on the small independent business, especially encouraging people to ‘shop local’ in the run-up to […]

New workshop for Business Networkers

We’ve recently been networking, networking, networking  – spreading the word about how Made You Look! can help so many different types of businesses – not just retailers.  It occurred to us that there are so many micro businesses who work from  Home-Offices, they rely on Networking Events and Exhibitions to promote themselves and to find work.