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Leslie McGwire: Jewelry Store Interior Design Advice | March 03, 2025 (0 comments)
West Bloomfield, MI--The jewelry interior design ideas listed below are cutting-edge approaches to improve customer engagement with your business design. These techniques are not the only recommended methods, though. The advice given below for interior design is tested and true.
Contemporary Mobile Checkout.
In contrast to the decades-long dominance of checkout counters at a POS is now decreasing in size of the overall space plan design in jewelry stores. The trends are the use of mobile POS systems and card readers that are assisting jewelry store businesses in modernizing their checkout process and accepting payments anywhere in the store.
The last opportunity you must make a good impression on customers is at the checkout, and how they feel about their experience may determine whether they decide to buy at your store again. Four out of five customers say they’d be less likely to shop from that store again if they had a bad checkout experience. Unfortunately, data suggest that 88 percent of consumers say a negative checkout experience hurts how they perceive a jewelry store.
Retailers have come up with a lot of creative ways to streamline and speed up the checkout process. The checkout process should be quick and easy, regardless of whether a customer decides to use Apple Pay, a digital gift card they purchased online, or buy online and pick up instore.
If the jewelry owner is debating whether to abandon having clients check out at a large POS, think about how changing from that conventional design would affect your customers’ experience.
[Rottermond Jewelers. Photo credit: Leslie McGwire]
On the other hand, if as an owner the preference to prepared to start looking into accessible ways to modernize your checkout experience, consider how any changes you make might affect how customers move through your retail space and modify the layout of your store to make room for any new services or technologies you introduce. See picture of Rottermond Jewelers that I designed to show a small POS of check-out podium within the diamond area of the store design.
[Chrysella Fine Jewelers. Photo credit: Leslie McGwire]
Interior Designing with Store Windows
If you are fortunate enough to have front windows, natural lighting has a favorable influence on consumer behavior in the jewelry businesses, according to numerous research. Natural lighting can raise the productivity and enjoyment of your retail personnel. In addition to emphasizing the color of your store, enhancing customer behavior and creating a more comfortable shopping atmosphere. Examine the impact of natural lighting on your retail design. Consider eliminating any displays that obstruct light if your store has windows. See picture of Chrysella Fine Jewelers that I designed, which shows very large windows in front of the store.
About the Author: Leslie McGwire™ has over 35 years in tech-business development, interior design, equipment, furniture sales and marketing services in retail and jewelry-based businesses. Leslie has won 25 national design awards, including the prestigious Salon Today and INSTORE Jewelry Store awards. Leslie has a true passion for business, design for the jewelry and retail industries. Visit lesliemcgwire.com for more information.