A showcase of the most exciting innovative & successful window displays worldwide this book offers inspiration & guidance to visual merchandisers & retailers who need to create eye-catching window designs that will increase sales. Stores have to deliver their merchandise in a competitive imaginative & distinctive style & never more so than now when consumers have less to spend. The challenge is not only to grab customers attention & encourage them to shop but to promote a stores brand & keep shoppers informed of fashion trends. Seven chapters cover key topics for the visual merchandiser each with a gallery of photographs of stores in Belgium Spain Italy & Hong Kong as well as London & New York demonstrating how & why each window is successful. Colour is a great tool to promote a trend Seasonal Windows exploit the key shopping seasons & encourage the buying of gifts while following Trends in fashion food or homewares & translating them quickly into a window display is a key skill for a visual merchandiser. Graphics & Photography are cost-effective & efficient tools for delivering a message or inform the customer or use Lighting to add drama whether spotlighting products or flooding an entire window. Theatre shows off exuberant & avant-garde displays created to wow an audience of passers-by. Quirky Windows allow the merchandiser to realise their wildest ideas with spectacular results.