Retail and consumer services

Visual Retailing software suite

Visual Retailing offers a range visualization and virtual 3D shop modeling toolkit designed specifically for the retail industry. The toolkit integrates the physical sample room, merchandise management system and product data management system, providing retailers with a single point of access to the images and data they need to build full product ranges. Using Visual Retailing software, retailers produce crystal clear visual planograms and develop range catalogs and books in minutes.

Through the software and CGI’s Visual Retailing software support services, clients achieve the following benefits:

  • Develop and execute channel/account specific merchandising and visual direction in a virtual 3D environment, generating labor cost reductions of 25-40% compared to traditional processes
  • Minimize costs on merchandise presentation communication
  • Produce multiple versions of merchandise directions in hours versus days
  • View 3D virtual representations of products on store fixtures to scale with your sale/event POS
  • Virtually merchandise your fashion and EDI assortments down to the capacity unit
  • Rapidly develop prototype shop concepts in a virtual 3D environment
  • Virtually stand in front of your store windows to set up weekly/monthly campaigns
  • Create, view and revise the look of your selling space in a 3D virtual space before production of the first graphic element

About the Visual Retailing software suite

At the heart of the suite is a visual database that stores products, images and data. In addition, the suite includes a collection of visual tools that make it quick and easy to browse, analyze and present product ranges. Among these tools are MockShop, a virtual 3D modeling toolkit, and SampleRoom, a range visualization toolkit.

The Visual Retailing software suite empowers retailers to achieve the following:

  • Build interactive 3D stores of any size, complete with fixtures, garments and graphics
  • Virtually develop and test individual store concepts and floor plans without having to fold a single real garment or disrupt any actual store space
  • Produce merchandising directives, including visual planograms for every fixture in the store
  • Organize and view your entire merchandise assortment and produce storyboards in minutes
  • Work from hand sketches, CAD drawings or digital images to showcase merchandise from concept to consumer, using advanced 3D rendering

The benefits include reduced costs, greater flexibility and faster speed-to-market. As Visual Retailing’s premier service provider, CGI delivers all of the support services you need to take full advantage of this powerful software suite.

MockShop
MockShop enables you to build stores of any size and shape and produce crystal clear shop floor layout planograms that are easy to read and execute. The planograms contain 2D and 3D store and fixture views. In addition, MockShop’s simple drag and drop feature allows you to merchandise fixtures. It can be used for any and all store grades.

SampleRoom
SampleRoom provides the tools you need to build compelling product ranges that are easy to manage, visualize and present at any point in the product lifecycle. It is an indispensable decision support tool for any retailer.

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