Clements Retail is a manufacturing and installation company with a proven track record in furniture production and full turnkey solutions. The company understands the importance of acting as brand custodian and has wide experience.
The company specialises in building consumer environments, and has a history of working with the world’s top brands, including such blue-chip names as Michael Kors, Christian Louboutin and Lanvin.
Michael Kors has compared his London store to eating ”a delicious pizza”. The American designer, who has opened a store in London’s Regent’s Street, says it is the shopping equivalent of eating something that tastes good but is affordable, commenting: “I love indulgent caviar, but I also enjoy a delicious pizza – they’re just different experiences. The same goes for my new store.”
The designer, who already has a flagship store in London’s Bond Street, always insists on quality and value, no matter what the price point, and that goes for designing his stores too. Consequently, Clements Retail is the company he calls when he requires high quality workmanship at a fair price … which is always! Indeed, the company has also completed, amongst many others, his 7000ft2, two-storey Paris store situated on rue Saint-Honoré; the largest in his 175-shop chain around the world.
Nathalie Vaqué, supply chain and store project director for Lanvin, is another fan of Clements Retail “Lanvin and Clements have been working together for many years. Technical knowledge is of course a major reason for this long partnership, but the power of suggestion and the solutions brought by the Clements development team have also contributed to the confidence of Lanvin,” she explains. “Opening a new store has a huge impact on a brand’s image and this is why the choice of contractor is so important.
A store must reflect the luxurious level of the merchandise so every detail of the construction work is of paramount importance and must improve the customer experience. Clements understand the stakes.” Clements Retail understands that store design is an important aspect of the shopping experience and, from its 35,000 ft.² Leicester-based in-house production facility, offers both retailer and designer a multidiscipline resource under one roof, comprising joinery, a full CNC capability, architectural metalwork, spray finishes, polishing, and a fully automated acrylics facility.
Core capabilities within the company include logistics and project management, design development, value engineering, stock control and installation: in fact, everything you need to successfully open a new store.
Of course, the design of a retail environment can sometimes mean the difference between business success and failure, so it pays to get it right first time. Your sales rely on it and the reputation of your brand demands it.
That’s why Clements Retail is the first choice for many discerning retailers and the designers they trust to give them advice.
