Reading is an incredibly important part of your child’s emotional and intellectual development and fostering the love for books is the cornerstone of education, especially in the early years. However, boosting an enthusiasm for old fashioned paper, in the face of endless screen technology, can be a daunting task for even the most talented teachers. 

According to a latest study, clever classroom designs and carefully considered educational furniture works alongside factors like colour, light and air quality to improve performance by as much as 16%. Let’s see how choosing the right education furniture can boost a child’s reading skills. 

Why Are Bookcases Important? 

Strong reading skills set your child up for success, later in life in many ways and bookcases play an equally important role. Let’s see how. 

• Organisation: A good quality bookcase is a way to keep your books organised. It makes it easy for students to find what they are looking for. Organising the books by subject or by reading level, keeping everything in place makes things easier for the children. It minimizes any barriers created through frustration at not being able to find what is being sought.

• Accessibility: Easy accessibility and freedom to choose a book is a crucial part of developing a genuine love for reading. Good quality educational furniture that allows easy accessibility to younger children to pick out a book of their choice without any additional safety concerns can add value to their reading experience.

• Added appeal: Different colours that highlight a bookcase can add appeal to what may otherwise seem fusty. Flamboyant colours like yellow or red will draw attention and inspire children to explore the shelves.

How to Install A Bookcase When Space is A Constraint?

A full-size bookcase may not be a practical option, especially when space is a constraint. In such a situation, choosing something like a mobile base unit can prove helpful. It can be used to create a book nook, where children can select books as per their willing. A flat worktop to display the books is another good way to make it easy for younger children to choose.

Good furniture, comfortable chairs and tables can make the overall reading area special. Also, it will make it easy for the children to keep books neat and tidy at the end of the reading session.  The concept of a clever classroom is deceptively simple and choosing the right educational furniture is invaluable in helping children garner a true love of the written word.

Arranging a retail store is both art and science, where it involves creativity and a lot of psychological insights. Let us explore some common tactics that can be implemented while planning the arrangement of your store. These pro tips can be of great assistance while arranging your store’s layout and merchandising.

Proper Spacing Between Products & Fixtures

You might have multiple shelves that are packed with merchandise and that is absolutely ok as long as you still give your customers their personal space. But make sure you are not giving your customers a butt-brush effect. This is a phenomenon where shoppers would abandon a product or display, they were looking at when they were bumped once or twice from behind.

According to a study, many shoppers, especially women, do not like being brushed or touched from behind, while shopping. They will move away from merchandise, they are interested in, so as to avoid it. So, make sure you have enough spacing between products and fixtures.

Using the Right Floor Plan

For any retail store, floor plan plays a critical role in managing the store flow and traffic. But the best part is there are plenty of store arrangements that you can adopt these days.

• Free Flow Plan
• Straight floor plan
• Geometric Floor Plan
• Angular Floor Plan
• Racetrack or Loop Plan

The choice of which one is right for you completely depends on factors like the size of your store, the products that you sell, and your target market. You might want to answer some questions before making a decision. What are your customers like? Do they shop in a hurry or take their time to pick up their products? Do they prefer self-service, or will your associates guide them throughout the store? These are some of the questions you have to ask when deciding on your floor plan to make a wiser decision.

Cross Merchandising

Cross merchandising with neat categories or departments is a great strategy. But you need to make sure that you have enough space to cross-merchandise different items. You can identify the products in your store that can go well together and put them in a single display. Viewing your merchandise from a customer’s perspective always helps. For instance, if you are a shopper looking for a particular dress, is there anything in the store that would go well with it? Many retail stores prefer to cross-merchandise a range of shirts and sweaters with matching clutches and purses.

So, now you understand how your store layout and merchandising can directly affect your store traffic, sales and even dwell time. Therefore, it is critical that you invest the time and resources in making sure that the look and feel of your store are on point.