{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Style Stories with EZ Living Interiors","title":"How EZ Living Won Furniture Store of the Year","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2948,"description":"Join us to discover more about the art and science of exceptional retail, celebrating EZ Living Interiors' Sandyford store being crowned Furniture Store of the Year. We unpack the 10 core pillars of retail excellence, the power of visual merchandising, and the surprising trends shaping the future of physical stores and e-commerce.Joining us is Matthew Brown, one of the world's leading retail trend futurists and founder of Echochamber. As the lead judge for the Retail Excellence Awards, he shares his global perspective, tracing the evolution of retail and explaining what elevates a physical space into a destination. EZ Living's Regional Visual Merchandising Manager, Aimee O Donovan, also joins to take us behind the scenes on the creative, passion-driven effort behind the store's award-winning visual displays and major store openings.THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUTRetail excellence is all customer journey Physical stores offer unique inspiration Responsible retail goes beyond sustainability Omnichannel must link online and offline Only own things both useful/beautiful GUEST DETAILSMatthew Brown is a world-leading retail trend futurist and the founder of Echochamber, a global creative retail consultancy. For over two decades, he has documented and analysed the most innovative stores and customer experiences globally. He is a high-demand keynote speaker known for his energetic insights, and he serves as the lead judge for the Retail Excellence Awards in Ireland, bringing a global perspective to recognise outstanding retail experiences.Connect with Matthew:https://echochamber.com/contactQUOTESThe great retailer is there to surprise and delight. - Matthew BrownThis is the real unique advantage that physical stores have, and they also pull you into the brand and the story and show the expertise and the passion and creativity behind it - Matthew BrownThe point of a room set is to create different enclosed worlds, each that have their own style, their own feeling, their own flavour...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jLdO4RzWohXxEswV0YoTvLgEwN21l7NNUhtH4q3k1mM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85OWMy/YTc1YjliODlkZjE4/OTFmYTNjYTk5OGY1/ZDY4Yi5KUEc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}