"The boost in productivity since we started using Sampleroom has been remarkable.

It used to take weeks to produce collection books semi-manually, and there was always the risk of errors creeping in to the process. Now, we sort and select the styles we want with the mouse, and a few minutes later we have a professional-looking range book. Along with the efficiency gains, it makes a difference to the way we're perceived by our retail partners. We can show them the range in a much more appealing way, and it's easier for them to choose styles they think will sell best and give them a good return."

Garcia Jeans, an international jeans and lifestyle brand, has been able to dramatically reduce the time needed to produce its collection books with Visual Retailing solutions. It also uses the products to design the layouts of its stores and franchise shops throughout Europe.

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"Prior to using vrSampleroom each country had its own system. However, because we work on an international basis, it was important to harmonise our ranges across Europe and have insight into the complete product portfolio - vrSampleroom helped us achieve that. The impact has been that it has significantly helped the sales process. Today, everything is visible in the vrSampleroom database making is easy for our sales representatives to simply view the available ranges via their laptops and in doing so provide immediate information back to our customers."

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"The result is a collection has been built up in an efficient and effective way. The strength of this system is that everything is visual and it is used by many different teams. The cut and paste work that we used to do was very time-consuming and not very effective. Now we can see the look and feel of a collection at an early stage and see how it will look in the stores in a few months time. Because all the data is in one system, the collection can be visualized at any stage in the lifecycle.

We can see at a glance if the collection is properly balanced in terms of price, quality, colour, etc., and we can also see how it looks in the store. Is the colour palette well balanced, is the atmosphere right, are we using the right materials, can the shopper see a clear proposition, are we making the most of the space."

Hunkemöller is a major international lingerie chain, founded in 1886 by Wilhelm, Anton and Caspar Hunkemöller These days, Hunkemöller has more than 2,600 employees and more than 450 shops in 13 countries, under the name of either Hunkemöller or Bodique: the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Aruba, Curaçao, Russia and Poland. Hunkemöller is one of the largest lingerie specialists in Europe and market leader in the Benelux countries.

www.hunkemoller.com

"We're very pleased with Mockshop. It produces clear and highly professional shop layouts that are really easy for our shop sales staff to follow - and that gives M&S Mode a unified brand image in all our retail outlets throughout Europe."

Netherlands-based M&S Mode has selected Mockshop and Sampleroom to streamline key processes, including visual merchandising (VM), product range visualisation, and product photography. M&S Mode has been using the solutions since September 2010 and is already benefiting from the significant time and cost savings they deliver. The team was particularly impressed by Mockshop's clear and professional visualisation, making it easier for them to advise and instruct on-site staff in their shops on the required layouts.

Headquartered in Amsterdam, M&S Mode specialises in on-trend womenswear in a wide range of sizes and has around 450 stores in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Spain.

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"The evaluation has shown that Mockshop and SampleRoom make it quick and easy for us to produce planograms with the merchandise and store layouts that really drive sales. This will make the whole planning phase much faster and accelerate execution of our plans on the shop floor."

RENÉ LEZARD is an exclusive premium men's and women's fashion brand. It is notable for its individuality, inimitable design, uncompromising material and finishing quality. Its products are sold in RENÉ LEZARD shops and selected retail partners in Europe, North America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In the light of its geographic spread, the company was looking for an easy-to-use yet powerful solution that would centralize its retail store planning and optimize its merchandising. Another of the company's top priorities was that the selected solution should integrate with its FUTURA system, an ERP application tailored to lifestyle retail companies. Following an evaluation of multiple vendors, RENÉ LEZARD chose VR Mockshop and SampleRoom products for their breadth of functionality.

www.rene-lezard.com