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		<title>Electronics chain designs store for women</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[US electronics giant Best Buy has opened a trial store format with a difference. It&#8217;s a store packed with electronics goods designed by women &#8211; for women. Reflecting the fact that women make or heavily influence the majority of consumer purchase decisions these days, a number of companies have begun exhibiting signs of female fever, [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://artrm.com/retail-news/2008/10/electronics-chain-designs-store-for-women/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>US electronics giant <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bestbuy.com/">Best Buy </a>has opened a trial store format with a difference. It&#8217;s a store packed with electronics goods designed by women &#8211; for women. </p>
<p>Reflecting the fact that women make or heavily influence the majority of consumer purchase decisions these days, a number of companies have begun exhibiting signs of female fever, as online trends monitor <a target="_blank" href="http://www.trendwatching.com">trendwatching.com </a>puts it. </p>
<p>The new store is in Aurora, Colorado. The company asked 40 local female customers and its own Women’s Leadership Forum—or &#8216;WoLF pack&#8217;—to participate in the design of the new store, reports <a target="_blank" href="http://www.springwise.com">springwise.com</a> online. </p>
<p>Among its findings over the nine-month effort were that female customers wanted more help seeing how products could work together and fit into their lives, for example; also that the term &#8220;home theatre&#8221; suggested technologies suitable only for the very wealthy, according to the Associated Press. </p>
<p>So the new store features electronics products working together in homelike settings, and &#8220;home theatre&#8221; has been renamed &#8220;family room.&#8221; </p>
<p>Gone are the chain&#8217;s typical warehouse-style blue interiors and metal shelving, replaced instead by wood panelling, carpets featuring earth tones and skylights for natural lighting. </p>
<p>Family-friendly restrooms and race car-shaped shopping carts are also among the additions to the store, which is reportedly putting a new emphasis on making eye contact with customers as well, following its female advisors&#8217; recommendations. The cost of building the women-friendly store was higher than usual for the company, but Best Buy says it expects customer loyalty will make it worthwhile, AP reported. </p>
<p>Ginger Sorvari Bucklin, Best Buy&#8217;s director of Winning With Women, explains: &#8220;Best Buy&#8217;s roots 40 years ago was with high-end audiophiles. Because technology has changed so much, we know women make 45 percent of electronics purchases. This is about serving women better.&#8221; A worthwhile—and clearly profitable—goal for traditionally male-focused industries far and wide. What is your brand doing to appeal to women&#8230;?</p>
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