FITCH's Christian Davies and PIRCH's Jeffery Sears presented at IRDC in Miami, FL on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. The presentation details the working relationship between FITCH and PIRCH, the evolution of the PIRCH brand, and the experience PIRCH offers shoppers that has completely transformed the appliance category.
3. WHAT WE’LL BE COVERING TODAY
WHERE THE CONCEPT STARTED
HOW IT TOOK SHAPE
THE JOURNEY TO OPENING
HOW IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED
WHY WE THINK IT’S DIFFERENT
Q&A
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8. The status quo. Yet another casualty in the war against boring.
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9. Our approach to everything is always the same: different.
In the world of business, there are those who embrace the status quo.
And then, there are those who embrace the status quo
just long enough to give it a swift kick to the shin before showing it the door.
Meet Fixtures Living.
An idea as much as a company, Fixtures Living comprises a seasoned group
of like-minded, forward-thinking, passionate professionals who looked at
an entire industry and said (in the immortal words of Los Lobos):
“Is this all there is?”
It appears to be a question, but it’s really a philosophy — of rejecting
outmoded paradigms. And of creating meaningful, engaging experiences.
Fixtures Living believes that “conventional thinking” is not really
thinking at all; that current models — based on moving boxes
out of showrooms, onto trucks and into homes — is emphatically
not a model way to do business.
Today, the industry is largely appliance-centric — when, in fact, it
should be consumer-centric. To that end, Fixtures Living does not
ask visitors what they’d like to buy, but rather, how they’d like to live.
Such an inquiry represents a substantial shift — away from selling sheet metal,
and toward providing long-term lifestyle experiences.
Simply put, Fixtures Living is redefining the role a store can play in this sector.
Not content to merely write up a sales ticket, Fixtures Living embraces its duty
as a trusted ally in the quest to realize the visions of its clients.
As a result, the shopping experience is being transformed — from a
mercenary transaction into a meaningful journey.
And, at the end of the day, it is this very dynamic that permits Fixtures Living
to provide its clients with the single most compelling and unique brand promise
in the business:
Kitchen. Bath. Outdoor. Joy.
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10. Who You Aren’t is as important as Who You Are.
FIXTURES LIVING IS NOT:
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Experiential
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Fun
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Unpretentious / “No Brow”
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54. UTILIZE
• A FINAL THANK-YOU
• A WAY TO TAKE SOMETHING HOME
• THE PROMISE OF A SMOOTH EXPERIENCE TO COME
• THE CHANCE TO COME BACK TO CONTINUE THE JOURNEY
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117. RDI Store of the Year Awards
Award of Merit, Innovation Award
ARE Store of the Year Awards
2012: Grand Prize Sustainability, Outstanding Merit Hardlines,
Elements Award: Communications
2014: Grand Prize Hardlines,
Elements Awards: Communications, Presentation, Fixtures
Hub Prize
Gold Medal
CSA Store of the Year Awards
2011: 1st Place Hardlines
2013: 1st Place Hardlines
CSCA Creative Best
Best of Category
WPPed Cream Awards
Highly Commended
Retail Week Awards
Gold Medal Large Format Store
SADI
1st Place New Prototype
Costa Mesa Planning Commission
Mesa Green Award for Sustainable Design
VMSD Retail Renovation Project
1st Place in Category
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