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We fitted this hoarding with our inspiring bar & restaurant design to show the potential of this great site.

We have added two new ‘Homeware’ renders to our library of shop type images this week. The smaller version is for empty units around 6 metres wide, while the wider version can be displayed in shops which are up to 12 metres wide. These can be used in both the high street and shopping centres, showing the possibilities for your empty shops. Our high streets and our shopping centres need attractive and unique offers such as this…

It is important for new businesses to get the basics right when starting up. Shopjacket supported Philippa by ensuring that she had a favourable lease as well as professional and inspiring signage. A great asset for the high street.

The former Wallis on Coney Street has recently been split into two smaller retail units. Our graphics show the potential while tenants are found. The York BID are working very hard to keep York looking fabulous all year round.

We have been busy giving more scruffy and un-inspiring shops a Shopjacket treatment. Our vinyls show the potential for a prospective tenant, as well as tidying up the high street. The image draws attention to the message, which shows that support is available for new businesses. Here is a recent one in York city centre…

The York Business Improvement District (BID) has rolled out its window dressing programme on vacant shopfronts in the city centre starting with spaces on Jubbergate and Bridge Street.  The two locations display adhesive vinyl which portray a contemporary 3-D illustration of an inspiring shop, smartening up the look of its neighbouring business area and making its vacant commercial space more attractive for prospective tenants.  The BID will expand its window dressing programme to a further five shopfronts in the coming months.

Andrew Lowson, Executive Director of the BID, ‘The programme addresses concerns expressed by businesses about how the city may be negatively perceived because of the appearance of empty storefronts, yet the actual number of empty shops in York compared to other cities in the UK is relatively low.  The window dressing is a quick and effective solution that minimises the unsightly presence of a vacant shopfront when changing over occupancy and maximises the incentive for another business to set up trade in York.’  Figures show that the UK vacancy rate is 2.5%, with a five-year average of 3.4%; whilst York’s current rate is 1.8%, with a five-year average of 1.4%. As part of the BID’s commitment to improving the city centre’s appearance and lend business support, they have teamed with Shopjacket to design and coordinate the installation of the vinyl dressings and Make It York to provide prospective businesses with information and support.

Less than a week since the programme’s launch, businesses in the surrounding area have noticed a difference.  Gessica Giacalone, General Manager of Piccolinos, York on Bridge Street, ‘The window dressing is an improvement to the presentation of the vacant shop and helps clean up the appearance of our business area which sees heavy footfall traffic to and from Ouse Bridge. It’s a thriving area so we hope this will help encourage a new tenant to join our business community.’

A vibrant looking juice bar is the most recent addition to our Shopjacket library. The citrus colours will help attract attention to an empty retail unit, increasing enquiries and helping let the unit faster. This design is perfect for showing the potential of a smaller shop.

Two empty shops in Chester-le-Street town centre were given a temporary makeover to show their potential and highlight support available for new and existing businesses on the high street. In conjunction with Shopjacket, the local Area Action Partnership and the CDC Enterprise Agency have helped five businesses on the high street to date.

Shopjacket designed and printed heritage windows for Grant Lodge, Elgin, County Moray. The Castle to Cathedral to Cashmere project was opened by HRH Princess Royal on 7th March 2017, to raise the profile of the history of the town. Shopjacket designed and fitted windows to the empty lodge, incorporating hidden objects relevant to the local history within the designs. The windows were also a means of showcasing old photographs highlighting prominent local figures from the past.

This eye-catching Shopjacket draws attention to the marketing message “Don’t take retail space in Wrexham without calling us first!”. By increasing enquiries this unit should soon be snapped up!