Retail Lighting

Retail lighting encompasses many functions, not only highlighting the goods on display, but also providing light for payment, security and customer movement. Lighting also plays a key part in creating the ambience of a shops interior.

In all but a few special cases general lighting should be by compact fluorescent (energy efficient) with the display lighting element being by low voltage halogens (clean & bright). Both can provide cost effective light as well as giving good colour rendition. Fully adjustable low voltage fittings (flush fitting, pan & tilt) should be used to allow display units to be rearranged and repositioned to suit the stores needs without extensive relighting.

A retail lighting scheme needs to be well maintained as a gloomy and ill lit shop will not attract potential customers! Regular maintenance will help keep its output at the designed required level.

As the majority of the lighting would have been installed during the initial fit-out, the lamps and fittings will have aged as a whole, so if one lamp or its running gear has failed the others will not be far behind (see Technical). They would all have suffered a similar amount of dirt build up.

It would be prudent to have the lighting maintained as a whole rather than taking the piecemeal "replace on failure" approach. This would ensure minimal disruption to the Sales area, be cost efficient and keep the entire scheme in good working order.

"Back of House" areas could also benefit from careful consideration, as stock and rest area lighting is usually left on all day. It, like the shops general lighting, would benefit from being energy efficient. By using compact fluorescents rather than "light bulbs", electricity bills can be kept at a minimum for these non-sales areas.

All lamp changes will be carried out using Osram, Phillips or a similar quality lamp.

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SMALL WORKS

As a store develops over time, shortcomings are discovered in the original installation.

Power points are required to serve extra equipment, supplementary lighting is required to enhance displays, Data points required to link EPOS equipment are but a few examples.

rightlite.co.uk are specialists in small works to retail environments, we understand that these works need to be carried out in a neat and efficient manner and with minimum disruption to the Shopfloor.

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