Clever Retail Revamping

The Financial Times has a story about Danish silverware company Georg Jensen, which recently revamped its retail look. How do executives justify such an expense at a down economic time? By being innovative. Jensen got in touch with 25 top Danish companies and offered a swap: use of consumer electronics, furnishings, housewares, and so on in return for a showcase of that company's goods. Jensen isn't selling the products of the other, just its own. It's similar to how many magazines get use of materials from various companies in return for credit. It's a smart bit of business innovation.