Bob Phibbs, the Retail Doctor® blog at Retaildoc.com

If you look around you’ll see there is some creativity in retail, but it usually isn’t in the signage department. You want to stand out? Don’t give the wrong person access to your printer or a marker.

In preparing pictures for my new book, the Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business, I revisited these pictures which show how the banking sector is learning from the best retail and hospitality businesses. This illustrates where smart retail is going: