Victorinox unveils its London flagship store featuring the new design concept. As the Swiss brand celebrates the 125th anniversary of the iconic Swiss Army Knife, it returns to London with a brand-new flagship store opening on 388 Oxford Street, featuring products across the full offering.

MODERN DESIGN SHOWCASING INDUSTRIAL ROOTS

The move to Oxford Street reflects the brand’s growing influence in the UK retail space, whilst the new store with the revamped design concept brings together the Victorinox values of quality, functionality, innovation and iconic design with refined details. The 169 m2 store houses the full Victorinox product ranges of travelgear, watches, pocket knives, kitchen knives and perfume, giving visitors the chance to shop for their urban, at home, and outdoor adventures in one destination across two floors with a dedicated floor to the brand’s iconic Swiss Army Knives and cutlery.

The new design concept brings together the Victorinox story, products and core values with the ulti-mate shopping experience. Personalization stations allow visitors to assemble their own Swiss Army Knife, and have it customized to their liking, whilst the other products are displayed in a manner allow-ing shoppers to engage and experience it. “I am thrilled with the new retail design. It authentically reflects our positioning as a premium brand and provides our customers with a unique brand experience”, Carl Elsener, CEO of Victorinox, says.

The brand continues to deliver on being a part of your everyday adventures with its offering, from your everyday urban needs in the city, to international travel and outdoor exploration and cozy cooking at home with loved ones.

EXPERIENCE VICTORINOX

Renowned creative & innovation studio, Dalziel & Pow worked on the brand’s design concept bringing together elements of the Victorinox lifestyle and ethos whilst creating a modern, premium and inviting space incorporation technology and a tactile experience. The brand’s industrial roots are emphasized with brushed steel used across key fixtures and fittings. The brand’s connection to its Swiss roots and nature is amplified and interpreted into the design with floor to ceiling windows, allowing natural light to penetrate in, and natural birch wood playing a key role in the design with reeded plywood wood paneling wrapping internal areas of the store and drawing shoppers upstairs. Darker accents and the brand’s signature red on the exterior of the building invite those passing by in, alongside interactive digital screens giving a playful element. Shoppers are greeted with a range of Victorinox products in-cluding travelgear, watches and fragrances to tickle all senses and are drawn upstairs by the spiraling glass and stainless-steel staircase to experience the range of cutlery and pocket knives on offer. The staircase delivers customers up to the iconic Swiss Army Knife showcase and personalization zone, with the shape reflecting the classic corkscrew design enhanced by mirrored ceiling over. Technology has been carefully incorporated to allow for an elevated shopping experience and allows the visitors to see all elements of the brand’s offering in action.

Victorinox products are available at points of sale in more than 120 countries worldwide. The Victorinox brand world is brought to life in shop-in-shops and more than 50 company-owned retail stores. In addition to the reopened London flagship store, there are other Victorinox stores in Switzerland at the company’ headquarters in Ibach, Lucerne, Brunnen and Lausanne, as well as Zurich Airport and flag-ship stores in Zurich and Geneva. Brand stores are also located in Cologne and Berlin (Germany), To-kyo (Japan), and Hong Kong and the latest international openings include Vienna (Austria), Prague (Czech Republic), and Lyon (France).