Retail
Every store, every promotion, on brand and on time
From store signage to seasonal campaigns, retail brands use Canva to give every location and every team professional, on-brand content in minutes. Xanadu implements Canva, and drives adoption, for retailers across the UAE, GCC and UK.
The problem
In retail, brand consistency is a store-by-store problem.
Promotions change weekly, and every store, region and channel needs its own version. When each one is made locally, the brand drifts and the customer feels it. That is not a design problem. It is a commercial one.
The brand drift problem
Every store and region makes its own signage and social posts. Logos, colours and offers drift, and the brand looks different in every location.
The bottleneck problem
Promotions need to launch across every store at once. A central design team cannot turn around hundreds of localised versions in time.
The scale problem
You can brief one store. You cannot brief three hundred. The larger the estate, the harder brand consistency and speed become.
Proven
What retail teams achieve with Canva.
Retail brands use Canva to roll out campaigns across every store on brand, while letting regions and stores localise at speed.
Localised store creative, down from two weeks
Increase in content produced after rollout
On brand, from flagship to franchise
Figures from Canva customer stories. Xanadu implements and drives adoption of Canva; these are illustrative Canva outcomes, not Xanadu client results.
The model
Governed creative freedom.
The best retail brands solve consistency not by restricting what each store creates, but by building systems where the on-brand template is the fastest option. That is what Canva, properly implemented, makes possible. Implementation is exactly what Xanadu does.
For your marketing team
- Brand Kit centralised: every approved logo, colour and font in one place, always current.
- Locked templates for store signage, promotions, social and campaign creative.
- Approval workflows to review content before it goes live, without becoming a bottleneck.
- Brand governance at scale: one Brand Kit update propagates to every store.
For your stores and regions
- Localised, on-brand promotions in minutes, ready the moment a campaign drops.
- No design skill required. Templates handle the design, each store handles the detail.
- Every format, one tool: in-store signage, social, print and digital screens.
- A familiar interface most teams already know, so adoption is fast.
How it works
Four steps to a fully operational Canva environment.
Discover
We map your workflow, store and region structure, brand standards and biggest content pain points. 1 week.
Build
We build your Brand Kit and template library for every format your stores use. 2 to 3 weeks.
Onboard
We configure permissions and approval workflows, and run onboarding for your team and stores. 1 to 2 weeks.
Grow
We stay in your corner, expanding the template library as your brand and estate evolve. Ongoing.
Ready to see what this looks like for your team?
A 30-minute discovery call, no commitment. We will map out exactly what implementation looks like for your organisation.