Window Shopping is the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere visual presentation company for the retail, entertainment, and special event markets. Owner and founder Janet J Cady continues to direct each project personally, ensuring the quality and attention to detail that have made Window Shopping a leading member of the Bay Area design Community.

Innovative marketing sets the tone for Window Shopping’s retail projects. Merchandising is not a one-size-fits-all proposition, and no company understands that better than Window Shopping. Janet has pioneered visual campaigns for retailers as diverse as Escada on Union Square, Alcatraz Enterprises, and small retail marketing units in malls throughout the bay area. In each instance, Janet deals directly with managers and owners to create a unique and arresting image.

Some of the Bay Area’s most prestigious locations have depended on Window Shopping for consistently stunning visual design. The Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel on Nob Hill hired Window Shopping to fashion its Christmas presentations. The American Conservatory Theater entrusted the display windows for its grand re-opening to Window Shopping. Window Shopping has designed fantasy windows for the S.P.C.A.’s Christmas Adopt-A-Pet drive on the Fifth Street Side of the San Francisco Shopping Center, and it decorated Centennial Hall for the Mayor’s Winter Wonderland Party in Hayward.

As a true indication of the company’s success in innovative design, San Mateo County government officials chose Window Shopping from over fifty local contenders to revitalize and redesign the window presentation at the State Capitol. Janet’s winning design featured two operating commuter trains, spinning propellers, and undulating waves, representing the county’s claims to fame in transportation and access.

Clearly, Janet’s experience in retail has allowed her to take Window Shopping into exciting new directions. The company has coordinated numerous special events in conjunction with the world-renowned Cirque du Soleil, San Francisco’s Opera Ballet companies, The San Francisco Book Lover’s Ball, Beach Blanket Babylon, the San Francisco Municipal Railway, and the Carousel Museum. The late San Francisco Chronicle columnist, Herb Caen took note of the Museum project, describing it as a rare and fantastic display of old-fashioned carousel horses.”

Window Shopping has also created striking set designs for several national and regional charity events, including InnVision’s innVision the Night” starring Jay Leno at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel; Mr. Roger’s Sweater Drive for the Homeless”; and the continuing art display. The Creative Self-Expression Show” at Menlo Park’s Great Frame Up. Window Shopping also made a splash with its Tropical Party for Cisco Systems.

The creator of Window Shopping’s design sensations, Janet J. Cady, has a background in graphics and theater arts. She started her career as visual specialist for Bullocks North, and then moved on to I. Magnin at Stanford Shopping Center. Her responsibilities grew to include visual presentations for San Mateo I. Magnin . She created Window Shopping with the goal of bringing her design and merchandising talents to an ever-expanding world of retail and entertainment. Along the way she has developed a pool of talented associates, not to mention a remarkable store of props and accessories.

As more and more Bay Area merchants come to count on Window Shopping to make the right visual statement, Janet continues to oversee each project personally, guaranteeing that Window Shopping will continue to set a pace for visual presentation design in the Bay Area.