Staff would know to help if someone in a wheelchair needs to reach the clothes. I'd like to have a system where clothes that are hanging higher up can be electronically brought down by machine - so you just press a button and they come down for you.
The tills would be lower and one changing room would be big and comfy for wheelchair users and have full-length mirrors and lower hooks.
Then I'd see how clothes designs could be adjusted for people in wheelchairs to make them easier to put on without the changes being too noticeable, like drawstrings at the bottom of each trouser leg, so you could tighten and shorten your trousers when you want to get in or out of the chair.
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