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5 Hot Display Strategies to Try in Your Store!

Retail Adventures

It’s a fact that pre-occupied shoppers will spend approximately eight seconds looking at store windows as they pass by. Your job as a visual merchandiser is to expand that time frame. This type of display assumes that shoppers will place themselves at the center of the window and pause to take it all in. We bet you can, too.

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Instant Biologics: Sowing the Seeds of Success at Retail

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households already had at least one house plant before the pandemic, and the shift to remote work accelerated demand, particularly among apartment-dwellers in more metropolitan areas that were looking to spruce up their remote offices, according to Tenenbaum. A growing market. Timing couldn’t have been better for the brand. Two-thirds of U.S.

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Not Just Yet: 5 Ideas to Increase December Sales!

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Begin at the front door You want your sales floor to scream Christmas when shoppers enter and the perfect place to set the tone is on your Speed Bumps; the displays that stop shoppers and give them a taste of what they can expect to find merchandise-wise as they shop your store. Want to increase gift card sales?

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Fern Hill Market: A Sip of Small Town Shopping

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In January of 2021 she began to search for new space, hitting the jackpot when she found the historic Christian Geister House in the nearby village of Algonquin, Illinois was available. Upcoming events include the popular Algonquin Wine Walk where participants pay $50 each to sample wines at 19 different stops. Smart move.

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50 MORE Ideas to Spin the Doors on Your Stores!

Retail Adventures

Social distancing, masks, a limited number of people in your store, plexiglass shields at the cashwrap, cleaning the sales floor as necessary, and hand sanitizers will be with us for a while. Add your telephone number and web address in 10-14” white reflective vinyl letters at the center bottom of your main windows.

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The Eclectic World of Leon & Lulu

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Leon & Lulu, and the adjacent Three Cats at Leon & Lulu , is owned by the husband-and-wife team, Mary Liz Curtin and Stephen Scannell. While Leon and Lulu are no longer with us, visitors to the store just might meet Spot and Bertie, the two pups who "work" at the store. Mary Liz at her store with Spot (left) and Bertie.

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15 Things to Do RIGHT NOW to Get Your Store Ready for Holiday 2020

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Walmart has announced it is offering Black Friday sales beginning online at Walmart.com on Wednesday, November 4. The stores will open at 7:00 AM on Black Friday, the general opening time for the majority of its stores. Use props to create a holiday theme, changing your windows at least once a month during the busy holidays.