Retail Adventures

MAY 22, 2023

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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Retail Adventures

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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.

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Retail Adventures

MARCH 21, 2022

The word “eclectic” has been used to describe all sorts of things but perhaps its best use is to describe Leon & Lulu , Mary Liz Curtin’s wonderfully kinetic store located in Clawson, Michigan. Leon & Lulu, and the adjacent Three Cats at Leon & Lulu , is owned by the husband-and-wife team, Mary Liz Curtin and Stephen Scannell.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 25, 2021

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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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 22, 2020

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.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 16, 2022

You should have at least one event scheduled for each week of the Golden Quarter. Host our Cash Register receipt Auction by encouraging shoppers to save their receipts throughout the holidays because on Tuesday, December 6 th they will be able to redeem them for merchandise at your auction. Host it in-store or via Zoom.

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