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Trends in Toys and Gifts at Baby Stores

SGN Magazine

At Cookie Pot Children’s Boutique, in Gladstone, Ore., She also boosts interest in toys by promoting on Instagram and Facebook, which Banta cited as her main source of advertising. We also offered at-home Santa and Easter Bunny visits, where the characters brought gifts. Then, everyone, parents and kids both, leave happy.”

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6 Ways to Increase Impulse Buys: Online and In-Store

Wiser

You have to understand the psychology behind impulse buying before you can capitalize on this behavior at your stores. You can create a shopping situation where consumers feel like they have something to win if they buy, either literally, through sales and promotions, or figuratively, by positioning the purchase as “retail therapy.”

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What is a Category Reset

Wiser

That means rearranging the category to promote the new product. Electronics and appliances may happen at a much lower frequency, as those products tend to have less seasonality outside of holiday promotions. In this section, we’ll look at some things every retailer should keep in mind as they prepare for a category reset.

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How to Use Fixtures to Direct Traffic Flow

Independent Retailer

Ideal for small objects such as toiletries, socks, gloves, earbuds, and bath sets, acrylic slatwall trays offer a wonderful cross-merchandising opportunity to highlight smaller products that would otherwise be passed up or shuffled around in the mix of your store. Slatwall Merchandisers. Acrylic Slatwall Trays.

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3 Ways to Enhance Your Category Insights

Wiser

Over time, you can optimize to make sure you have the right SKUs in the right place at the right time to maximize sales. Managing Physical Share with a focus to grow your share of items within the category at a specific retailer and location can quickly promote your dollar share. 3: Analyze Your Display Effectiveness.

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Not Just Yet: 5 Ideas to Increase December Sales!

Retail Adventures

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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5 Effective Strategies for Landing New Retail Accounts in Q4

Rangeme

At times you might feel that throwing in a red bow or adding a festive slogan to your product can be enough to make it seasonally relevant. Instead, talk about how it increases the basket average of the store when cross-merchandised next to the cocktail snacks. What else works during this busy season?