Retail Adventures

MAY 18, 2020

Just because your brick and mortar store is closed, it doesn’t mean that you can wait it out. Now is the time to get in your customers faces and stay there. Here’s how: 1. Build a team of associates who are well-versed in what you sell, and can be personable even behind a mask. Invest in training your people.

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V Count

MARCH 6, 2024

Attracting customers to your physical store and persuading them to purchase your products is a complex and multifaceted task that requires careful consideration and strategic planning. In this challenging environment, it’s absolutely essential for retail businesses to be flexible, adaptive and forward-thinking.

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V Count

MARCH 6, 2024

Attracting customers to your physical store and persuading them to purchase your products is a complex and multifaceted task that requires careful consideration and strategic planning. In this challenging environment, it’s absolutely essential for retail businesses to be flexible, adaptive and forward-thinking.

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Retail Adventures

JUNE 4, 2020

The COVID-19 shutdown put retailers at a disadvantage and now everyone is playing catch up. In addition to keeping associates and customers safe via the guidelines imposed by your state and community, you still have a store to run. It’s important to keep your eye on the future. Hire and Train Your Team.

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Retail Adventures

JULY 1, 2020

Even when things were “normal”, customers shopped in strange patterns, and their choices tend not to be divided equally among retailers. If you want to get more during the pandemic you need to do more. Just opening your doors is not enough, you need to be ready with events that are locked and loaded on your calendar.

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Retail Adventures

MAY 7, 2020

One suggested retailers remove all merchandise from the sales floor and set up a show room featuring a sample of each item instead. But there are changes to be made as retailers prepare to reopen: · State and county/community guidelines must be continuously checked because they update frequently. Ready your team.

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Your sales floor is a living, breathing entity that should change (frequently) in order to flourish. If your store is full of the latest product, but your sales are in a rut it, it could be because your customers are bored. They come to your store not just to buy – they come for ideas and inspiration.

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Retail Times

MARCH 30, 2021

Stockouts almost always make it to the “worst nightmare” lists of retailers, and for good reason. Not only do they lead to lost sales, but out-of-stocks also result in reduced customer satisfaction and lower loyalty levels. Fortunately, though, there are a number of solutions to your out-of-stock woes. How can you address this?

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 9, 2022

There are many different theories about how the in-store shopping experience will change over the next decade. Some are imagining robots at our beck and call but many of the changes you will see will be more subtle than that. One of the areas several retailers are focusing on is the fitting room. Fast shipping.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 6, 2022

There are tons of mobile business ideas that can be done on your own time and with little startup costs. The Mobile Retail Business Industry in 2022. The mobile retail business industry includes any business that moves to various locations. So, become a mobile pet groomer with bathing gear in your own truck. Mobile Salon.

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Retail Times

MARCH 8, 2021

Creative Gateways has three locations across Arizona and online stores, and the business sells a wide range of art and products, including blown glass, stainless steel sculptures, handmade jewelry, and more. Tell us a bit about how Creative Gateways got started. How do you keep people coming back?

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Conversion is your ability to convince consumers to buy goods from your retail store. Attracting consumers is only half of the battle when it comes to your retail business. How to increase conversion rate in retail store? Store Layout and Window Displays. Queue Management.

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to Neil Patel , “The probability of selling to an existing customer is 60-80%, while the probability of selling to a new prospect is 5-20%.” Are you building your strategy around retention first and acquisition second? Are you building your strategy around retention first and acquisition second?

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Rangeme

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In 2018, French-trained personal chef Rodolfo Fernandes knew he had to create something sweet and healthy that everyone could enjoy without losing the satisfying taste of “sugar” after remembering a story from his childhood. Read on to see how their passion for healthy sweets led them to sell their products directly to retailers on RangeMe.

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Retail Adventures

JANUARY 4, 2022

Creating and delivering consistently good customer service is a battle that happens every day right on your sales floor. We say battle because it isn’t easy when your plate is full and you are being pulled in multiple directions. It’s like a fingerprint; no other retailer will ever have it. Know thy customers.

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Retail Next

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As a retail store owner or manager, one skill you need to develop is closing a sale. After all, making sales is the whole point of your retail business. Without sales, your business would not thrive. And, the good news is there are several proven techniques you can use to close a retail sale.

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The essence of retail analytics insights cannot be understated. It is the backbone shaping the future of retail enterprises. Through the critical lens of data analysis, businesses are steering towards a more informed and strategic approach. Retail analytics insights play a pivotal role in strategic decision-making.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Rising consumer spending combined with higher disposable income in the last quarters of 2019, was expected to stimulate industry revenue growth, as more consumers require sporting goods for their health and fitness. You may find out why and how to turn the tide and brace for a new future. Industry Definition and Categories.

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Retail Next

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Whatever the size of your retail business, inventory management is crucial to controlling your supply chain. Whatever systems you have in place to manage your inventory and minimize loss, it is always a good idea to be thinking about how you can improve upon them. Management Software. Cyber Security.

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Retail Adventures

JUNE 28, 2021

Fast forward to Milwaukee, Wisconsin late in the 20th Century, where a man named Nick has just landed a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. Fast forward to Milwaukee, Wisconsin late in the 20th Century, where a man named Nick has just landed a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. Nick missed that conversation.

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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. The store is named for their family pets, Leon the cat and Lulu, his rottweiler pal. It is simply an amazing store with an amazing story.

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Retail Adventures

JULY 23, 2020

You may know Bob as the Retail Doctor ; in this case that’s an even more fitting title as Bob offers up tips on how to deal with anxiety about your store’s future. Here's Bob: 30 Tips On How to Deal With Anxiety About Your Store’s Future It started with a simple question to me, “How do I overcome anxiety?”

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 18, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Even when you are as large as McDonald’s with a worldwide presence you still have to fight for your share of a consumer’s wallet. Whether its ads in your social media feed, hauls on YouTube or a dancing TikTok marketing messages just won’t seem to go away and for good reason. McDonald’s.

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

KeHE selected its recipients based on their representation of diversity, equity, and inclusion, the ingredients they use, how they taste, their eye-catching packaging, and their brand message. “We On November 3, 2021, KeHE Distributors, one of the largest and most respected grocery and natural distributors in the U.S., Got Paella.

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Hyken

MARCH 7, 2022

How to Build Customer Loyalty by Sharing the Inflation Burden by Joel Comm. Here are a few ways you can take a page from their playbook to build more customer loyalty. Depending on your business, you may find the perfect place to cut without any CX consequences. Do You Really Know Who Your Customers Are? by Monica Mullen.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In current times, D2C refers to brands selling directly to consumers rather than the more traditional approach of selling through retailers. Zero disturbance test” that garnered more than 1.5M D2C as a business model has always been around. Amplifying Social Media Presence. of its total revenue in 2020.

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This year consider the following in your Golden Quarter planning: 1. This year consider the following in your Golden Quarter planning: 1. Your store must participate on Black Friday. So, regardless of what you sell, or the size of your store, you need to participate either in-store, online or both.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 16, 2022

This year start your Golden Quarter planning now: 2022 Dates to Remember This year Black Friday is on November 25, Small Business Saturday is November 26, Cyber Monday is November 28, and the biggest shopping day of the holiday season will be December 17, the Saturday before Christmas. Your store must be open on Black Friday.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Open brick and mortar stores. Perhaps this will sound like a misnomer, but even direct to consumer retail businesses need brick and mortar stores. This is because the vast majority of retail sales still happen in stores with online sales representing only 14.6% Still not convinced?

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Retail Times

MARCH 22, 2021

Building and maintaining great supplier relationships is a must if you want to stay competitive in retail. Having healthy relationships with these vendors helps ensure that your shelves are healthily stocked with great products that bring delight to your customers. Let’s get started. What is supplier relationship management?

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Does your retail management system do what you really need? And can it manage all aspects of your retail operations from one place? What is an integrated retail management system? What are the benefits of an integrated retail management system? Work more productively and efficiently.

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Retail Times

MARCH 29, 2021

Industry data shows that 1 in 10 shoppers will stop buying from a retailer because of slow delivery and only 46% of consumers are happy with how long it takes for orders to arrive. So, how you, as a retailer keep up? Read on to learn more about ship from store and how to make it work in your business.

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Retail Next

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

By being smart about content marketing, your retailing business can attract customers new and old. The basic principle of content marketing is that your brand creates and disseminates content that is relevant to customers and is designed to increase sales. Stores can leverage that relationship to drive sales.

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Store Growers

JUNE 20, 2019

During the last couple of years, Google Shopping Ads have become a staple stock for ecommerce stores. They currently account for as much as 70% of non-branded paid clicks on the Google search results for retailers. No longer satisfied to be just the middleman, Google is looking to turn its properties more into a shopping destination.

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Store Growers

JUNE 20, 2019

During the last couple of years, Google Shopping Ads have become a staple stock for ecommerce stores. They currently account for as much as 70% of non-branded paid clicks on the Google search results for retailers. No longer satisfied to be just the middleman, Google is looking to turn its properties more into a shopping destination.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 9, 2021

But #retailers have been doing this since, well, forever. – Dept Stores private label apparel. It’s the new digital proxy for in-store experience. Curious on your thoughts around shoppable video trends and adoption esp. Darin Archer: When will we have a major paradigm shift from the online store? why/why not?

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Small Biz Trends

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In this guide, you’re going to learn how to streamline your marketing efforts and increase your chances for marketing success by using a simple one-page marketing plan template. READ MORE: 10 Ways to Take Your Current Marketing Plan to the Next Level. Well, it doesn’t.

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