Retail Adventures

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

There’s a lot happening at retail right now. While independent retailers were deciding whether to implement contactless payments, other retailers began accepting biometric payments that include use of fingerprints, iris scans, and facial matching. Yes, technology is everywhere, but the changes at retail aren’t all about tech.

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Retail Adventures

JANUARY 1, 2024

Keep customers coming back for more with these non-stop traffic-building, profit-producing, attention-grabbing, sales-generating, competition-miffing, customer-winning strategies every retailer should embrace: Windows that Wow 1. Choose a theme for your monthly window displays. Light your window displays at night.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The holiday season is not just a time for festive decorations and joyous celebrations; it’s also the most lucrative time of the year for retailers. As the season approaches, retailers are gearing up to capture the attention of shoppers and turn browsing into buying.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Regardless of what your retail store looks like, one thing is for sure — there can never be enough space for merchandise. For store owners and sales associates alike, it can be rather daunting to come up with a retail floor plan. For store owners and sales associates alike, it can be rather daunting to come up with a retail floor plan.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Back in the heyday of the shopping mall, retailers attracted and retained customers with their in-store experience. Free samples, beautiful displays and attentive salespeople made shopping an immersive experience. But content isn’t just entertainment to draw in the virtual window shoppers.

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CJ Retail Solutions

JULY 7, 2023

In the dynamic world of retail, creating an exceptional shopping experience is paramount to attract and retain customers. From captivating displays to seamless store layouts, every aspect plays a crucial role in driving sales and customer satisfaction. Display Fixtures and Lighting Solutions 4.2.

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The sales floor serves as a backdrop for powerful signing and creative displays that encourage you to fill your cart with things you didn’t realize you needed until you got there. Create winning windows Potential customers should be able to take in your window displays in eight seconds or less. The Inhibitors.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 25, 2021

Keep customers coming back for more with these “non-stop traffic-building, profit-producing, attention-grabbing, sales-generating, competition-miffing, customer-winning strategies every retailer should embrace” ™ Continuous COVID Prep 1. Windows that Wow 3. Choose a theme for your monthly window displays. Keep it simple.

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Retail Adventures

MAY 3, 2021

Can customers easily see your window and exterior signing? Are your windows clean? Are the window displays current, neat, and fully accessorized? Survey your merchandise presentation: Are your displays fresh? Do you have large display props that take away from the ambiance of your store?

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Retail Adventures

JUNE 19, 2023

After an amazing first day of leading "The Next Wave of Loyalty Track" at the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo I was excited to take Ian Scott and Jack Stratten , two of our favorite retail wizards from the U.K., I began my retail career at T.A. COPYRIGHT KIZER & BENDER 2023 | RETAIL ADVENTURES BLOG

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Retail Adventures

MARCH 27, 2023

Can customers easily see your window and exterior signing? Are your windows clean? Are the window displays current, neat, and fully accessorized? Survey your merchandise presentation: Are your displays fresh? Do you have large display props that take away from the ambiance of your store?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2023

Touting the role of images as businesses’ “digital window displays,” Google’s new Product Studio will help merchants generate a diverse slate of high-quality images to drive better results from their online listings. Google isn’t a retailer, and we’re not a marketplace.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 8, 2023

We did this exercise with a retailer who thought his store the best, so we took him to visit a new competitor and then came back to do the same exercise in his store. How are the store windows? Shoppers access your window displays in eight seconds or less, so they can’t be too elaborate. Mystery shop your store.

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Retail Adventures

DECEMBER 1, 2020

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. Customers know. And remember, we are always here if we can help!

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Retail Adventures

JULY 13, 2021

Before the pandemic, when things were “normal”, customers shopped in strange patterns and their choices were not divided equally among retailers. Every retailer should have a “Never Out” list of the things you need to have in stock one hundred percent of the time. Start here: 1. Create a Never Out List. Sell, Sell, SELL Gift Cards.

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Retail Adventures

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

We did this exercise with a retailer who thought his store the best, so we took him to visit a new competitor’s store, and then came back to do the same exercise in his store. How are the store windows? Shoppers access your window displays in eight seconds or less, so they can’t be too elaborate. Are they unique?

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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. Every retailer should have a “Never Out” list of the things you need to have in stock one hundred percent of the time. COPYRIGHT KIZER & BENDER | Retail Adventures Blog.

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Retail Adventures

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Much of our time each year is spent visiting retailers, interacting with shoppers, and perusing stores. The retailers we meet can be placed in one of three categories: Those who get it, those who don’t, and those who never will. Retailers who get it are golden, they will always find their way to grow and thrill shoppers.

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Wiser

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Whether your job duties fall under sales operations, retail execution, account management, merchandising, or something similar—these daily challenges likely sound familiar. In a sales operation-type role, you may be responsible for planning changes to merchandise, promotions, displays, and other in-store programs.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 6, 2022

The Mobile Retail Business Industry in 2022. The mobile retail business industry includes any business that moves to various locations. Visit customers in their homes to offer cleaning services or specialized options like window washing. You can also collect other used items and sell them in a mobile retail setting.

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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. Train and motivate sales staff.

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Rangeme

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The influential British magazine Retail Week has identified the desire for more adventurous flavours in food and drink as a critical trend for U.K. retail in 2021, enabling consumers unable to travel internationally to taste more cuisines. retailers look for in brands. Retailers in the U.K. With four in five U.K.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technology played a huge role in enhancing customer shopping experiences and making retail owners’ lives easier. One of the key areas for mobile commerce is chat commerce, as more retailers link with mobile messaging platforms and enable consumers to make purchases through SMS and chat apps. •

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Rangeme

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We all know that the fourth quarter can be a season of high revenue for retailers and brands alike, but also understand that most wholesale buyers put a hard stop to bringing in new products once they’re sleeves are rolled up and heads down during the busy holiday season. Timing is everything in retail.

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Rangeme

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

And while selling into new markets for the first time can be daunting, the RangeMe platform makes all the difference, providing a one-stop-shop for international suppliers hoping to sell to retailers in key markets. Happily, the platform continues to expand, having added retailers in the U.K., Ease of doing business.

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Think of anywhere you go where someone provides you with a service, whether it’s changing your oil, installing a window in your home, or in my case, styling hair. She joined in August during RangeMe Deal Days , a month before launching the salon (she was literally installing the displays on which the new products would sit).

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Retail Adventures

JULY 22, 2022

To be a successful retailer today, you must do more than just sell “stuff”; you need to create experiences that touch customers’ hearts and minds as well as their wallets. Planning a successful retail event is like planning a wedding or any other major party: you have to dot the I’s and cross the T’s. Start Your Pencils!

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

. . In my first blog post, “ The Relevance of Physical Retail in the Customer Channel ,” available on empatheticmachines.org , I spoke about the relevance of physical retail today as well as introduced the idea of the Customer Channel. In particular, let’s discuss how tech is transforming physical retail.

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Retail Adventures

JANUARY 27, 2022

If we have learned anything from the pandemic it’s that independent retailers are highly resilient and can turn on a dime. When it comes to in-store displays we tend to lose interest in about five seconds – this is why the days of “this display is good enough for now” just don’t cut it anymore. So what’s a retailer to do?

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 17, 2022

THE GOOD The merchandise on display outside of Altar’d State brings the inside out. Anthropologie always does unique things display-wise using props that don’t cost a fortune. These paper floral bundles appear on fixturing and display pieces throughout the sales floor, in just enough places to create a theme. How easy is this?

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Wiser

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Data is essential in retail. Without it, retailers can’t reprice effectively or even understand how they stack up against competitors. In particular, the question that comes up often when we talk to retail leaders is “what is the difference between syndicated data and Wiser data?” Internal data is key as well.

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Wiser

MARCH 16, 2021

Do you have questions about eCommerce retail? Walmart Groceries, InstaCart which delivers for multiple retailers and others also coming online. So this is a segment that is very important to a lot of brands, to a lot of retailers and it’s important to target them specifically.

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Other retailers will offer deals early and spread out over weeks so that people are not tempted to forgo social distancing in order to save. Both of these retailers offer good plans. Your displays should be designed to move customers through the entire store, yet 50 percent of your sales floor is never seen by shoppers.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 16, 2022

Big retailers tend to kick off holiday sales in July, but the day after Thanksgiving is still important to consumers. The pandemic turned just about every brick and mortar retailer into a “Clicks and Mortar” retailer, meaning if you sell online, via Facebook Live or other social media, you can take advantage of Cyber Monday.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Global beauty retailer Sephora is the latest retail giant to enter the sexual wellness category, following in the footsteps of Tesco, David Jones, Priceline, Walmart and others around the world. We’re also seeing an increase in established retailers supporting this emerging product category. billion by 2026.

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you are not willing to follow the consumers lead, rest assured that some other quilt retailer will. Big retailers understand this and are busy inventing new things to capture consumer attention. Small is the new black and every retailer wants to be you. There are so many retail technologies available to help you sell more.

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