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

Wiser

A survey commissioned by social shopping platform Slickdeals found that U.S. Impulse shopping is not reserved for physical stores. Let’s dig into more ways that you can directly affect your customers’ impulsive shopping behaviors. 2: Cross-merchandising. What is cross-merchandising?

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What is a Category Reset

Wiser

Category resets have some overlap with assortment planning , which is determining the best products and quantities to meet consumer demand. For example, holiday shopping calls for specialized displays that feature the hottest items in prominent places. Consider Cross-Merchandising Opportunities.

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How to Use Fixtures to Direct Traffic Flow

Independent Retailer

For store owners and sales associates alike, it can be rather daunting to come up with a retail floor plan. However, merchandising does not have to become chaotic. With the proper retail fixtures, you can create an organized, enjoyable shopping experience for your customer. Slatwall Merchandisers. Acrylic Slatwall Trays.

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How Should Retailers Read the Mixed Re-opening Messages?

Retail Adventures

Prepare a WRITTEN plan to share with associates and customers on how you will care for their health and safety. Determine to what degree social distancing can be done while shopping in your store. Best Buy has implemented a plan to open by appointment. · Provide associates with the PPE needed to do their jobs.

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Retail Ready: Setting Your Sales Floor to Sell!

Retail Adventures

The Target Syndrome Think about the last time you shopped at a Target store. Chances are, even if you went in to buy a bottle of glass cleaner you spent at least $50 on things you hadn’t planned on purchasing. We begin each one by observing how people shop the sales floor: Where do they go? How much did you spend? The Enablers.

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50 Ideas to Spin the Doors on Your Stores!

Retail Adventures

Remember, its job is to transition customers from whatever they were doing outside of your store and refocus them on shopping. People don’t start thinking about merchandise until they are at least 5-10’ inside the door, this means that the baskets and signs and samples that fall within the decompression zone will e missed.

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What is Visual Merchandising?

Wiser

Your merchandising strategy should take all of this into account when planning the visual display of your stores and digital channels. Even the kind of music you play in your stores says something about the merchandise and the brand. Find Opportunities to Cross-Merchandise. Tell a Story.