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Various Thoughts about Retail

“More or Less” for Effective Merchandising

  A lot of people (and some Chihuahuas) can get very excited about choices. They love going to stores and getting to look through a large selection to find the exact right thing that’s perfect for them. And that’s true, … Continue reading

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Refreshing Your Store : Part 2

Remember last month’s blog, “Refreshing Your Store Can Keep You Growing”, which you can find here: We speculated that Target’s numbers would get better as more stores were updated and the improved shopping experience spread through the chain and, in … Continue reading

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A Surprising Gen Z Trend

Gen Z is roughly the age group of today’s teenagers. There were a couple of surveys at the end of 2017, one by PWC and one by Piper Jaffray, that taken together showed something very interesting for retailers. The first … Continue reading

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Self-Gifting? Yes, please!

Self-gifting is a growing trend and it’s certainly one that you can have some fun with and grow sales. Many people pickup up a little something for themselves while out buying presents for a holiday, event or birthday present for their … Continue reading

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Consignment Tags – We have them!!!

AZ Retail’s Consignment Tags are perforated 2-Across Direct Thermal which is also known as a 2-up. The tags use a 1” core which makes them compatible with any desktop barcode printer or even some industrial barcode printers that have an … Continue reading

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Prepare for Surge in Retail Activities

Barclays has put out an interesting note for retailers. They think that as US companies work through the implications of the 2018 tax cuts that they will begin to offer bonuses and wage increases. We have already begun to see … Continue reading

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Small Business Saturday – November 25, 2017

The first Small Business Saturday was way back in 2010.  The country was trying to recover from the Great Recession and small retailers were struggling to keep the doors open. Since then, the economy has been steadily recovering and Small … Continue reading

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