Tag Archives: Merchandising

“More or Less” for Effective Merchandising

Posted on January 23, 2019 by AZRetail

  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

Posted on September 12, 2018 by AZRetail

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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Refreshing Your Store Can Keep You Growing

Posted on August 10, 2018 by AZRetail

Two of the biggest retail chain stores, Walmart and Target, are doing something that Wall Street really doesn’t like. In fact, if you believe Wall Street they’re crazy to do it and it’s a complete waste of money. What could … Continue reading →

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A Surprising Gen Z Trend

Posted on May 10, 2018 by AZRetail

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!

Posted on April 6, 2018 by AZRetail

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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What We Can Learn About Retail From Craft Beer

Posted on August 14, 2017 by AZRetail

Let’s talk about beer.  You may or may not like beer but there are plenty of lessons in that business for all retailers. Beer has been dominated by a few large brewers and then controlled at a local level by … Continue reading →

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Events and Town Squares @ Your Store

Posted on August 31, 2016 by AZRetail

Apple’s new retail chief, Angela Ahrendt, has a new approach for Apple Stores. She wants them to act more like town squares. It’s an interesting idea and it creates an end result that is similar to other approaches we have … Continue reading →

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