Tag Archives: Retail Window Display

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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Small Business Saturday 2016

Small Business Saturday is a great event for small businesses and it is always the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year that falls on November 26. Small Business Saturday itself was started in 2010 by American Express and is similar … Continue reading

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Events and Town Squares @ Your Store

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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#OOTD and Your Store

Searching for ideas for your Blog, Instagram, Facebook, Tumbler or Twitter feed?  Are you an apparel store?   Have you tried #ootd?   OOTD stands for Outfit Of The Day.  This hashtag is used primarily on fashion blogs and other Social Media where … Continue reading

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Christmas is over, but it’s still Winter

As you dig out of the latest snow storm to head back to work after the holidays, you probably dread having to slash prices on your unsold Christmas merchandise.  It’s somewhat of a dreaded retailer’s tradition…. and a hit to … Continue reading

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