Archive for the ‘Retail Success’ Category
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Breaking News - $1 million cash display returns to Las VegasHow do you attract a crowd to an acrylic display case?Answer: Fill it with $1 Million.Acrylic display cases are a great way to keep merchandise securely displayed. Acrylic never yellows like many other plastics. Acrylic has a light and airy ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Georgia jewelry stores close amid robberies
Jewelers in an Atlanta mall closed their doors in fear as a series of smash and grab robberies plagued their mall. Apparently the suspects used hammers to break the retail display cases and swipe the gold and diamonds. Luckily, an off duty police officer caught ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Retail sales are down and the housing market is at its lowest level since the great depression. As Jonathan Blum mentions, sales for outdoor gear is still profitable for exactly those reasons. Fuel is more expensive and people are staying closer to home, but that doesn't mean they aren't playing. ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
In the world of retail, people buy from people. Any store can fill the shelves with their products, but you have to have friendly and knowledgeable employees to sell them. There are three different aspects of human resources that distinguish the winners from the losers. They are - the overall ...
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Contact 5 or 6 other related but noncompeting businesses about a drawing that all of you will all participate in. Once you have everyone that will be participating, come up with a themed product or service list that will compliment one another and that are all about equal in price. ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
http://instacalc.com/
This calculator is great for conversions or basically any kind of math. Here is an example of a Body Mass Index calculation
You can design your own version and use it as it applies to your store. For instance, if you owned a health food store or fitness related store, you ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Location is difficult and expensive to decide, but the payoff is huge. Once decided upon, it is difficult to change. You know what they say, “Location, Location, Location”. Because of all the criteria that go in to location selection, it is sometimes difficult to choose where to commit. We are ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Restaurant Tragedy
A young boy was killed after being struck by a vehicle in a McDonald's drive thru. Regardless of how the ensuing case turns out, this tragedy magnifies the importance of safety in design. As business owners and managers, we are inherently responsible for our patron's safety. My heart goes ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Slatgrid is a retail merchandise display panel much like gridwall or slatwall. It is more like a gridwall panel in construction, but it is manufactured so that it can hold accessories from gridwall or slatwall. The metal that a slatgrid panel is constructed of is welded so that it has ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Some refer to tempered glass as "safety glass". It is stronger than regular glass and will usually break into tiny fragments if broken. It is created by heating the glass to high temperatures and then rapidly cooling it. Tempered glass is usually used whenever human contact with the glass is ...
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