10 Ways to Improve Gift Shop Sales: 19 Gift Shop Owners Share Tips on Boosting Business
Posted by Julie Rotuno on 14th Jun 2022
It’s not easy to be a gift shop owner in this economy. For many, sales are down while rents are up, and the competition from big-name chain stores is discouraging at best. What’s a mom-and-pop gift store to do?As you probably already know, there’s no one simple answer. But there is help! For this guide, we surveyed 19 successful gift shop owners to get their best tips on marketing and branding, a
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Tips To Keep Merchandising Displays Fresh
Posted by Julie Rotuno on 14th Jun 2022
A well lit and presented display has the power to both increase foot traffic and drive sales, while creating a professional image for your shop. Getting the basics right is crucial to your business’s health, especially in the competitive retail industry.Increase Walk-In Traffic, With Effective Window DisplaysReduce ClutterResist the temptation to cram a window display with an overabundance of merc
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The Importance of Professionally Designed Logos
Posted by Julie Rotuno on 14th Jun 2022
On the first day of August 2021, television news media outlets ran retrospective segments related to the 40th anniversary of MTV, a cable network that is perhaps more iconic than HBO. Whether you grew up with MTV when it still played music videos or when it switched to a slew of reality television programming, chances are that you are familiar with the channel’s unmistakable logo, which has always
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The Evolution of Packaging
Posted by Julie Rotuno on 14th Jun 2022
What does packaging do for your company? In other words, is it only intended to protect its contents? Or, does packaging do even more, such as:
Containing;Preserving;Advertising; andCommunicating?Modern packaging is incredibly functional, versatile, and attractive. Packaging has improved so much in recent years that it’s a little bit difficult to look back and recall how things used to be. Even o
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