Take advantage of Easter’s late arrival by scheduling special training, team meetings and/ or product demonstrations ahead of the spring and summer holidays.
Categories: Buying, Display & Merchandising, Inventory, Store Management & Operations
In the Christian products marketplace, stores often struggle with when to start merchandising for the Christmas season. Some feel that following the general market, many of whom are already in Christmas mode, is too early; while other Christmas purests will not merchandise until after Thanksgiving.
Categories: Christian Retailing, Display & Merchandising, General Interest
In the last few issues of the Impact newsletter, we have focused on some core subjects that we know are necessary for your store to succeed and operate smoothly. First, we addressed planning and the kinds of things needed for your store plan. Second, we talked about inventory management and the need to do it [ Read More ]
One of the things that sets a good store apart from a great store is its identity. Do you know who you are? What is your store all about and do your customers get a sense of that when they visit your store? In this big-box world of Wal-Mart, Target, Borders and Barnes & Nobles, [ Read More ]
From time to time, I find it necessary to stop, step back and consider what we are doing and where we are going. What initially prompted (forced) me to take that step back a while ago and look at things was busy-ness. I was busy about many things in the store, busy about responsibilities in [ Read More ]
How much do you value your time? The easy answer to that question can be found in observing how you spend it. As retailers, we spend a lot of time working in our stores instead of on them. Consequently, the things that need to happen don’t because they are sacrificed for the “now” at the [ Read More ]
How much of what happens in your business (life) is actually planned? Is where you are today where you planned to be, or is it a nice surprise? People spend more time planning a two week vacation then they do the other 50 weeks of the year. The vacation is great but the rest of [ Read More ]