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
Great leaders share many of the same characteristics. You’ve read them or heard them before. Hopefully, a leader you follow shares them, and you probably share many, if not all of them, as well. Leaders are great communicators, trustworthy, influential, decision-makers, loyal, technically proficient, confident, and on and on. Based on lists like this, one [ Read More ]
Categories: General Interest, Leadership, Personal Development
As we wrap up the year I want to share three tips to help finish the year moving forward. 1. Celebrate your successes This year has been a mixed bag for many stores. Church stores have definitely been impacted, however, we can find something to celebrate. Whether it’s our volunteers (who deserve to be celebrated), [ Read More ]
There is an errant thought process that is far to prevalent in church stores and coffee shops. It’s the thinking that says “we already have a built-in customer base in our membership…so we don’t need to do all of that!” This couldn’t be further from the truth.
When it get’s busy one of the first things that is sacrificed is the cleanliness of the store, restocking displays and general maintenance.
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
Twelve years ago, I found myself in a leadership role in my church. At the time, I was a volunteer, with the responsibility of overseeing a team of volunteers. I can tell you now that I had no idea what I was doing and to be honest there was no one coaching or guiding me in [ Read More ]
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 ]
Taking Inventory is a key function of your overall store operation. It allows you to take an up close and personal view of many aspects of your store including your product, dollars invested and potential trends. Unfortunately, many stores do not take inventory outside of receiving inventory and the occasional search for the product that [ Read More ]
When things get tough, the economy is impacting your sales, or you are limited by ministry factors in what you are able to do, the guerilla church bookstore manager knows that he or she needs to follow Guerilla Tactic #4 Get Back to Basics (you can learn tactics 1-3 by clicking here). The basics are [ Read More ]