Creating a Holiday Window Without the NYC Fifth Avenue Budget

Barneys, Bergdorf’s, Bloomingdale’s, Saks, and other 5th Avenue favorites are renowned for their over-the-top, uber-expensive, and undoubtedly enticing holiday window displays, which are installed before the Thanksgiving weekend (and the televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade). As a retailer, you can learn a lot from the excess and grandeur of these displays, designed to bring in Read More …

Why Haven’t You Personalized Your Store?

With so many chain stores and online retail giants, shoppers have plenty of convenient ways to shop but they are lacking personalization. Variety is the spice of life, though, and many shoppers are drawn from their homes and into retail spaces by the promise of a unique and fulfilling consumer experience. You can’t provide that Read More …

Using Your Holiday Windfall Wisely

The holiday season is major for retailers that want to rack up last minute sales before the calendar year ends.  With enticing holiday displays, promotions, and a strong marketing strategy, you can really boost your earnings before ringing in the new year. The next question is, what you will do with your holiday windfall? If Read More …

Retail Apparel 101: The Basic Foundations of Clothing Store Displays

Get excited about opening your retail clothing store? Whether you’ve purchased a franchise, you’re curating a collection from various designers, or you’re selling your own designs, it’s a lot of fun to think about how you’ll put together outfits, choose the proper dramatic lighting, and create the gorgeous displays that are going to entice shoppers Read More …

Don’t Let Theft Ruin Your Holiday Season and Beyond

  The winter holidays are the high point of the year for many retail outfits. As shoppers flood stores intent on finding the perfect gifts for family members and friends, retailers can boost sales for the year and prepare for the slump that inevitably follows in the wake of the new year. Of course, when Read More …

Gift Wrapping: Competitive Genius or More Trouble Than It’s Worth?

During the busy holiday shopping season, retail businesses become fiercely competitive They go all out to offer sales and promotions that will drive consumers to their stores and websites.  According to Forbes, as of late December 2016, holiday sales were expected to reach the $1 trillion mark, with the average household shelling out more than Read More …