Lighted Showcases are Great Retail Focal Points

Lighted showcases are wonderful focal points for many retail businesses, from gift shops to jewelry stores. Specialty Store Services currently carries a large variety of showcases and is happy to offer two new lighted showcases to its customers. The lighted showcases include glass sides, offering unobstructed views off all merchandise, and measure 47-1/4″ H x Read More …

Ambient Scent: Shop and Smell the Flowers

Do you smell what I smell? More importantly, do you smell what your customers smell? And just what do they smell, anyway? Research shows that a nice-smelling store may encourage people to linger and purchase. Are your customers lingering or sniffing and heading out the door?In one study, Eric Spangenberg, a consumer psychologist and dean Read More …

New Acrylic Slatwall Accessories

Slatwall. I love it! So versatile, great for cross-merchandising, you can dress it up or dress it down and it’s just plain good looking. And it’s just gotten better, what with new acrylic slatwall accessories we have just added. The new Acrylic Eyewear Displays for slatwall offer full visibility of your sunglasses and are ideal Read More …

Retail Sales – A Positive Attitude Yields Positive Results

So, the busy retail holiday shopping season is really, truly, officially here! Woo-hoo! All the hustle and bustle and money changing hands…it can be so fun and energizing. It can also be very draining. It is hard to be upbeat and cheerful when you’re really just feeling tired, annoyed, hungry because there’s no time for Read More …

Top 5 “must-haves” for Retail Online Shopping this Holiday Season

Some of the most insightful data we gather from the annual Shop.org eHoliday Study centers simply on what matters most to consumers. In partnership with BIGinsight, we asked consumers: “When choosing to make holiday purchases from a given online retailer, what is most important to you?” In an industry fueled by constant innovation – whether Read More …

Holiday Retail Window Display Ideas

So, do you think you need a bajillion dollars and a fancy-shmancy designer to create an interesting and eye-catching holiday window display? Well, think again, my friend! Have a ball. Dress up your window display by hanging simple, round ornaments from the ceiling of the window display area. These ornaments are easy to find at Read More …

Holiday Retail Shoplifting

‘Tis the season…for shoplifting. That’s right; just like holiday shoppers, shoplifters have already started emerging to get a jump on the holiday season. National Retail Federation spokesman Joseph LaRocca confirmed that prime shoplifting season is starting. “Everyone’s getting ready for the holidays earlier this year,” he said. “We see an increase in thefts in October Read More …