What is the appearance of your store telling your customers? Are smudges on the door and front windows yelling “Hi! We’re messy and unprofessional”? Is your clean floor stating “My owner cares enough to vacuum me”? Is there clutter on your cash wrap or register counter saying “We’re so disorganized”? Your store may be speaking Read More …
Not all of us are gifted with organization skills. Sure, some of us have our own brand of “organized.” We can tell you what’s in each mountainous stack of paper on our desk or direct you to the calculator (which we last saw in the closet… or maybe on the shoe rack) but do your Read More …
Quick, read fast! You have about 3 seconds to capture a potential customer’s attention as they walk or drive by your store! How are you going to get their attention? Well, an eye-catching sign on the sidewalk or in the window is a great start. A sidewalk sign needs to be big enough to get Read More …
Everyone out there would swear by the fact that reclining on a couch on a chilly winter afternoon with a hot steaming cuppa held in one hand and a movie playing on TV is the perfect idea of the run up to Christmas. And moreover with films like Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows, Faster Read More …
I was walking around town the other day and I noticed some store windows and it made me think about presentation. When people walk or drive by your store the first impression they get is what they see in your windows. When store windows are all covered with flyers and junk it does not make Read More …
Specialty Store Services has a exciting line of deposit safes that are the perfect combination of security and convenience. Our customers have been asking for these deposit safes and Specialty Store Services delivers. Our top of the line Cash Deposit Safe is 17-3/4″W x 17-3/4″D x 33″H with a whopping 3.88 cubic feet of interior Read More …
I have been getting calls from all sorts of people asking if Specialty Store Services would like to advertise in their publications and ultimately the decision comes down to money. The only kind of advertising we like to do is low-cost advertising. With any print advertising you would do you are guaranteed not to have Read More …
You’ve worked hard to build your business. Whether you run a convenience store, an administrative company, a boutique, a small shop or restaurant, you have put in countless hours – and invested a sizable amount of capital – to turn your vision into a reality. And that was just too be ready for your grand Read More …
You know the feeling. You’ve built your business and a great reputation, but it feels like you’ve peaked. Not only does this turn running your own shop, store or service into same-thing-every-day kind of drag, but it limits your profits. Raising prices is never popular with customers, but with the costs of gas – and Read More …
Times are changing quickly with the new smoking ban sweeping the United States. It used to be that you could smoke everywhere, and anywhere. Now most states have restrictions on were individuals can smoke. Restrictions range from no smoking anywhere in a public building, just in certain places, or within fifteen feet of a building. Read More …