For retail businesses, creating a safe, appealing setting for shoppers has always been a top priority, but health and safety concerns have become even more important in recent months, with all the fears regarding the spread of COVID-19. While some businesses have closed because of “shelter at home” orders that affect non-essential businesses, others are Read More …
Starting a business is no easy undertaking. Once you’ve chosen a location, lined up your supply chain, and secured loans to launch your retail venture, it’s time to take a long, hard look at your retail space and determine the best ways to represent your brand and create an immersive experience. What sights, smells, and Read More …
To help combat the spread of COVID-19 and maintain business as (close to) usual, many retailers and restaurants have implemented a curbside pickup option for customers. If you have contemplated doing the same, but aren’t exactly sure where to start, you’re in luck. In this post, we are going to dig into the mechanics of Read More …
When people want to sell items of value, they often turn to consignment stores to do the job for them. Although certain online platforms offer opportunities to sell just about anything these days, many people don’t want to deal with the hassle and uncertainty of determining fair pricing, fielding bids, and dealing with strangers. They’d Read More …
When you walk into a department or warehouse store, you may be struck by the vastness of the space. Even though these stores are stocked full of goods, there’s also plenty of space to walk and explore merchandise. Unfortunately, smaller retail stores, like boutiques, don’t have the same access to the square footage as their Read More …
As humans, we generally seek to quantify and categorize. Considering how quickly we often have to decide whether something is a threat or not, this makes sense from a biological perspective. Sometimes, however, it leads us to create rules that don’t actually exist. Rule of Three in Retail Consider the common assumptions that both bad Read More …
If you work in retail, you’ve certainly encountered retail gondola shelving, a popular, floor-standing retail display system that includes a base with a vertical spine, which supports cantilevered shelves on one or both sides. Typically, some sort of pegboard, slatwall, or solid board is used for the vertical element, to allow for versatility in adding Read More …
The main goal in any retail operation is to make sales. For this reason, you go to some trouble to create displays and pathways throughout your store that encourage browsing and facilitate buying. That said, you also want to create a welcoming and memorable retail experience, and this requires you to add ambiance to your Read More …
Whether you run a clothing store or your retail location simply offers a lot of apparel, you’re sure to have a chunk of inventory on hangers and racks. While this is an excellent way to maintain organized displays in your store, swapping out inventory en masse can get tricky when you’re fumbling with an armload Read More …
You might think selling goods in your retail store is as simple as placing them on shelves, but there’s a lot more to the psychology of selling—from the colors you use to catch attention, to how you price your wares, to where you place them on shelves—the ones at eye level are likely to be Read More …