Because paint is visual, it’s easier than other items to merchandise. A good paint job, however, is more than just color and finish; customers will look to you, the retailer, to ensure they have all they need for a job …
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Seven Items That Should Be on Every Retailer’s Seasonal Maintenance Checklist
In preparation for a new selling season, take time to drive the maintenance of your store. Pretend you are a customer visiting the store for the first time. Make a list of what you notice then prioritize based on necessity …
Read More »Drive Traffic with Winter Project Ideas and Spring Teasers
Winter doesn’t have to be downtime. Use your creativity to promote indoor home projects customers may not have thought of while carefully planning and purchasing for the upcoming spring rush. Bring your customers in this season and they’ll keep coming …
Read More »Five-Minute Makeover: Merchandising Improvements Made Easy
Merchandising, at its most basic level, includes anything you do at your store to display and promote merchandise to your shoppers. That’s a pretty broad definition. But there are quite a few strategies to achieve success, making merchandising a full-time …
Read More »Hilltop Lumber Has Bright Ideas For Customers
Customers who need ideas as they plan construction of their new homes know they can count on Hilltop Lumber. The Alexandria, Minn., location contains four idea houses within its show room, each featuring different types of siding and various styles …
Read More »Four Tips for Selling Storage and Organization
Perhaps winter instills the desire for organization because being stuck inside we’re forced to confront our clutter on a daily basis. Whatever the reason, winter is a time when organization is top of mind. Use these tips below to make …
Read More »Grow Wild Bird Seed Sales with Attractive Displays
The market size for wild bird feed and feeders is $4.4 billion in the United States, according to the Wild Bird Feeding Industry’s benchmark study released this month. And it stands to grow even bigger, especially at hardware stores which …
Read More »Right on Target: Two Retailers Share Their Success Stories in the Sporting Goods Niche
Whether it be for a leisurely day of fishing or the thrill of camping and hunting wild game, these days, more and more consumers are headed outdoors to enjoy the elements. Even with the economic recession causing many sectors to …
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