Now that the holidays and 2020 are coming to an end, have you assessed your remaining inventory? Now is the perfect time to prepare to run a Facebook Clearance Live event. An event like this can give you a nice “cash injection” AND clear out stale merchandise! The best part is that you don’t need…
There are so many amazing, talented, and passionate small business owners who rely on other businesses for supplies. Darice was one of them. A family-owned business founded in 1954 and was purchased in 2016 by The Michaels Company. In the midst of all the 2020 craze, Michael’s announced that they will be closing Darice which…
Marketing a retail business can be a full-time job alone, right? We spend time managing employees, juggling inventory, making products, bookkeeping, taking care of customers, shipping and so much more. I completely understand when a shopkeeper says they don’t have the time to DO IT ALL. That’s why I needed to tell you about Snap…
In my last blog post, I shared some recommendations on how to SURVIVE your slow months. I’m turning that around in this blog post with ways you can THRIVE during the slow season. Here are some tips on how you can get more sales or people in your doors during the slow season: Host a…
If you ask most independent retailers about a “slow season”, you’ll see many of them cringe and talk about the “J” months. The J months are January when people are recovering from the holidays or hibernating because of weather, June and July when families are wrapping up the school year and diving into the Summer…
In December of 2018, Darice officially announced that I was one of their Business Bloggers. Darice is a wholesale manufacturer of craft and art supplies – their audience is also made up of makers, online shop owners, and retail store owners. Since that announcement I’ve proudly written a collection of blog posts that you might find…