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…
Should I consign or wholesale? I hear this question often from BOTH retailers and makers. Let’s start with the difference between the two. Consignment is an arrangement in which an item is placed in the care of another until purchased by a buyer. A consignment arrangement usually involves an agreement with a retailer and a percentage…
Dreamy Retail Spaces. You walk into a boutique, a small coffee shop or any other retail business and your jaw drops. It’s the space you’ve been dreaming about. You start imagining yourself in the store. How you would tweak it to make it your own. We’ve all done it. Anyone who aspires to own a…