This section is for and about gift retailers. Each article is packed with useful information, some brought to you directly by the retailers themselves. Articles include Q & A's, new store openings and success stories about your fellow gift shop retailers.
How can retailers boost sales every winter holiday season? It's make or break with the winter holidays. Are you prepared? Here are some tips to always make the season work for you.
How do you host a successful in-store event during the holidays? What are some event ideas that can draw traffic? You probably kick off the holiday retail season with a bang. Here are some ideas to make holiday events profitable and fun.
It's spring. Time to clean out your back room and take stock of your merchandise. Here are some tips on maintaining an organized and efficient back room.
The holiday season is over. How do you clear your shelves to make room for new merchandise? Here are some ideas from members from the Gift and Home Trade Association.
What are your predictions for retail trends in 2008? How can retailers profit from these trends? We are on the cusp of a new year. With retail trends changing at breakneck speed, members from the Gift and Home Trade Association weigh in about what they see on the retail horizon for 2008.
Minimum wholesale orders. Vendors need them; retailers complain they are too restrictive. In a new forum, in association with the Gift and Home Trade Association, we talk to industry professionals to find out how retailers can turn their minimum orders into maximum profits.
It's not just the big department stores that have to worry about loss and theft. The problem affects independent retailers too. Find out the best practices you can use to minimize loss in your store.
It's January—time to clear out the shelves and make room for new, exciting merchandise.
Every retailer knows that a successful business needs competent and reliable staff. GIFT SHOP asked retailers what they do to draw in and retain stellar staff.
GIFT SHOP asked gift retailers which impulse items work well for their shops and what they do to maximize impulse buys.
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