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MANNEQUINS THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY
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| Some basics about mannequins. |
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Creating A Business Image That Counts
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| Your business image can be physical or conceptual - both are important. It is how you are seen and how people (customers and suppliers) think of you, that will set your image. Have you thought about what you want your image to be and what you have to do to ensure it happens? |
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Lesson #3: Put Yourself in Your Customers’ Shoes
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| Hindsight is 20/20. Looking back on the success – or lack thereof – of his first Subway store, DeLuca acknowledges that his biggest mistake was its “crummy location. In February, the store was doing so bad that we were thinking of closing up.” But together with his partner, Buck, the pair decided to try something even more eccentric: they decided to open up a second store. “We talked ourselves into building the second store,” says DeLuca. |
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Productivity
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| I worked in a grocery store as a youngster. The Depression was on, inventories were limited and merchants frequently ran out of stock items. As a result, the merchants would borrow from each other until their next shipment came in. I was the "runner" for our store and Charlie Scott was the "runner" for the store across the street. |
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Following the Leader Who Follows the Leaders
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| It started out -- as most things do in the PC/CE/communications industry -- as
a "little" idea...an application store on a corner of the virtual cloud world. Suddenly you can't make your way around the web without bumping into another one. No one at Apple will say but people speculate the company has racked up $45 million with their virtual store front. Now new smartphones are coming out, every app store offers something. |
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Image Versus Identity
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| The image of a company can be purchased and crafted much like an illusion that a stage magician performs. The identity of a company is the real version of what customers see and experience when patronizing a company.
Huge difference.
It is quite possible and often likely that companies that have paid for an image have quite a different identity. Grassroots marketing people like your's truly discover and bring out the true identity of the businesses we represent.
Here's a quick example; an area has an Avis Rental Car location which has an image of "We're number two, so we try harder." But also in the area is Joe's Rental Cars, a local guy who serves free hot dogs and always has cars in stock. The first has an image, the second has an identity.
Image is fleeting and expensive, identity keeps customers talking and coming back.
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How to Start a Retail Clothing Store
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| Owning a retail clothing store can be a great way to sell your own designs, fashions from other designers or a combination of both. If you have a flair for style or you can help others create an image that they are looking for, you can have a steady stream of repeat customers and referrals lining up at your do |
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How to Start an Online Store 1-2-3
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| If you are just starting out as an entrepreneur, an online store can be a great place to start. You can launch an online store for very little cost, and virtually no experience is required. However, there is a downside to online stores. To find out how you can avoid this common pitfall which ruins many online store owners, read on. |
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How Can an eBay Store Increase Your eBay Profits?
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| If you want to make money selling on eBay, you can help increase your profits by setting up an eBay store. The easy-to-build store format lets you customize your eBay store design so that you can create a recognizable brand and attract more repeat buyers - without spending a lot of advertising dollars. |
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Organization Structure Limits or Liberates High Performance
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| The CEO of a national retailer was very frustrated. His face grew noticeably redder as he told me how he had set up each store as a profit center and was attempting to hold store managers and their regional managers accountable for profitability. But when a store under performed the store manager would show that head office buyers were forcing them into stocking the wrong merchandise for their particular mix of customers. Or they would claim that the marketers hadn't put together the right campaign for their local market.
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VISUAL MERCHANDISING CHALLENGES IN SPECIALITY STORES
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| This article was written for a retail magazine in India:
Huge corporations or “Mom & Pops” can own specialty stores, but two things they have in common are their customer service and their focus on a limited product line. Unlike a hypermarket, a specialty store is small, edited and generally clear about who makes up their customer base.
The Visual Merchandising staff is the eyes and ears of a specialty store. Their role is to make sure the image of the store stays on target, on brand and current.
Along with the pluses and pleasures of working in a smaller store, some challenges exist for the management and visual merchandisers that vary depending upon whether the specialty store is owned by a corporation or a family.
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