Merchandising and Marketing

25 Ways to Boost Your Holiday Sales and Profits

Once the holiday season is underway, there's a lot you can do to land more sales and bank as much profit as possible, no matter what the economic climate. The key is to be proactive. Don't sit back and let the holiday season unfold before you. If you want the most sales possible, it's up to you to take charge and make it happen.

Spree Vegas 2008: Show Highlights

Record numbers of exhibitors and attendees gathered in Las Vegas for three days of deal-making, networking and social events during Specialty Retail Report's fourth annual Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo—our biggest and best show ever!

Cool, Classy and Quirky Carts and Kiosks

Cutting-edge cart and kiosk designs make specialty retailers more visible and their businesses more viable. They also help center management attract the right tenants. In short, everybody wins.

11th Annual Visual Victories Awards

Specialty Retail Report is pleased to present the 21 winners of our 11th Annual Visual Victories Awards, celebrating excellence in visual merchandising!

Visual Victories recognizes the creative retailers, skillful visual merchandisers and dedicated specialty leasing professionals who worked in concert to create the imaginative displays, props and signage featured on the following pages.

Visual Solutions

When you add metals to the mix, your signage can really stand out. And adding light to your signage can set a mood and get you noticed from afar.

Holiday Strategies: An Industry Roundtable

Five industry leaders candidly discuss the opportunities and challenges facing specialty retailers this holiday season.

SPREE West San Jose: Show Highlights

Hundreds of attendees and exhibitors made their way to San Jose for the three-day Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference show in mid-June—where the deals were made!

Visual Solutions

Three visual solutions to pump up your displays and boost your sales.

SPREE East Highlights from Baltimore

A look at the people and products that made this year’s SPREE East Expo a smorgasboard of networking and deal-making.

How to Avoid Setup Day Hell

Four easy steps to turn set-up day hell into set-up day heaven (well, almost) this holiday season.