Specialty Retail Report - Merchandising and Marketing

25 Ways to Boost Your Holiday Sales and Profits

admin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:27:19 -0500

Q & A Nancy Tanker 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. In this issue of Specialty Retail Report we turned to a number of industry experts to get their best advice on how to sell more product, pocket more profit and grow your business into next year.

Spree Vegas 2008: Show Highlights

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:22:04 -0500

Show Floor The theme of this year's SPREE tradeshow in April was new products, and exhibitors at the show's more than 200 booths didn't disappoint.

11th Annual Visual Victories Awards

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Best-of-the-Best 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. This year's winners were announced live at SPREE, the Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo & Conference, held in mid-April in Las Vegas.

Cool, Classy and Quirky Carts and Kiosks

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Innovative Specialty Leasing Programs Unique." "Desirable." These are the adjectives Deborah S. Kravitz uses to describe some of the most innovative specialty leasing programs being launched today featuring some of the most unusual cart and kiosks to hit the common area in some time. As a partner at Provenzano Resources, Inc., a company with offices in Los Angeles and San Diego that creates, leases and manages common area programs, Kravitz specializes in creating unique programs that often include cutting-edge cart and kiosk designs.

Visual Solutions

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Make it Metal Sleek, funky, cutting-edge, sophisticated—you can strike any look with today's metal signage. Of course, no matter what materials they're made of, the best signs are designed to resonate with the retailer's target customer base and help convey a retailer's identity. But even more important is just getting noticed in the first place—and there's where metals can really make your store shine.

Holiday Strategies: An Industry Roundtable

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Participants Moderated by... Patricia Norins, PublisherSpecialty Retail Report Nancy Tanker, Managing Editor Specialty Retail Report Participants... Michael Brielmann, President

SPREE West San Jose: Show Highlights

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Day One We hope you were able to join us for SPREE San Jose, where retailers, wholesalers, leasing professionals and service companies came together to make deals, network and socialize. For those who were unable to attend, here are a few show highlights, excerpted from our "Breaking News from SPREE" online coverage from the show floor, posted daily on our website. The first day of SPREE opened on a high note as a host of exhibitors showed off new products designed to attract attention and land sales in the common area.

Visual Solutions

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Natural Accents Can your display benefit from a touch of Mother Nature? Flowers can be displayed in their natural state to lend an air of elegance and luxury to your display, or dyed to coordinate with products for a fun, upbeat vibe.

SPREE East Highlights from Baltimore

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

SPREE Baltimore Specialty Retail Report's third annual Specialty Retail Entrepreneur Expo and Conference—the first of two SPREE shows scheduled for 2007—was held April 25-27 at the Baltimore Convention Center. More than 1,000 attendees and exhibitors came together to see the latest new products, make deals, network and socialize. The premier sponsor for the event was Happy Feet/Animal Feet.

How to Avoid Setup Day Hell

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

You've pulled an all-nighter to set up your cart, only to discover in the wee hours of the morning that your key prop is too wide, someone forgot the glue gun, and you expected the cart to have panels but you're looking at stacking tiers. Welcome to set-up day hell. With a little planning, though, you can experience set-up day heaven, or at least something close to it: a relatively smooth execution of a well-thought-out merchandising plan that's bound to catch the shopper's eye. Of course, the one thing that will get you there is preparation.