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The Holidays Are Coming ... Sooner Than You Think

Plan for 4Q Now

By: Alison Marek
Nov 5, 2010

Successful retailers don't leave anything to chance. It's common knowledge that the fourth quarter is the busiest season of all for toy stores, but if you want uncommon success, you have to start planning for it as soon as possible. Next month's issue of TDmonthly Magazine will give you ideas of how best to utilize your staff, merchandise, advertising and events to get the most attention — and traffic — possible.

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Alison MarekWriter's Bio: ALISON MAREK is an award-winning writer, director and cartoonist whose work has been published by Fairchild Publications and DC Comics (Piranha Press), broadcast on Showtime and other cable networks, and viewed worldwide in film festivals. See her short films and print work on www.alisonmarek.com. Watch her nefarious villains in the web series www.MuggsMovers.com. Get inspired by her cartoons "Daily ARFFirmations to Unleash Your Inner Fido" at www.ARFFirmations.com. Phew! And then ...  Read more articles by this author


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