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| 2012 |  5 Tips to Make Your Store a Holiday Success
For most retailers, the 4th quarter and holiday season are when the real money is made. With that in mind, TDmonthly Magazine asked specialty retailers, “What are your top tips for boosting sales and ensuring success during the holiday season?” See their advice... 11/1/2012 |
|  Retailers: Get Holiday-Ready with Mystery Shoppers
Have you heard of the runaway success of the burger franchise Five Guys? What's one of the big reasons Five Guys is wildly successful? They send mystery shoppers out twice a week to all locations... 10/1/2012 | |  10 Tips: Staffing and Training for the Holidays
The holiday season is make-or-break time for retailers of all sizes. In small stores, having a knowledgeable, friendly, and reliable staff is essential, especially if you want to stand out from the big-box stores... 9/1/2012 | |  Avoid Holiday Burnout with these 7 Retailing Tips
With all the demands of retail during the holiday season, including longer hours, employees calling in sick, and dealing with gift returns, it is easy to throw up your hands and become the Grinch. But you can’t let that comfortable old “grinchy” feeling in or it will cost you sales... 9/1/2012 | |  Get Ready For the Holidays - Now!
At Toy Fair, manufacturers showcase their latest, hottest products, many of which won't be released till Fall, just in time for the holidays. But when do retailers really start ordering?... 3/1/2012 | |  9 Tips on Selling Through the Snow
Weather can negatively affect retail business in many ways, but snow is especially bad... 1/1/2012 | | |
| 2011 |  7 Tips on Selling After Christmas
You have one mission after the holidays: to minimize returns to grow sales... 12/1/2011 |
|  Holiday Merchandising & Sales Tips – Part 2
Looking for ways to boost sales this holiday season? Toy merchants and sales experts took time to share their insights with TDmonthly Magazine... 12/1/2011 | |  Holiday Merchandising & Sales Tips
Creatively merchandising your store for the holidays can help boost sales, toy merchants and marketing experts told TDmonthly Magazine... 11/1/2011 | |  5 Customer Service Tips For Holiday Sales
The average customer only goes into three stores on an average shopping visit, and an intriguing window display can ensure that they will include yours... 11/1/2011 | |  Retailing Tips: Storing Holiday Inventory
One of the biggest challenges of managing a retail store during the holidays isn't deciding what to order — it's finding somewhere to put the merchandise once it's delivered... 10/1/2011 | |  5 Holiday Staffing Tips
By the time you’re in the thick of the Holiday season, you’ll be too busy to deal with any big issues that arise... 10/1/2011 | |  Stay Ahead of the Holidays
Since the Christmas holiday season is the busiest of the year for toy-store owners, how you handle it can make or break your year... 3/1/2011 | |  Make Inventory Work for You
By its very nature, inventory restricts cash flow.... 1/1/2011 | | |
| 2010 |  How to Sell to Guys for the Holidays
As each day gets closer to 6pm Christmas Eve, the malls thin out and you begin to notice more and more men – especially on Christmas Eve itself, when the malls are practically fueled by testosterone... 11/1/2010 |
|  Retailing Tips: Buying for the Holidays
With the economy still a giant question mark, toy retailers head into the Christmas buying season unsure of how much inventory they will need.... 7/1/2010 | | |
| 2008 |  Retailing Tips: Keep Customers’ Spirits Light
Equally as important as the months-ahead preparation for the holiday season is the ability to maintain a positive store spirit throughout the month of December... 12/1/2008 |
|  How to Surpass Last Year’s Holidays
There’s anxiety among specialty toy-store owners as they consider the uncertainty of the impending holiday season.... 11/1/2008 | |  Retailing Tips: Networking for Holiday Success
Working with other retailers, taking advantage of traffic during special area-wide holiday events, and embracing creative ideas may attract new customers for the holidays.... 11/1/2008 | |  Retailing Tips: Hosting Happenin’ Holiday Events
Holiday shoppers are intent on finding the right gift for the special people in their lives, and sometimes, hosting a special event can encourage them toward that perfect gift … right in your own store... 10/1/2008 | |  Retailing Tips: Hiring for the Holidays
Many of the 68 specialty retailers who spoke with TDmonthly Magazine said their part-time employees just work more hours to cover the busy holiday season...... 9/1/2008 | | |
| 2007 |  Retailing Tips: Prepping for the Holidays
Preparing for the holidays requires a lot of work, so start early! Whether it’s hiring additional staff, ordering or organizing holiday events... 9/1/2007 |
|  Retailing Tips: Plan Now for Christmas
Being ready for Christmas shoppers means planning months in advance and ordering when you're still busy with beach-toy sales... 5/1/2007 |
