Small Town Retail: You CAN Thrive

Lori holding her award and the words 'Thriving in small town retail'

Yes, it’s possible to thrive in small town retail! Watch or read my chat with Lori Holt from Quilter’s Corner – a thriving small town retail shop! Lori is a RETAILMavens client who uses the 4 steps of the Sales Breakthrough System to build her sales, profit and supportive team. Watch this free training to start implementing the Sales Breakthrough … Read More

How to Get VIP Treatment From Vendors

Get VIP Treatment from Vendors

Would you like to get VIP treatment from your vendors? Of course you do!! To learn the secrets to get the most support possible from your vendors, I’m sharing what I learned and I got the scoop from a former senior buyer from Macy’s and a fantastic women’s apparel sales representative. These experts both pointed out that maximizing your relationship … Read More

The Best 5th Saturday Promotions

The Best 5th Saturday Promotions

The best 5th Saturday promotions not only brings traffic to your store, but also accomplishes the sales, profit and inventory goals you need it to. 5th Saturdays only come around 4-5 times a year which makes it the perfect opportunity for you to promote your store! As always, there’s a science behind everything we do here at RETAILMavens which is … Read More

Your Store Days: How do you increase your sales by 176%?

An Amazon Prime Day box is featured against a blue background with confetti coming out. The word prime has been crossed out and replaced with your store, to read your store days

Would you like to know why YOU should celebrate Amazon Prime™ Days and turn them into Your Store Days? Wait, what?! Why am I asking you, an independent retailer, to cheer for Amazon Prime™ Days? Because this is a huge opportunity to take advantage of the cultural fanfare this event gets and put a local twist on it to make it … Read More

Why You Shouldn’t Do a Storewide Sale!

storewide sales

When cash is tight it’s easy to fall into the trap of running a storewide sale. After all, what would attract customers more than “Everything is 20% off!”, right? I’m here to tell you… DON’T DO IT!!! This plan will backfire on you! Why You Shouldn’t do a Storewide Sale When you run a storewide (or sitewide) sale, you actually … Read More