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Direct Mail vs. Email Marketing for a Store Closing Sale or Retirement Sale
Posted on January 11, 2018 by Chuck Haug When It comes time to decide how to spend your money on marketing your store closing sale or retirement sale, the choice between using direct mail or email is very difficult. A recent post on Hubspot Marketing Blog...
Is 2018 The Year You Consider A Store Closing Sale Or Retirement Sale?
Posted on January 6, 2018 by Chuck Haug This is the time of year that small independent retailers should be reviewing last years results and determine if there is an opportunity to improve their stores performance. Retailing continues to become more and...
Independent Retailers Need Help Conducting Store Closing Sale Too !
When large chains, with large staff like Sears, JC Penney, Macy’s, and Sports Authority hire professional retail consulting organizations to run their store closing sale, you have to wonder why so many small retailers think they have the...
Baby Boomers Should Consider A Retirement Store Closing Sale
This is the time of year that you need to step back and evaluate where you and your retail business are going. 2017 is now behind us. Hope it was a good year for you. 2018 might be the year you should consider a Retirement Store Closing Sale. For many...
Retail Store Lease – When Closing A Store
One of the first questions a store owner that is considering a store closing sale ask is, “What about my retail store lease”. I’ve talked with hundreds of small retailers over the last two years that are experiencing very difficult times. This has caused...
Helping You With A DIY Store Closing Sale!
Do you want help with a DIY Store Closing Sale? “Not every retailer needs to hire a professional store closing consultant to be on site during their Store Closing Sale." With a solid plan and an available source of good advice many small to medium size...
Press Releases Work For Store Closing Sales
I have written several different blog post about the importance of sending out press releases prior to your retirement sale or your store closing sale. Press releases work as an efficient method of advertising. Follow the link below to see the results...
Is a new “Store Closing Sale” effective in today’s retail market?
There isn’t a week that goes by that there isn’t a new Store Closing Sale starting somewhere in each major market. The shear number of retail stores that will close in 2017 almost boggles the mind. According to some retail industry experts the number could...
Retirement Sale Before Year-End?
For many store owners, 2017 will be the year they decide to retire, close or sell their store. A decision to have a year end retirement sale is a very emotional one. Especially for store owners whose business has been their life, often for a period...
There Is Still Time To Plan Store Closing Sale
The year is quickly slipping by us and to plan store closing sale seems too far way. Times have never been tougher for the small retailer. For most, sales are down, customers are buying less, everyone wants a discount and expenses keep growing. Now is the...