Marketing for your business doesn’t have to be an expensive venture. There are many ways you can market your business for a cost-effective price. Social media provides many ways for you to advertise your store for free and allows you to promote posts for a small fee. It is ok to repurpose old content with … Continue reading
Discover why goal setting is important for small businesses and how to implement it in your store. Continue reading
We miss not seeing our campus store buyers in person to showcase the hot products from our vendors for back-to-school, but we have the next best solution to still help campus stores get ready for back-to-school. This year DSC launched a virtual Back-to-School Popup Shop featured the new and best-selling products for back-to-school 2021. We … Continue reading
![Online Shopping: The Good and Bad [Infographic]](https://retailconnection.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/untitled-design-34.png?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "Online Shopping: The Good and Bad [Infographic]")
We’ve been saying that having an online presence is essential for your store. Having an online store allows you to reach more customers, makes shopping easier for your customers, and allows you to offer more product than you can in your physical retail space. We’d like to look at the good and the bad of … Continue reading
![How Employee’s Attitudes Affect Your Sales [Infographic]](https://retailconnection.files.wordpress.com/2021/01/gettyimages-935941772.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "How Employee’s Attitudes Affect Your Sales [Infographic]")
As a consumer, have you ever experienced the employee who knows everything or doesn’t seem like they want to be at work? Sometimes employees have been with a company so long that they get bored with the day-to-day tasks and the unhappiness with their own life overspills onto the salesfloor. You may or may not … Continue reading
![3 Lessons in Leadership During COVID-19 [Infographic]](https://retailconnection.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/untitled-design-28.png?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "3 Lessons in Leadership During COVID-19 [Infographic]")
Well everyone, 2020 is officially in the past and we are excited for a brighter 2021. But there are some lessons we can take away from 2020. The way you ran your retail store probably changed drastically last year and there are some changes you likely plan to continue post-pandemic. We’d like to share some … Continue reading
As 2020 comes to a close, let’s take a look at our top blog posts this year. Meeting Customer Expectations [Infographic] 25 Skills for Excellent Customer Service 5 Marketing Trends to Adopt in 2020 [Infographic] [Infographic] How Your Store Can Help with Online Learning How to Keep Employees Happy We look forward to continuing to provide retail … Continue reading
Whenever consumers see something new, they have the urge to learn more. Most likely there is a voice in their head saying, “I gotta have it.” This is probably happening with your customers all the time. Check out our latest infographic for tips to boost your sales.
We’ve talked with our college store partners and received some valuable feedback about what students are looking for. Check out what’s hot right now on college campuses.
A couple weeks ago on Retail Connection, we talked about how consumers are adapting to a new normal when it come to shopping. Let’s continue our discuss this week and dive into where and how consumers are shopping. With small businesses being effected by COVID-19 and consumers witnessing dramatic effects of climate change, consumers are … Continue reading
