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Summer 2025 Rental Submissions Are Now Open

Posted by Liz Schulte on 2/18/25 6:30 AM

Summer rental list submissions are open now! Maximize the savings your store offers students and provide more options in 2025.

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Kickstart 2025 With the Latest in Collegiate Retail Tech

Posted by Liz Schulte on 2/4/25 6:30 AM

The start of a new year is the best time to start thinking about your store technology. Explore your store’s goals for the year and evaluate if your collegiate retail system can support those goals. Maybe your store is planning to host more pop-up locations for mobile sales? Do you have the technology to support that? Here are some actions to strengthen your store in 2025.

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Best Tips to Increase Campus Store Revenue in 2025

Posted by Liz Schulte on 1/27/25 6:30 AM

With 2024 behind us and 2025 underway, let’s take a moment to look back at some of the best tips from 2024 on how to strengthen your college store’s market position.

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Streamline Campus Store Processes With These Tips

Posted by Liz Schulte on 1/20/25 6:30 AM

Time is one of our most important commodities. It sometimes can seem like there is always more to do with less time and resources to accomplish what needs to be done. We’ve gathered the best tips from 2024 on how to streamline campus store processes, simplify course material distribution and accomplish more.

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Wishing You a Wonderful Holiday and a Happy New Year

Posted by Liz Schulte on 12/23/24 8:14 AM
Foreword will return January 6, 2025.
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Strategies to Decrease Cart Abandonment

Posted by Liz Schulte on 12/16/24 9:02 AM

You work hard to engage and encourage online shoppers to visit your website. The shopper loads up a virtual shopping cart, but then something happens before checkout is completed. What do you do next? Is that sales opportunity gone? Do you try to reach the shopper again?

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We Are Grateful to Serve You

Posted by Liz Schulte on 12/2/24 9:44 AM

As we celebrate the spirit of gratitude this year, we are thankful for each and every one of you.

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Easy Holiday Promos to Drive In-Store and Online Traffic

Posted by Liz Schulte on 11/18/24 10:12 AM

It’s always a good time to increase store traffic. With the holiday season coming up, people already have a good excuse to shop, so make sure your store is part of their shopping plan.

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Tips for Communicating With Students About Fall Buyback and Rental Returns

Posted by Liz Schulte on 11/6/24 8:52 AM

Getting the word out to students about fall buyback and rental returns can be challenging. A lot of businesses are trying to ensure their message is front and center, so how does a college store stand out from the crowd?

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Spring 2025 Rental Submissions Are Now Open

Posted by Liz Schulte on 11/1/24 7:00 AM

Spring rental list submissions are open now! Maximize the savings your store offers students and provide more options in 2025.

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