What can your campus store do to increase market share and expand its retail reach? The simple answer is to increase traffic both in-store and online — but how? We have collected some simple ways you can elevate your store with shoppers and drive more traffic.
Summer rental list submissions are open now! Maximize the savings your store offers students and provide more options in 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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?
As we celebrate the spirit of gratitude this year, we are thankful for each and every one of you.
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.
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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