Mark your calendar. The MBS Spring 2024 Forums event will be hosted virtually April 1 – 5. During the weeklong event, MBS Store Technology Solutions will offer a variety of virtual training webinars, daily ancillary resources and tips to help you simplify store processes.
As the cold begins to thaw and the sun shines a little longer each day, it’s a great time to plan some fun in-store events and online promotions. We have gathered some of our best ideas and marketing plans to help you schedule memorable spring events.
The end of term is a busy time for college stores. Returning textbooks to MBS is an easy process, but there are a few ways you can streamline your return shipment to help save time and expedite the payment to your store.
Summer rental list submissions are open now! Maximize the savings your store offers students and provide more options in 2024.
Building strong channels of communication with faculty can help campus stores in a variety of ways: on-time adoptions, more faculty members recommending students get their materials from the campus store and a better understanding of the important services the store provides the community. How can your campus store strengthen its faculty relationships and improve communication?
Loyalty programs are common practice in retail. All shoppers, including students, are familiar with the basics of how loyalty programs operate. This knowledge also means that shoppers might have become pickier about the loyalty programs they are willing to sign up for. It is no longer enough to just offer a loyalty program. You have to ensure customers can see the benefit of being a loyal shopper in your college store.
At the end of the last term, some students might not have had time to sell back unwanted textbooks. Provide students with an opening buyback where they can easily sell back books from the previous term while picking up their materials for their new classes.
MBS ASAP orders typically ship the next business day. If your college store has a late adoption or is running low on books, MBS provides a simple, reliable solution.
We are grateful each and every day for the opportunity to work with your store. We wish you peace, joy and good cheer that lasts throughout the coming year. Foreword Online will return on January 8, 2024.
As the end of the year draws to a close, we think back over the past year. We are grateful for each college store that has taken the time to speak with us and share ideas, tools and processes that have helped them reach new heights in 2023. Foreword Online will return on January 8, 2024, but let’s take a moment to look back at some of the best advice shared by college stores this year.
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