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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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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A great retail experience can change how a customer perceives a store and its brand. However, in a campus store, the impact of a student’s experience with your store extends beyond the walls and brand of your store. It also changes how students view your entire campus.
When it is time to order textbooks, there are benefits to being able to fill more of your want list with one trusted company. MBS has the scale and resources to provide college stores a simple ordering solution that saves time and money.
With a busy shopping season quickly approaching, now is a good time to start reminding students why they should check out the campus bookstore for gift giving ideas. From preparing for finals to traveling over the holiday, there’s a lot on students’ minds. The college store can offer an easy shopping solution. Here are three reasons students should shop in your store and ideas to inspire shoppers.
MBS Store Technology Solutions partners can now register for the Fall Forums virtual events. Join us, Oct 28-Nov. 1, for a week of virtual learning, announcements, collaboration, and so much more. System partners will have the opportunity to get tips, connect with other MBS system users, explore ways to add efficiency and ask questions.
You know that timely faculty adoptions are important for a variety of reasons. When adoption deadlines are met, your store has more time to find low-cost course materials, you can purchase more books during buyback, you can avoid backorders, etc. However, faculty may see course material adoptions through a different lens, so it is important to remind faculty why adoption deadlines exist and how they affect students.
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