Pipes burst. Air ducts fall. The power goes out. Do you have a plan for what you and your employees will do when one of these things happen? What about in the case of a large snowfall, bad storm or flood? Here are a few tips to help you make it through when things go wrong:
Topics: retail technology, MBS Marketing, faculty relations
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Topics: digital content, VitalSource, mbs announcements
VitalSource Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group’s leading digital content delivery system, today announced that VitalSource has been selected by MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. to be the digital fulfillment vendor for all of its educational content.
Rental has shaken up the textbook industry over the last five years, and the staying power of this trend indicates that it isn't going to lose traction any time soon. If your store doesn’t currently offer rentals, now is the time to seriously consider it.
Topics: fall adoptions, faculty relations
If you work in a bookstore, you know how important it is to get your adoptions in early, but your faculty might not. With that in mind, we've outlined a few scenarios below to help guide your faculty through the adoption process. Show them the benefits of gettings the lists in earlier, as well as the consequences of a delayed or last-minute submission. Just make sure you keep them on the straight and narrow!
Last year, 25 million books were sent out from the MBS warehouse. But when you receive those neat bundled boxes of books, do you ever think about how they got that way?
It’s pretty clear: love is definitely in the air at college stores all over the country. With less than a week to go before Valentine’s Day, suggestions for romantic gifts, requests for “meet cute” anecdotes and holiday sales are filling up our newsfeed on a regular basis. This year it seems like more stores than ever are actively using Facebook to promote their efforts — like the WSU Bookstore, with their “14 Days of Valentines Giveaway.”
Topics: college store stories, price comparison
The stereotype is everywhere: you can always find cheaper books than at your campus bookstore. Stores that have in-town competition especially know this one, as many brick-and-mortar college town competitors claim to out-buy and undersell the bookstore every term.
Spring may not have sprung yet, but we promise, it is right around the corner. To get you ready for this season of new beginnings, we’ve designed a two-part plan to help you and your students give back to your community and de-clutter a bit at the same time! Encourage students to share their unwanted items to help those in need or give your customers a chance to put a new spin on something old — we’ll lay it all out for you, and you choose the event that best fits your store.
Topics: college store stories
With their men’s basketball team going through perhaps the greatest era in school history, excitement on the Iowa State campus is at an all-time high. Capitalizing on that hype is the Iowa State Bookstore, who first launched a promotion called “Magic Monday” (a reference to ISU’s Hilton Magic) at the mid-way through the 2013-14 season.
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