The holiday shopping window in campus stores goes fast. Use these tips to capitalize on the influx of student holiday shoppers looking for the perfect gifts, great deals and fun experiences that will fit into their busy schedule and add to the season’s festivities.
Equip your campus store to thrive in a rapidly changing retail landscape. From traditional point-of-sale capabilities tailored specifically for campus stores to cutting-edge innovations, MBS helps your store stay ahead of the curve and exceed customer expectations in store and online.
Data-driven decisions are important in the course material landscape. Data helps campus stores explain their business to administrators and enables you to explain how key school initiatives like affordability, digital, and inclusive access change the college store landscape. When preparing for these conversations, one key metric that can help campus stores shape strategy and strengthen campus partnerships is calculating your store’s digital sales mix.
Textbook KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) enhance your evaluation of your store’s rush performance and can help you manage faculty adoptions. With MBS’ Textbook KPI Dashboard, stores can easily assess how their textbook department is performing and quickly identify areas that might need more attention. It is a great tool to use both pre- and post-rush.
MBS provides college stores with the tools they need to simplify their day-to-day, week-to-week and year-to-year store tasks. From ordering course materials to receiving and buyback, MBS has the resources you need to save time. Let’s look at three robust tools that MBS offers to college stores.
Campus stores are more than just retail. From boosting students’ school spirit to sharing textbook expertise, the campus store contributes to the experience students have while attending school. Through robust affordability initiatives, stores promote student achievement and retention.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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