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Summer Sales Opportunities

Posted by Liz Schulte on 5/12/25 6:30 AM

Summer is a naturally slower time for collegiate retail. How can college stores drive more customer foot traffic and boost sales through the quieter summer months? Here are three strategies your campus store can take to increase summer sales.

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University of Utah Campus Store’s Curbside Sale Event Brought in More Than $1 Million

Posted by Liz Schulte on 6/15/20 6:00 AM

Every year the University of Utah Campus Store holds a large Apple® sale in their store. This year, unable to open the store to customers, they decided to do the next best thing: take the event online. The official order pickup event was held from May 4-8. However, the store began taking preorders three weeks before the official event. The end result: more than $1 million in sales.

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Summer Yard Sale Success for the NDSU Bookstore

Posted by Liz Schulte on 8/26/19 6:00 AM

Kids playing outside, cookouts, and spending time with friends and family: one of the best parts of summer is when communities come together. The North Dakota State Bookstore taps into that summertime spirit and inspires the entire campus community with a great college campus event idea — a summer yard sale.

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