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Content that helps you run your shop. Cindy’s Newsletter contains monthly action plans, operating and financial templates, checklists, tips and reminders, trade show cheatsheets, salary surveys, and more. It’s “actionable content” you can use to optimize your shop’s operations and revenue.
Real-world knowledge from a long-standing industry expert. Cindy’s experience spans over 35 years. She has consulted over 150 gift shops and managed a shop with $1.3 million in annual sales
Discussions among shop managers. The newsletter contains invaluable insider information from, well, the inside!
- Do you get an annual bonus?
- Here is a picture of my newest window display!
- Is anyone using Counterpoint POS and do you like it?
- Best sellers? Hot items? What’s selling right now?!
- What is your return policy on earrings?
- Here’s how we reinvented our shop….
- I am looking for a new candle line?
- What about Branches or Lori’s Gifts encroaching on our jobs?
GIFT SHOP MANAGER SURVEY
PRODUCT PICKS & RETAIL NEWS
From the industry’s best publications.
All in one place.
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from Giftware News
Giftware News
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Today’s News
from Gift Shop Mag
News – Gift Shop Magazine
- Halloween & Party Expo releases 2022 show dates
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- Clarion and other trade show organizers form coalition
- The Expo at World Market Center celebrates grand-opening with ribbon-cutting ceremony
- Share Your Story: Parcel Island
- Brandwise, Canadian Gift Association launch new marketplace
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from Retail Minded
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