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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | April 15, 2023 💮

Changing the hospital gift shop stereotype
June is National Candy Month
How to respond to unhappy customers
The Big List of wholesale markets
Job Openings
Q. Do you charge for shopping bags?
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center gift shop is a destination for shoppers
Nurses Day: Saturday, May 6
Guide to Calculating Shop Inventory
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | February 15, 2023 💮

Three new must-have skills for retail buyers
Q. Source for quality jewelry spinners?
Victoria’s Gift Shop online store
Q. Have you tried flower vending machines? Why or why not?
2023 holiday preview
Q. Restrictions on social media usage?
March action plan
New line discovered at Atlanta Gift Show: PUNCHKINS!
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | January 15, 2023 💮

How one gift shop is selling custom gift baskets online
Proof that social media can increase sales
Upcoming holidays
Q. Have you tried flower vending machines? Why or why not?
Survey Results: Do you use a cash register or POS system?
Winter action items
Video: Go inside Mass General Hospital gift shop
Hospitals’ volunteers run risk of skirting federal labor laws
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | December 15, 2022 💮

Robots deliver shop purchases to patients
4 ways to crush it in 2023
Product Pick: Luckables
A. How to work around IT firewalls for gift cards?
2022 Income Statement
Tallahassee Memorial Gift Shop
The costly impact of too much inventory
Move merchandise with a Power Lunch Flash Sale
Have you written your resolutions goals for 2023!?
It’s Inventory Day!
SURVEY: Do you use a cash register or POS system?
A. Does your shop use Emporos POS?
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | November 15, 2022 💮

Retailing tips for the holiday season
Free guide: Developing & Managing Volunteer Programs
Q. Work around firewalls for gift cards?
Holiday idea: LIGHT-UP SALE
Q. What are your best selling products that light up?
Small Business Saturday: Nov 26, 2022
Job Openings
A. Who are some vendors for cancer items?
Two winning lottery tickets sold at local hospital gift shops
Q. Does your shop use Emporos POS?
Grafton City Hospital gift shop reopens, three years after COVID
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | October 15, 2022 💮

Vista Health’s new hybrid gift shop
A. I’m new to retail. What POS system do you suggest?
Q. Who are some vendors for cancer items?
This will drive your customers away
A. What are some options/vendors for custom shopping bags?
Post-pandemic shifts in hospital gift shop operations
October action items
“I must have that!” social media feed
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | September 15, 2022 💮

Baptist Health Gift Shop nominated for Retail Excellence Award
Q. I’m new to retail. What POS system do you suggest?
Product Pick: Luckables
A. Vendors for lobby sales?
Best New Product Awards: NY NOW
Q. Options/vendors for custom shopping bags?
Hospital gift shops closing in 2022
Same-day sourcing: Fall Cash & Carry, AmericasMart, Atlanta
Q. Vendor for frog and turtle gift items?
Job Openings
Gift Shop volunteers support patient care
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | August 15, 2022 💮

A place of refuge, of safety: the hospital gift shop
Ten ways to increase store visibility, internally and externally
Product Pick: Luckables
Patient care products
Volunteers keep Coastal Carolina Hospital gift shop running during pandemic
‘Going to Market’ tips!
A. ISO a “hip kits” vendor for hip replacement patients?
Q. Vendors for lobby sales?
What’s hot for Christmas 2022?
How to conduct a physical inventory
New shop opening: Hydra Health at Henry Cancer Center
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | July 15, 2022 💮

You need an awful lot of heart
Name your shop’s top categories with the best profit margins. Go!
A: What gift markets do you attend?
National Candle Association: Fire hazard warning
12-Month Action Plan for Hospital Gift Shops
A: Is there a better method than handwriting POs?
Q. ISO a “hip kits” vendor for hip replacement patients?
Why have a monthly buyer’s meetings
10 Commandments of Good Customer Service
Advertising: IRS rules for hospital gift shops
Stanford Health Care Gift Shop wins Retail Excellence Award!
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | June 15, 2022 💮

What actually constitutes shoplifting
Twig Gift Shop celebrates 75 years
Q. What gift markets do you attend?
Job Openings
Top most useful retail formulas
Q. Is there a better method than handwriting POs?
Gift Shop Manager Salaries
An auxiliary fundraiser idea
Hospital gift shop design, con’t
Gift Market Calendar

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Cindy’s Newsletter for Gift Shop Managers | May 15, 2022 💮

Gift shop reopens after two-year COVID closure
RESPONSES: Do you sell any alternatives to live flowers?
Free Guide: Cash-and-Carry Wholesale Warehouses
Payroll deduction for online stores
SALARY DATA: Hospital Gift Shop Manager
Q. Do you allow personal (wholesale) purchases?
Early holiday 2022 preview
Buyers’ personal purchases (at wholesale)
Q. Is there a better process than handwriting POs?
Are your sales in line with your shop’s total square feet?
Gift Market Calendar