24 practical tips to inspire you to do more awesome retail. Enhance your store environment, sell smarter, and make customers love you. Your next genius store idea awaits.

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#1
Bribery works*. !
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To get customers to follow you on Facebook or Twitter,
or to sign up to your mailing list, give them a !
gift or discount. Bam! Instant network.!
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*Please don't use this idea when dealing with law enforcement officers.

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#2
Try putting an iPad in store to use as a display tool.
Put images, inspiring links and your online store !
on as bookmarks.!
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It'll work out cheaper than printing nice imagery and
you'll look like you're from the future.

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Get random with your customers. Next time !
they visit give them a chocolate bar or pot of honey !
or nice soap with no strings attached.!
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Lab rat testing has shown that randomised reward
builds greater interest than structured reward.

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Don't forget the first three rules of retail. !
Location, location, location. !
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If you're a retail genius you might beat !
a bad location, but a real retail genius !
wouldn't be trying to.

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Get Big Data.!
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Gather intel on your shoppers so you can !
get to know them, predict their behavior,!
and enhance their experiences.

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Do you Google? So do your customers. !
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Put yourself on the Google map by listing!
on Google Places for Business. !
Also, make sure they can call you directly !
from looking you up on a mobile device.

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Giving to charity is good.!
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Studies show that 65% of consumers are influenced
by a retailer doing charitable activity. Not that you
needed any other reason to give to charity, of course.

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Instead of a discount, give customers small gifts !
with purchase. They will feel more special and it !
will cost you less than losing margin. Have different
gifts for different spends.

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#9
Special occasion? Drinks are on you!!
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Throw a party for your customers. Seriously. !
Even if they can't make it they'll know you care. !
Plus you'll get good photos to share.

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Get your product into customers' hands with !
free samples and giveaways. !
If they love it they'll be back for more. !
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Crack dealers know a thing or two, you know.

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#11
Are you taking mobile payments? Mobile payments
will account for $1 trillion in transactions next year. !
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Try PayPal Beacon.!
It's like you're buying something in The Jetsons.

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Make interesting stuff and post it on your !
Facebook/blog/Tumblr/MySnapJellyFace. !
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Sure. But what stuff?!
Here are some good tips.

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Get secret shoppers to visit your store. !
So secret that you don't even know they are there. !
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In fact, treat every customer like they could be !
a secret shopper.

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Use a loyalty program to keep customers coming !
back by earning dollars to spend by spending.!
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More spending at your store is good, !
we can all agree on that.

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Walk around your store and look at everything !
like you are your worst enemy. !
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You'll see a lot of stuff you need to do better. !
Then do it better.

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People who leave unhappy tell their friends. !
Punish them ingeniously. !
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No, just kidding - be really nice to them !
so they won't be angry, silly.

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Roll out the red carpet for everyone who walks into
your store. Don't judge on appearances.!
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You never know who is going to be your big sale.

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Do you have a mobile phone? !
Do you check internet sites on it?!
Does your site work on mobile? !
No?!
Do we see a problem?

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Play music that you can give away.!
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Tell customers that the music you are playing is !
on a Spotify playlist they can check out.

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It is cheaper and easier to keep a current !
customer happy than to find a new one. !
So be cheap and easy. !
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No, wait, you know what we mean.

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Check out your competitor stores often and steal !
any good ideas they have. Same goes with staff. !
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But not products. Trust us on that.

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In the unlikely instance that a customer is being !
very wrong, that is the very best time to !
remember that they are always right.

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Do something cool with your window. !
Like really cool. !
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It is basically a big free billboard.

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Always be nice to customers. !
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You never know when you might need one.

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