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How to Sell More During Peak Hours

January 13, 2020

Most retailers share the goal of driving more in-store foot traffic, but what good are more customers if you aren’t selling more during peak hours? Whether it’s through cross-selling and upselling, promotions or just flat-out amazing customer service—learning how to sell more during peak hours is a must for any retailer that wants to grow. <Guest Blog Post> In this post, let’s focus on how you can do just that. We break

6 Tips To Improve Your In-Store Customer Experience

Improve Your In-Store Customer Experience: 6 Tips

December 30, 2019

With mobile shopping taking the reins, brick-and-mortar shop owners are looking for creative ways to bring customers into their store. However, improving your in-store experience isn’t limited to out of the box implementations. Even simple upgrades of the store environment can make a difference. Let’s improve your in-store customer experience today! Here are a few ideas to help you enhance the in-store experience of your customers. 1. Provide A Customized

5 Tasks To Complete NOW to Prepare for Tax Season

December 26, 2019

I know, I know. It’s not even January yet, but tax season will come sooner than you think!! This article is a strategy guide for tax season for boutique owners. Yet, as a boutique retail or wholesale business, there are a few tax-saving tasks I’d like you to consider as you ring in the new year. So here are 5 retail-specific tasks you should complete NOW to prepare for tax season: 1.

6 Steps to Prepare Your Inventory and Purchasing for the New Year

December 19, 2019

Take steps now to make this busy time of year go more smoothly. Look at the big picture in your store – what’s driving your revenue and how can you focus on that?

3 Crucial Steps That Will Increase E-Commerce Sales By 26%

November 18, 2019

We are about to hit prime time in the E-commerce industry. As we all know, Q4 is the most important sales quarter of the year… Are you ready to finish 2019 strong? Hello Bar is offering a free webinar training with The Boutique Hub this Thursday, Nov. 21 at 10am PST! Join us as we cover the 3 Crucial Steps that will Increase E-Commerce Sales by 26%!

SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN GRAPHIC TEES & GIFTS

October 25, 2019

Happy Halloween! Today’s post features some spooktacular Halloween graphic tees and gifts from our wholesale vendors! Be ahead of the curve this holiday season by shopping some of these amazing vendors from The Boutique Hub now. These wholesale products are so cute…it’s scary!!!

6 Ways Boutiques Can Be Savvy Buyers

October 23, 2019

The Boutique Hub and Tundra have communities of thousands of buyers. Our boutique owners are always looking for more ways to confidently grow their business and become smarter buyers. Some of the questions we often hear are around retail best practices. They want to know about tracking metrics, as well as tips for sourcing products. So we’re bringing in industry experts Ashley Alderson and Cheryl Lim Tan. They are sharing

How to Make Sure You Purchase the Right POS Software the First Time

October 20, 2019

<Guest Blog Post> Every day we talk to unhappy retailers who tell us their current POS software is no longer working for them. They purchased their POS software based on their bank’s or credit card processor’s recommendation (a great revenue stream for them) or they have outgrown the software and the features of their POS software no longer match their needs.

Why You Should Offer a “Buy Now, Pay Later” Payment Method

October 12, 2019

<Guest Blog Post> There are so many aspects that go into running your eCommerce store – finding the right combination of products, creating eye-catching product pages with tasteful images, reaching relevant customers with your marketing efforts, managing inventory and shipping…the decision of which payment option to use probably falls to the bottom of your to-do list. But offering a buy now and pay later payment option like Sezzle can help

Episode #227: Successful Business By Knowing Your Customer

October 2, 2019

Today Dani Flaming, owner of the Fringed Pineapple, joins us for Being a Successful Business Owner Means Knowing Your Customer. Dani comes on the show today in the height of winning Idaho’s Overall Boutique of the Year and the top 10 Global Boutique of the Year. She tells us what it’s like to run a powerful, small-town business. Dani gives us insight on what social media outlets work best for her, how she stays real, and why finding your ideal customer is so important. In this episode, you’ll get some prime tips on the do’s and don’t of starting a business.