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SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN GRAPHIC TEES & GIFTS

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!!!

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5 Ways to Maximize Small Business Saturday

Today our host Ashley Alderson, founder of The Boutique Hub, does a solo episode on 5 Ways to Maximize Small Business Saturday. Ashley will be going over topics such as signage, the benefit of swag bags, promotion vs. sale, pop-ups, and lots more! We all know Ashley’s solo episodes are filled with amazing tips and tricks to run your business at full capacity, so don’t miss out!

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6 Ways You Can Be A Savvy Buyer

6 Ways Boutiques Can Be Savvy Buyers

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

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

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

<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.

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#BoutiqueChat 229 | Creating a Business with Impact

Episode #229: Creating a Business with Impact

Ashley LeMieux, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, joins us for Creating a Business with Impact. Ashley always had a dream of becoming a writer, but also the longing to help others. She gives us her back story on how the Shine Project came to be and all the lives it’s been able to impact. Not only that, but Ashley let’s us know how dealing with pain doesn’t have to bring us down, but teach us how to live our life to the fullest. This story will pull at your heart strings and keep you inspired to do more and be more than you once thought.

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

<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

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5 Tips for Attending Apparel Markets for Boutiques

Episode #228: 5 Tips for Attending Apparel Markets

Today Amy Harper, Vice President of Marketing, Apparel & Accessories at Dallas Market Center, joins us for 5 Tips for attending apparel markets + how to maximize your market experience. Amy gives us some amazing tips on going to market, whether it’s your first time or you are a veteran market buyer! She gives us valuable information on why going market is so important, how to plan your time at the market, what to expect at Dallas Market Center this October, upcoming trends, and soo much more. The lovely and bubbly Amy will keep you all ears in this episode, so bring along your notepad and pen!

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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.

Episode #227: Successful Business By Knowing Your Customer

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.

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How to Use Personalized Transactional Emails to Boost Your Business

How To Use Personalized Transactional Emails To Boost Your Business

<Guest Blog Post> Transactional emails can help you combat saturation, lack of visibility, and continue to foster customer retention. These emails are often under-leveraged, but when customized, they can increase sales and boost repeat purchases. There are different types of post-purchase emails that you can send to customers based on automated triggers and in tandem allowing you to display recommended products, deliver discount codes, incentivize referrals, and even drive traffic

Read More »

SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN GRAPHIC TEES & GIFTS

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!!!

Read More »
5 Ways To Maximize Small Business Saturday Cover

5 Ways to Maximize Small Business Saturday

Today our host Ashley Alderson, founder of The Boutique Hub, does a solo episode on 5 Ways to Maximize Small Business Saturday. Ashley will be going over topics such as signage, the benefit of swag bags, promotion vs. sale, pop-ups, and lots more! We all know Ashley’s solo episodes are filled with amazing tips and tricks to run your business at full capacity, so don’t miss out!

Read More »
6 Ways You Can Be A Savvy Buyer

6 Ways Boutiques Can Be Savvy Buyers

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

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

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

<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.

Read More »
#BoutiqueChat 229 | Creating a Business with Impact

Episode #229: Creating a Business with Impact

Ashley LeMieux, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, joins us for Creating a Business with Impact. Ashley always had a dream of becoming a writer, but also the longing to help others. She gives us her back story on how the Shine Project came to be and all the lives it’s been able to impact. Not only that, but Ashley let’s us know how dealing with pain doesn’t have to bring us down, but teach us how to live our life to the fullest. This story will pull at your heart strings and keep you inspired to do more and be more than you once thought.

Read More »

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

<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

Read More »
5 Tips for Attending Apparel Markets for Boutiques

Episode #228: 5 Tips for Attending Apparel Markets

Today Amy Harper, Vice President of Marketing, Apparel & Accessories at Dallas Market Center, joins us for 5 Tips for attending apparel markets + how to maximize your market experience. Amy gives us some amazing tips on going to market, whether it’s your first time or you are a veteran market buyer! She gives us valuable information on why going market is so important, how to plan your time at the market, what to expect at Dallas Market Center this October, upcoming trends, and soo much more. The lovely and bubbly Amy will keep you all ears in this episode, so bring along your notepad and pen!

Read More »
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.

Episode #227: Successful Business By Knowing Your Customer

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.

Read More »
How to Use Personalized Transactional Emails to Boost Your Business

How To Use Personalized Transactional Emails To Boost Your Business

<Guest Blog Post> Transactional emails can help you combat saturation, lack of visibility, and continue to foster customer retention. These emails are often under-leveraged, but when customized, they can increase sales and boost repeat purchases. There are different types of post-purchase emails that you can send to customers based on automated triggers and in tandem allowing you to display recommended products, deliver discount codes, incentivize referrals, and even drive traffic

Read More »

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