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Marketing Tips for the Small Business Owners who Don’t “Get” Facebook

If you have had limited success with marketing your business using Facebook, you are not alone. I’ve tried numerous times, hired consultants to help me, taken countless seminars and I still don’t get a lot of business with Facebook. On my Facebook fan page, I get comments, spam and solicitations,

Marketing Tips for the Small Business Owners who Don’t “Get” Facebook
Gender Segregation Retail Stores

Creative Window Display of the Day – Mannequins That Sell Sex and Romance

When was the last you saw male and female mannequins “interacting” in a store window as in the photo below? Male and female mannequins are usually segregated in window displays. Males in one window, females in another. Don’t you think that is a bit outdated? The window display above from

Creative Window Display of the Day – Mannequins That Sell Sex and Romance
Window Display – New Visual Merchandising

A book that provides expert visual merchandising examples for retailers

Window Display – New Visual Merchandising by Tony Morgan, Laurence King Publishing; 2010. ISBN: 978-1-85669-685-2. The new book by Tony Morgan boasts some excellent photographs of the best recent windows in London, New York, Paris and beyond. Morgan takes us on a personal journey with his writing, which shines through

A book that provides expert visual merchandising examples for retailers
How to Use Oversized Photographs In Retail Windows to Attract Attention

Creative Retail Window Display of the Day

I saw this posting on The Window Display blog, one of my favorite resources for the latest trends and creative ideas of window displays. The author of the blog is based in London and showcases the window displays from high end retailers. This post shows how to use oversized photographs to enhance

Creative Retail Window Display of the Day
rootstein mannequin

What makes Rootstein Mannequins so Special?

If you are new to mannequins, all the mannequin choices available may seem daunting. There are as many brands of mannequins as there are brands of cars. And each brand has a variety of choices within the line. When it comes to mannequins, one brand in particular stands out as

What makes Rootstein Mannequins so Special?
Valentine’s Day Windows 2011

Best Valentine’s Window Display Ideas from London Retailers

More and more retailers are including gay themed relationships in their Valentine’s window displays – something you never would have seen as recent as five years ago. And last year Holt Renfrew a Canadian retailer not only celebrated gay relationships but inter-racial relationships as well – another taboo you don’t

Best Valentine’s Window Display Ideas from London Retailers
Outrageous Method to Display Shoes in a Retail Window Display

Creative Window Display of the Day – A Unique Way to Display Shoes

If you are selling shoes, this window display will stop people dead in their tracks. But given that the retailer who created this is Barney’s and and the shoe is by Christian Louboutin would we expect anything less? This display was in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of Christian Louboutin

Creative Window Display of the Day – A Unique Way to Display Shoes

Six Reasons Why Vintage Mannequins Rock

We found this great article about why vintage mannequins are so FABULOUSon pennpollyvintage.com and  wanted to share it with you. We sell vintage and used mannequins online and love it when a third party extolls the benefits of used versus new mannequins. Enjoy the article! A vintage mannequin is a unique collectible. And

Six Reasons Why Vintage Mannequins Rock
President Obama mannequin

How to get “President Obama” at your special event

Now that the presidential campaign is heating our President Obama mannequin is selling briskly again. Mannequins that look like celebrities have been always been popular at tradeshows and conventions because people love having their photo taken standing by celebrities. Most of the time the popular celebrity mannequins are ones that

How to get “President Obama” at your special event
Best Use of a Dress Form in a Window Display

Best Use of a Dress Form in a Window Display

If you are looking for a way to maximize how to use dress form to display a lot of clothing at one time, we found an excellent example from Spain. But first a quiz. How many items do you think you could put on this dress form at once?  Would

Best Use of a Dress Form in a Window Display
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