Drop Those Percentages
Published:
4/1/2013
Observations on how percentage discounts and some sales goals
expressed as a percent may be harmful to your furniture business.
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Time To Dump That Loser In 2013
Published:
1/10/2013
Do you devote precious showroom space and inventory dollars to merchandise that just doesn’t sell? Do you have low performing salespeople who are costing you lost sales every day? If so, here’s what you can do about it.
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Sales Excuses
Published:
6/6/2012
Replace your sales associate’s sagging excuses and you will replace more of your shoppers sagging beds with brand new bedding!
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Retail Resolutions For 2012
Published:
12/2/2011
The top 7 New Year’s resolutions for 2012 that can help to build your business.
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Garage Sale Lessons For Furniture Retailers
Published:
10/5/2011
Lessons a veteran furniture guy learned watching people browse, decide and negotiate at a garage sale.
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Think Like A Retailer... Not Like A Furniture Guy!
Published:
5/30/2011
Retail furniture stores are different than other retail formats, but we can and should learn from the best practices of good retailers in other industries. Gordon Hecht identifies mindsets about credit, consumer buying behavior, inventory management and recruiting that furniture retailers should be thinking about.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #15 - The Best Bed for Your Shopper is the Bed that's Best for Your Shopper
Published:
5/9/2011
You get her to test-rest your best selling model and ask her if it’s comfortable. She buys it-and a week after delivery she wants to return it, saying that she’s awake tossing and turning all night. Why was she comfortable in the store and not comfortable at home?
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Weekly Bedding Sales Tip #14 - Providing Mattress Protection
Published:
5/2/2011
When you present your store’s Mattress Protection not as another “Add-On”, but as a necessary component in providing your shopper with a Great Night’s Sleep, your shopper will see the health benefits and value of this product.
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Weekly Bedding Sales Tip #13 - What's your Cheapest Mattress?
Published:
4/25/2011
Veteran sales people sometimes say that they won’t show the cheapest bed, or tell the shopper it won’t work for them. That may be true, but until the shopper’s needs, wants, and motivation have been discovered, making a derogatory comment about merchandise in our store can stop the demonstration and kill the sale.
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Weekly Bedding Sales Tip #12 - Kids' Beds-The Worthwhile Investsment
Published:
4/18/2011
Smart retailers know that kids’ tastes are different from Mom and Dad, and they have designed products geared to satisfy the junior set.
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Weekly Bedding Sales Tip #11 - King versus Queen-Room Requirements
Published:
4/11/2011
Some rooms are too small to accommodate a King Bed. But when you do the math, most master bedrooms can fit the larger size.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #9 -How long should a mattress last?
Published:
3/28/2011
Bedding experts like the Better Sleep Council and Consumer Reports agree that individuals need to re-evaluate what they are sleeping on every 5-7 years, but that's not what most of our customers do.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #10 - The Eight Features that are the Most Important to Your Shopper
Published:
3/28/2011
Cost-Value-or Price, it’s all relative, for some shoppers $699 is too much, and for others $2000 is a bargain. Just don’t try to guess your shopper’s pocket book. Warranty comes in last on shoppers’ lists.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #8 - Better or Worse?
Published:
3/22/2011
The simple question “BETTER or WORSE?” can help you understand if a customer really likes it. Many customers have been sleeping on a substandard mattress for years, and may not understand how proper comfort and support really feels!
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #7 - Comfort and Alignment Selling
Published:
3/14/2011
By looking at your customer’s spinal alignment, you can determine which mattress will provide proper support.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #6 - Who Needs an Power Base?
Published:
3/6/2011
Who is the customer for adjustable bases? The answer is everyone.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #5 - Body Language and Positioning
Published:
2/27/2011
How many times have you brought a shopper into your store’s bedding area and they just would not “test drive” a bed by lying down?
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #4 - The Four Letter "F" Word-FIRM
Published:
2/21/2011
A mattress that is too hard or “FIRM” will arch and stretch the lower back muscles if your customer is a back sleeper. It will increase the pressure points on the shoulder and hips if they are a side sleeper.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #3 - Five Qualifying Questions to Help Select the Right Bed
Published:
2/14/2011
Here are some qualifying questions that will help you fulfill your customer’s need for a Great Night’s Sleep.
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Weekly Bedding Selling Tip #2 - How to Get Customers into the Bedding Gallery
Published:
2/7/2011
A recent survey discovered that more than 50% of Full-line furniture store shoppers don’t even know that you sell mattresses.
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Weekly Better Bedding Selling Tip #1 - Who is the Bedding Customer?
Published:
1/31/2011
Customers who nap during the day may be suffering from sleep deprivation. Some will even tell you that when they can’t sleep in their bed, they move to their recliner.
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