Yesterday, just in time for the start of the winter school holidays, we received boxes of new stock … funky toys and novelty items, like these dog grenades. They are soft and chewy for dogs … they squeak when chewed.
We deliberately sought out a range of fun products, different to the type of products shoppers see in a newsagency, products we can make a statement with and which should sell through school holidays and transition us nicely to Father’s Day.
A couple of us selected the items carefully, chasing a specific look for the business, chasing easy impulse purchases – especially from weekend shoppers, the most lucrative shoppers we see in our centre.
It has been fun looking over the new stock items and trying some out – we have some seriously funky items.
We have only just started using this supplier and they have some pretty good impulse items . and some other larger item we are giving a go