So I wasn't able to write again after my post on Monday, but I will say that it was such a long day. What made it so very long and unbearable was the fact that nobody was around because of the long weekend. It was gorgeous out...who would blame them? From what I can remember, I think there was a total of ten customers all day. We still managed to make a little more than $500, which for the toy store is not that much. On the weekends, we typically make between $3,000-5,000 each day. There is one loyal customer, Anne, who occassionally comes in to shop for her twenty grand-kids(exhaggeration), and has no problem spending over $500. She is one customer we have no issue dedicating our entire work day to.
Now that the holidays are approaching, slowly but surely, it is important in retail that you remind customers of this. The sooner a store starts decorating their area from head to toe in holiday decore, the sooner customers start buying our merchandise. Christmas used to be my favorite holiday but since I have been working in retail that has changed. On Wednesday I walked into the toy store to find Christmas clothing everywhere!!! Cute holidays dresses, boys red and green plaid vests, and baby's first Christmas bibs...it was depressing. We haven't even sold the rest of our Halloween costumes! I swear, if the radio and our store begin to play Christmas music before Thanksgiving, I will take the longest holiday vacation.
Or you could hijack the music....
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