{"id":1673396,"date":"2014-05-02T09:11:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/05\/02\/make-your-store-more-appealing-inside-and-out\/"},"modified":"2014-05-02T09:11:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T16:11:43","slug":"make-your-store-more-appealing-inside-and-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/05\/02\/make-your-store-more-appealing-inside-and-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your store more appealing inside and out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Revamping the look of your brick-and-mortar store can give consumers a new reason to come through the door. Since your store sign is the first thing most shoppers will see, it&#039;s crucial to have the right look that will draw in your target audience.&nbsp;While this may not be all it takes to get customers to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">point of sale<\/a>, it is a strong first step.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Small Business Trends offered a few tips for ensuring <a href=\"http:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2014\/04\/retail-store-signage-tips.htmlhttp:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2014\/04\/retail-store-signage-tips.html\">your sign is effective<\/a>. First, make sure it&#039;s clean. After a long winter, your sign may have collected some dirt and grime, but a bit of elbow grease can have it gleaming like new. Replace any light bulbs that may have burned out,&nbsp;and apply a fresh coat of paint if necessary. If you haven&#039;t changed your sign in years, this could be the perfect occasion to give your storefront a makeover. A new look could entice shoppers to see what else you&#039;ve changed.<\/p>\n<p>After shoppers walk through your doors, they may expect to see a modern layout that accompanies your fresh, new sign. Creating a streamlined display that makes it easy for consumers to quickly find what they&#039;re looking for can help. According to The Motley Fool, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/general\/2014\/04\/25\/how-brick-and-mortar-stores-are-becoming-more-like.aspx\">dynamic pricing tools<\/a> that allow retailers to instantly lower or raise product&nbsp;prices allow them to remain competitive. While this may be easier for ecommerce merchants, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">retail management systems<\/a> can be used to adopt similar practices in&nbsp;brick-and-mortar&nbsp;locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revamping the look of your brick-and-mortar store can give consumers a new reason to come through the door. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/05\/02\/make-your-store-more-appealing-inside-and-out\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1673397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1673396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retail-merchandising-and-marketing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1673397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}