Spring 2009
Five Steps to Fab!

Patti Harbin is the owner of In-Courage in San Antonio, TX. She also serves on GIFT SHOP’s advisory board. Visual merchandiser, Ron Winstead, helps Harbin with her displays. Winstead has had experience doing visual merchandising for large retailers like Neiman Marcus.

Below are five display ideas… click each inspiration to view.

Inspiration 1 • Inspiration 2 • Inspiration 3 • Inspiration 4 • Inspiration 5

This pretty little display unit was bought for a mere $75 from a business closing sale. Like us, you can choose to keep the unit’s color neutral so it can be re-purposed for displays all year round.

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Editor’s Note: If it is a touch too late to work this Easter display into your store, you can still borrow on the principles to create displays all year long. Incidentally, Patti saw Ron shopping at her store once, struck up a conversation with him and found out his visual merchandising skills were hers to work with for the store. Here’s another perfect reason why it’s a good idea to make time to “know your customers.”

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This year’s outlook is just peachy.The Pantone Color Institute named Peach Fuzz (PANTONE 13-1023) its 2024 Color of the Year, and the hue is already permeating retail. Here we present the latest products adorned in the peachy hue, as well as four complementary hues selected by Pantone for 2024. Read the Spring 2024 Trend Report here: giftshopmag.com/article/spring-2024-trend-report-peach-fuzz-and-its-supporting-cast/📸: Photo courtesy of Mud Pie. ... See MoreSee Less

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