Spring / Summer 2009

• Publisher's Column

"Going Green"

• Green Products: Equal Greenbacks
• Selling Cloth Diapers to Today's Consumer
• The Trend Toward Green
• The "Green Baby Trend": Creating an Eco-Friendly Nursery
• A Brighter Green Solution
• Organic Baby Products Are Here to Stay

Features

• Fixturing & Lighting: Flexible Fixturing Changes Your Store Design
• From Cute to Couture: National Survey Confirms New Trend
• Juvenile Retailer Buying Groups: Why Your Business Can't Afford to Miss Out!
• How to Approach Different Customers: Based on Their Shopping Plans

What Goes Into Making A Good...

• Wet Bag
• Glider Rocker
• Nursing Bra

Marketing & Management

• Ongoing Staff Training: Why is it Essential?
• Profitable Impact: How to Make Powerful, Positive Impressions
• The Family Run Business: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Succession Planning
• Promoting Independent Stores and Shopping Local
• The Importance of Retail Merchandising: Improving Your Retail Environment

Maternity Boutique
Note: The following links will take you to the Maternity Boutique website, a supplement of Baby Shop, and will open in a new window or tab.

• Add-On Retail Sales For a New Era of Success
• Ten Basic Categories Every Maternity Apparel Boutique Should Offer

RESOURCES FOR NEW RETAILERS

• Opening a Baby or Maternity Store
• Find Products for Your New Baby or Maternity Store (alphabetically)
• Find Products for Your New Baby or Maternity Store (by category)
• New Product Profiles from Baby & Pregnancy Product Manufacturers
• Websites of Manufacturers