Everybody in the consumer products business knows how important the winter holidays are to retail sales.
But wait, there’s more, a whole lot more! In fact, the entire year can be divided up into at least nine selling seasons. Each one can have special significance for your product or service.
What most selling seasons have in common is that they begin right after the last three-day bank holiday weekend and run through the next three-day bank holiday weekend. During that period, most retailers and smart producers are putting out signs, decorations and trade dress on their consumer products in an effort to take advantage of the seasonal theme. In most cases, every seasonal selling promotion has to be scheduled substantially in advance to reserve display space, ad space and special pricing.
Let’s examine the first five of these nine selling seasons (theme-promotional periods) and the opportunities they present for producers to help their retailers decorate, celebrate, and move product:
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