Tips and Tricks

Hosting a trunk show can elevate your bridal boutique without straining your budget. Learn practical tips for planning, budgeting, and marketing your event to maximize profits and enhance customer experience.

Planning a successful trunk show starts with the right strategy. This guide offers expert insights on selecting the best time and designer for your event, understanding industry trends, and creating a detailed plan to ensure smooth execution.

First of all, what is a trunk show? As someone in the bridal industry, we hear the term ‘trunk show’ tossed around frequently. When you hear this term, what is your gut reaction? Does it overwhelm you or excite you? Of course, it’s totally okay to say both too (I’m with you, friend)! No need …

Did your bridal store accept Visa or Mastercard branded cards between January 1, 2004 and January 25, 2019? If so, you are eligible to file a claim to the Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement (say that three times fast…), also known as the Visa Mastercard Settlement. See what this could mean for you if you …

For many, shopping for the perfect dress is a once in a lifetime experience that comes with a hefty price tag. As a store owner, you’ve likely encountered a bride or two who have champagne taste on a lemonade budget. Utilizing payment plans at your store will not only get a bride closer to popping …

What makes your marketing ‘stick’? Marketing can sometimes feel like throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks, which is kind of true. Setting clear goals of what you want to accomplish from marketing your bridal store will help you determine if what you are doing is successful. Every store is different based on …

Are you in a sales slump or slay situation? How were your sales last year/quarter/month? This is an important question to be asking yourself on a recurring schedule. It’s not always a fun question to answer and it may draw out some emotion, but it will definitely be worth it! Whether you are slaying in …

Employees aren’t numbers, we get that. As an owner, evaluating team members can be hard. After looking at your sales data, you might start to feel like you are only seeing your staff as numbers and not people. Just remember, numbers are only one data point in a person’s performance. Use your bridal store data …

As the year comes to an end, make sure you are pulling all the necessary reports your bookkeeper, accountant or you need in order to make tax season a breeze. Pull an On Hand Quantity Report Before the December 31st, you will need a record of all the inventory items in your store along with …

It’s easy to forget forget that the inventory you have in your store is an asset until you sell it off the floor. In other words, it is NOT to your advantage to keep a bunch of dresses hanging on your racks without making money.

Are you already making plans for your bridal store for the new year or still trying to figure out what happened this year? Don’t worry, there is still time to do both! Your journey is important Goal setting is great and dreaming big is so much fun, but as a bridal business we still have …

Making sure your device has the proper time is important to ensure your Clover payment terminal processes and settles each day at the accurate time, keeping your deposits on schedule.

In today’s world, data drives most, if not all decisions you make at your bridal business. Poppy Bridal software can give you the data you need to make the best decisions for your store. From what vendors to carry or not carry, to where you should focus your marketing budget, here are a few Poppy’s …

Go to bridal markets not just to make better buys, but to make better partners. Just because you are buying from someone doesn’t mean your relationship has to be adversarial. It’s better for bridal store owners to think of vendors being with us, not vs. us. Remember, for vendors to be successful they need your …

So you know what types of dresses to look for, but how many should you buy to ensure you’re still profitable? One easy rule to follow is to make sure your total inventory and special order cost from each designer is no more than 45% of your sales from each individual designer. This is one …

How do you even begin to figure out which dresses you want to buy? It can be a big mistake to simply say “I’ll just buy what looks pretty”, and the whole process can seem overwhelming. You can start to simplify the way you are looking for dresses by colors, sizes, shapes and what you’re …

Whether you’re heading to your first bridal market or are a seasoned veteran, here are a few basics to keep in mind, courtesy of Janice Yoder on our Poppy Bridal advisor team! Janice is the owner of Adore in both Illinois and Arizona. She is a long time bridal market buyer and has been a …

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With this much love and excitement in the air, it’s no surprise a bride’s first stop is to pick out the perfect wedding attire. Below are some good ways to prep your business that will boost your online presence and attract newly engaged brides ready to ‘say yes’ to the perfect dress.

Cross-posting is one of the most efficient ways to make sure your bridal business is seen by your potential customers.

Bridal store owners have been forced to pivot their businesses quickly in order to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poppy Bridal Software + Gravity hosted a webinar to learn what stores can do to adapt.