Month: April 2018

Nobody knows great kids concepts better than the kids themselves. And it only takes a moms intuitive eye and belief on their child to transform a great concept to a successful business venture.

In one of the Dees annual family trek, Belinda noticed how her kids would rave about a unique create your own stuffed toys shop in the United States. She would notice how kids and kids at heart would flock to the store and go home happy with an adopted animal or two that they themselves created.

It only took her some pencil pushing to realise how much potential the concept holds as a possible business venture. In no time, Belinda was talking to the top honchos of the brand and finding ways how to bring the concept to the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia.

It did not take long before she opened Animaland at the Rockwell Powerplant Mall before Christmas of 2005. The concept became a huge hit and soon more Animaland shops were set up in the top malls of the country.

Animaland is a rapidly growing chain of mall-based entertainment retail stores and kiosks located in countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Philippines and now in Singapore. Patronage of Animaland is an experience that allows guests to make and dress their own personalised stuffed toy animals.

The concept capitalises on the growing demand for experienced-based shopping, as well as the universal appeal of the stuffed toy animal. The products and services cater to all age groups and demographics, but the majority of the guests are children, parents, grandparents and teenagers.

The Animaland Business Franchise Opportunities
A typical Animaland shop is a stuffed animal friend theme designed with original fixtures and brightly coloured graphics. The shop size is anywhere between a 15 square meter kiosk to a 40 square meter small inline unit.

Animaland believes that its interactive experience is unmatched in todays Singapore retail franchise environment. The act of putting together a new stuffed animal friend provides guests with the opportunity to participate in the retail experience, which is a unique and exceptional approach to the growing world of entertainment retail.

Why Invest in Animaland Business Franchise?
Animaland is a fun and interactive business that is easy to manage and monitor. It has a unique and innovative concept with low investment package and comprehensive training provided, said Ms Hsien Naidu, Founder and Director of business consulting firm for Animaland. The firm consists of franchise consultants, business consultants, branding consultants and marketing consultants who are experts in bringing growth to businesses. Animaland business franchise involves lower operating cost and fast ROI. There is continuous revision and update of the products and services through regular communication with all franchises through Operations Manager. Animaland provides the following support:
-Supply of authentic Animaland merchandise from the US
-Operational Oversight
-Marketing
-Site Selection
-Start-up inventory assistance
-Comprehensive training

Animaland is set to develop and share their franchise business concept with investors seeking Singapore franchise opportunities through Singapore retail franchise for their business investments.

It is not hard to understand why LCD displays screens are rapidly being adopted by retail stores and restaurants. InfoTrends conducted a digital signage study where they polled consumers and found that “digital signage displays have a 47.7% effectiveness on brand awareness, increase the average purchase amount by 29.5%, create a 31.8% upswing in overall sales volumes, generate a 32.8% growth in repeat buyers and generate 32.8% more in-store traffic”.

LCD display screens are being used by restaurants for displaying the menu and entertainment, by garment and clothing retail stores to show videos of fashion shows and to showcase various products, and by automobile dealers as video walls to provide the feel of the car on the road and to keep the customer occupied as they wait for sales agent or other people.

LCD Display Usage in Restaurants: When visiting KFC Hyderabad (India), what grabs your attention is not so much the smell of food but the vibrant colours of the four 42-inch LCD display panels which serves as the overhead menu board. KFC Hyderabad sought the help of Sharp Business Systems India (http://www.sbsil.com) to set up the digital signage solution. LCD digital menus can be maintained from a remote central location or a local PC set up in the store. The benefit of remote central management is that menu, promotions, video, pricing and other items displayed on the LCD displays in the retail outlet can be managed from one central location to provide consistency and to make sure that the changes are made consistently across all stores at the same time. Consumers receive dynamic previews of the offering with potential for positive impact on sales. If restaurants have the networked point-of-sale cash registers collecting time based purchased data, marketing can get instantaneous feedback on how different promotions and pricing are having impact on sales.

Restaurants are also using LCD displays as televisions to spruce up the restaurant atmosphere. It is now a common expectation to have LCD TVs in restaurants that show the local sports or the news.

LCD Display Usage in Showrooms: Whether it is women clothing store, automobile showroom, convenient store or a department store, LCD displays are appearing in all these locations. A typical store has up to four LCD displays per site. InfoTrends study showed that business that had installed displays in their showroom, predominantly expected the display usage in their showrooms to increase. To grab and hold consumer attention, retailers are using LCD displays in a video-wall format or in a daisy chain format along with stand alone units. The content could be a mixture of video along with text or a combination. The goal is to target specific customers with specific information and this information may change with the time of the day – creating a retail company-owned, closed-circuit television network that runs nothing but the retail company programming.

Why do Retail Businesses Select LCD Displays vs. Plasma Displays?
There are a number of reasons why retailers and restaurants are selecting LCD display over plasma displays.

Fan-less Architecture of LCDs: LCD displays do not have a fan potentially resulting in less noise and distraction. This is less of an issue with newer higher end plasma displays, however it is worthwhile to keep track as you evaluate the two options.

Rugged Design of LCDs: LCD displays are closed-box units and more rugged. There is less chance of oil fumes, dust or other elements getting into the unit and reducing the life of the unit.

Resolution and Picture Quality: (A) Video resolution on LCD displays and plasma display are comparable but computer data is better observed on LCD displays. (B) LCDs are better to view in ambient light or in brightly lit rooms. As businesses usually work during the day in ambient light, LCDs are more desirable for most business applications. (C) Plasma manufacturers have made much of their viewing angles. However with new LCDs the view angles are 176. There is not much difference between the two technologies in viewing angle. (D) There have been concerns with burn-in for Plasma screens especially for static images. However, many Plasma manufacturers have improved their anti-burn in technology. There are no burn-in issues with LCD screens.

Life of the Display Unit: LCDs can be operated 24×7 for 50,000+ hours equivalent to 5+ years of continuous viewing. Plasma, on the other hand, typically has a half life of 30,000 hours. At half life, the phosphors in a plasma screen will glow half as brightly as they did when the set was new. There is no way to replace these gases; the display simply continues to become dimmer with use. An LCD TV will last as long as its backlight – and in many models the backlight bulbs can be easily replaced!

Power Consumption: Plasma TVs use more power than LCD – twice as much

Technology for both plasma and LCD display continues to change. Be sure to check updates to the technology for apple to apple comparison

More details about the LCD and plasma displays visit http://lcddisplay.sbsil.com

Spaze Towers Pvt. Ltd. comes with new project named Spaze Corporate Park in your city which is located at Sector 69, Gurgaon. They are providing the
Retail & Office Space for your Office Space and IT Industry or Park. Spaze Corporate Park is located on 60 meter wide sector road in sector 69-70 and also well connected to 150 meter Southern Peripheral Road.
The Basic Sale Price according to the type of booking are:-
The Basic Sale Price for Retail Space is Rs.9000 per Sq. Ft.
The Basic Sale Price for Office Space is Rs.6440 per Sq. Ft.
Spaze Tower Pvt. Ltd. provides the following facilities:-
Highly visible two site plot.
Project is located on the proposed Metro Corridor.
The Ground and First floor dedicated to low maintenance retail modules.
They are providing 100 percent Power Back up.
They are providing dedicated area for food court/restaurants within the complex.
They offer you multilevel car parking in basements and surface parking for the visitors.
From the security point-of-view they provide CCTVs at entry points and lifts, 24-hour manned surveillance & access barriers.
For controlling climate they provide centrally chilled water air-conditioning and AHUs on each floor (2nd Floor onwards).
Retail & Office Space is surrounded by densely populated and well developed catchment.
There is Attractive and scalable options for Office Space, 2nd floor onwards.
At the time of Booking of Retail & Office Space they offer only one payment plan in which you have to pay 10 percent of Basic Sale Price and within 60 days from booking you have to pay 10 percent of Basic Sale Price.
The Preferential Location charges for the Retail Space, Gurgaon starts from Rs. 9000 per Sq. Ft. for the Ground Floor to the extent of Rs. 6750 per Sq. Ft. for the First Floor and for the Office Space starts form Rs. 6440 per Sq. Ft. for the Second Floor to the extent of Twelfth Floor.
For more queries regarding the project please contact 01142470622, 9810445860 and submit Project inquiry form and for booking please send your application forms at and for more information visit www.zameen-zaidad.com.

Brands spend a considerable amount of effort to get their products to retailers and to achieve competitive placement. Once the combination of financial investment and time spent pitching the brand results in a retailer listing the brand in-store, the next step is to keep the product in the right spot. This can be particularly challenging for smaller brands as products sales are just one of the deciding factors as to whether or not a retailer continues to list their product.

Many brands assume that once a retailer agrees to sell their product the job is done and that the employees of the retailer will ensure that their product is stocked and on the shelf for people to buy. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. Obviously, the cost to a brand when its product is not on the shelf is substantial.

Whether you are a small brand or larger more established brand, it makes absolute sense to continue investing in the success of your brand once in-store. Undertrained merchandising personnel costs brands big where retail merchandising is concerned. These personnel are often the reason that products are delayed in making it onto the shelf and they are often responsible for numerous instances of products going out of stock. Faulty retail merchandising is something that can be avoided and is worthy of a brand’s consideration.

Compliant retail merchandising begins with competent merchandisers and customized solutions. In Toronto, merchandising companies have been saving brands a lot of money in this regard. Because merchandising companies specialize in retail merchandising, they are able to offer skilled resources that many retailers simply do not have. Their involvement reduces the retailer’s impact regarding the success or failure of a product at retail.

Compliance can begin before the product hits the shelf. Merchandising companies offer staff that are skilled and have received retail merchandising training to ensure they understand the impact to your brand if your product goes out of stock or is not on the shelf. The in-store representatives of merchandising companies act as your ambassador and their presence ensures that your inventory is full and current.

The experience of working with a merchandising company is invaluable to a brand. Merchandising companies are able to work with brands to plan for situations that often happen at retail and that retail staff may not have considered. The exercise of working with professional merchandising companies allows brands to learn about challenges they may face while avoiding the impact of the potential issues because they have professional guidance available to them as well as the resources to ensure that their products are always on the shelf.

It is ideal to research merchandising companies and hire one before your brand is in-store. This will help avoid loss of revenue. If your brand is already in-store, you can have a merchandising company perform an audit, which will let you know what needs to be done to better maintain your distribution and ensure that your product is there for purchasers to see and buy. This will not only boost sales but also improve your end customer’s perception of the accessibility of your brand.

I know the title of this essay looks a tiny bit weird but stick with me and I’m going to explain all. In this post you will learn the no1 way you can increase your fan base and build a successful music career…starting at this time.

After I stopped listening to Music promoting Gurus who had not done anything in the music game and started to follow and learn ninja skills from folk who were actually making millions of greenbacks online, everything became far easier.

Now all I do is copy what these fellows do to make so much cash then transfer it to my music.

So here they are , the top two things musicians can find out about marketing from the old school web marketers…

Free Traffic is Best.

For the music marketeer you truly want to be going after a free traffic model in your business. The cause of this is that most indie music artists are on a restricted budget and if you are spending cash everyday on advertising you may probably go out of business.

the right way I know to get free traffic to your site is to post a video to YouTube everyday of your group covering a current chart hit. If you keep at this it’s guaranteed free traffic for life!

If you believe your band is rubbish?

I find the reason lots of bands and artists fail to make any headway in their career is they do not trust in their own music and think that there’s no way on earth that they could ever make it in the business compared to other artists like lady Gaga and such.

But if you’re rubbish that’s OK, just fess up because i have a secret sauce you can add to your music which may leave you 10 times before most other artist if you just implement it every day.

The technique goes like this….

So the simplest way to become great in music is to spend half an hour each day writing new stuff. I’m going into the bathroom with my iPhone and get the ideas down on tape without editing anything out. I just sing and play whatever on earth is in my head and set my iPhone timer to half and hour in order that I do not have to keep consistently taking a look at my watch.

Doing this I have more songs than I know what to do with and after a month I am able to really notice that the standard of my music is much better than when I started.

It’s cheesy but I believe each great singer or guitar player started being rubbish and because they practiced every day they where in a position to bring the standard of their stuff up to standard.

Final thoughts.

I could go on all day about these new music selling strategies but I need to finish this articles here. The important thing you should take away from this is that you’ve got to become a student of selling and work on your promotions each day.