We get product recalls on a weekly basis. Most of the time they seem to be private label items, which is surprising to me because I remember at Longs they had a very thorough testing program (in fact, I believe one person was responsible for all of them) to make sure the product Read More…
Category: Retail Humor
Prankster Replaces Pet Names With New Labels In Local Pet Store
So there was a guy who made some creative labels for wines in a wine store, and it appears he made have changed jobs and works in a pet store now. More likely, there’s 2 people out there with a great sense of humor. I think I’ve seen a lot of fish Read More…
Perception is Reality
This is SO true. I honestly believe that CVS intends this because they make the font so small on everything except FREE. They also constantly have “Buy 1 get 1 50% OFF!” sales, and of course the 50% OFF is huge, so the customer thinks the product is Read More…
10 Snack Foods Originally Sold as Medicines
Long ago, items that we’d think of as unhealthy today were actually marketed as medicines. What a shameful thing to do! Oh wait, we still do that today. Here’s the ingredient list for Coke’s Vitamin Water: Reverse osmosis water, crystalline fructose, cane sugar, less than 0.5% of: citric acid, magnesiumlactate and calcium Read More…
5 Horrible Things You Learn Working at a Convenience Store
Another great story from Cracked.com, this one is by someone who had the misfortune to work in a convenience store. People often describe my company as “A convenience store with a pharmacy inside” and they’re mostly correct, seeing as how high our prices are. So I can identify with some of these things (especially the Read More…
If Product Packaging Had To Tell The Terrifying Truth
Another great list from cracked.com, showing what would happen if there truly WAS truth in packaging. Anyone else remember the black snakes you lit on fire? Wow those were fun. For about 15 minutes. And now I have to go through my cupboard and fridge to throw out the “I Can’t Believe it’s Read More…
10 Wacky Grooming Products from the 1970s
10 Wacky Grooming Products from the 1970s This list is from Mental Floss. If you lived in the 70’s you will definitely remember all or most of these. I definitely remember selling them all, the Earth Born shampoo made an attractive (and fragrant) endcap but the Lemonup bottles didn’t stack too well. I Read More…
2 Things People Get Away With at Work (And Nowhere Else)
This list originally had 4 things but the other 2 are from an office environment and these were more appropriate to retail. I’ve rarely brought my lunch to work so never had one stolen, but I have seen it happen numerous times to my employees. They come to you with this look of “Who Read More…
15 Not-So-Delicious Candy Gimmicks
Introducing a new candy item and getting it to stay on retailers shelves is one of the hardest things to do. Having shown you some gross toys for kids, it shouldn’t shock you to learn of some crazy candy items that were tried as well. I admit to having tried Boston Baked Beans, but I Read More…
The Perfect Gift for Mom
Happy Mother’s Day! To all of you procrastinators who yet haven’t found a great gift for that special Mom, just visit your local retail store and I’m sure you’ll find something like this. Another great marketing job by someone.