Whether you’re a new store owner or have years of experience, it’s worth your time to spruce up the space for the New Year. You can make plenty of small, inexpensive changes like cleaning and parking lot painting to improve your store and, hopefully, increase sales.

How to Freshen Up Your Store for the New Year

1. Deep Clean Your Space

Before you start moving items around your store, give the space a deep cleaning from top to bottom. You’ll start the New Year off on a clean slate and attract more customers. Don’t forget the areas that might not get routine cleaning, like the windows, air vents, dusty corners, and spaces underneath or behind furniture.

2. Repaint Your Parking Lot 

Think of businesses or shopping plazas you’ve visited in the past with faded and rundown parking lots and the impression they gave. Avoid deterring customers before they even come in by refreshing your parking lot painting. Aside from repainting curbs, pavement markings, lines, and striping, this maintenance task can also repair damage from weather and age. When completed, your parking lot will look new and inviting.

3. Get Creative With Displays

Once your store is clean inside and out, it’s time to organize your inventory. If certain items don’t seem to be moving from your shelves, put them on sale to free up room. 

However, some items may just need a new home to sell better, so don’t mark them for clearance just yet. Instead, change up your store displays.

Walk through your store and imagine you’re a customer. Consider which displays you’d stop to look at and which ones you don’t notice as much. For the latter, explore new displays; for example, upcycle old dressers or cabinets to display clothes, or utilize the vertical space of the walls by hanging up colorful products.

4. Change the Lighting

A well-lit store looks more inviting, plus swapping out light bulbs or fixtures is an inexpensive pick-me-up. Select lighting that makes sense for your brand. If your brand is young and funky, choose colored lights or artsy fixtures. Use industrial fixtures or Edison bulbs if your brand is hip and minimalist.

 

Ready to schedule parking lot painting for your business? The locally owned and operated Pacific Striping in Honolulu, HI, is equipped to handle parking lot painting and repair jobs 24/7. Call (808) 859-3664 to make an appointment, or find out more about their offerings online.