How to Display Items in a Booth at an Antique Mall
Antique and crafts shows have become quite prevalent in many malls across the nation. With customers from all walks of life visiting the mall on a daily basis, it would be paramount to take a few steps to ensure your antique items are displayed in a way that both attract customers but protect your booth's assets.
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Things You'll Need
- Sturdy table
- Vintage table cloth
- Bookshelves
- Milk crates or apple boxes
- Small padlocks
- Window cleaner
- Feather duster
Instructions
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Setting Up Your On the Go Antique Boutique
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Choose a location of the mall which is highly trafficked but void of blind spots which could cause customers to bump into your booth or items.
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Choose a sturdy table for your the main display area you will positioned in. Make use of a swanky vintage table cloth which compliments your antiques in order to attract customers to your booth.
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Display your larger antique items on the sturdy table.
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Make use of bookcases to display smaller items. If the items are pricier, make use of bookcases which are equipped with glass doors.
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Use milk crates or wooden apple boxes to display less fragile or inexpensive items.
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Place items which are too much alike away from one another, as this could cause confusion and make the antiques seem less unique.
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Tips & Warnings
Avoid pricing your items. This will stimulate conversation with interested customers in order to help drive sales through providing more information on each antique.
Curb theft by installing padlocks on cases or glass-door bookshelves which have higher-price items. This can also be used as a tactic to stir up interest in an item as customers may want to know why the case is locked.
Clean your items as well as the cases containing them using either a feather duster or glass cleaner.
Avoid using chemicals to clean your antiques as this could damage or affect the value of them.
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- Photo Credit antique image by Marko Korac from Fotolia.com
