- Sell small action figures, plastic dolls, coloring books, crayons, water toys, toy baseball/footballs and rubber and beach balls. These have good sales potential, as cheap toys are often bought in bulk for camp activities or for daycare facilities. Small and inexpensive figurines are also useful decorative items that people may purchase for their homes and gardens.
- Sell seasonal items. You'll want to provide paper decorations for a holiday that is approaching. Start with streamers and posters. You can add snow globes, beach towels, water balloons and inexpensive figurines to your inventory depending on the season.
- Offer cookware. Paper plates, plastic plates, inexpensive knives and forks, pots and pans, cups and seasonal cutlery (such as red and green plates for Christmas time) may appeal to buyers. College students and those throwing together a party will be looking for these items on the cheap.
- Set up a sales category for candles, birthday cards, birthday decorations and birthday cutlery. Make sure you have a bit of variety, including items appropriate for younger children, girls, boys and adults.
- Offer specialty items as a hook that keeps customers coming back. If they can buy everything else at other dollar stores, how can yours stand out? Think about your culture or things you can make by hand. Inexpensive chotchkes from overseas, such as Chinese slippers and Russian stacking dolls, may catch on. Ornate hand-made greeting cards and hand silkscreened T-shirts are additional options. Having a specialty item may lure your customers in, but they'll likely stay if you have great deals on other things as well.
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