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Vent: a bookseller in Ann Arbor told me my window display 'looked like a yard sale' so I zip tied everything to a grid
She said the mix of hardcovers and old paperbacks at 6 different heights read as clutter from the sidewalk, so now I build every display on a wire grid with just 9 books facing out. Anyone else get called out like that, and did switching to a tighter layout actually pull more people in the door?
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shanefisher22d ago
That "looked like a yard sale" comment would sting, but she was probably right about the clutter part. I had the same issue at my shop and what fixed it was facing out fewer books with more space between them. I went to 12 or so on a grid, all covers out, nothing stacked or leaning, and the difference was night and day. People slowed down on the sidewalk instead of walking past, and I started getting way more "oh I saw that in your window" comments at the counter. The tighter layout also made it easier to swap books in and out, so the window stayed fresh without me spending all morning on it.
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