TRENDS & RETAIL EDUCATION
ASD Market Week is more than a consumer goods trade show. We are a go-to source for education on how to start, grow, and run retail businesses of all types. Our in-person and online resources have all you need to help you understand what’s trending in retail today.
LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Barbara Wold
Retail Industry Expert
Tim Jordan
Abelardo Flores
Robyn Johnson
ASD RETAIL BUSINESS GUIDES
ASD Market Week retail business guides offer free information to help your business succeed. Download our latest guides below.
Mastering Store Merchandising:
A How-To Guide for Retailers
The ultimate checklist to get your customers to checkout. Command attention and drive traffic with these quick merchandising ideas.
How to Succeed at Amazon Selling Part 1: How to Set Up Your Amazon Store
The first in a series of Amazon selling essentials. Use this primer to do it right the first time and start building profits right away.
How to Create Successful Private Label Opportunities
Explore all sides of private label – the numbers, launching your line, and legal. Nothing is left out of our most popular resource ever.
The ASD Retail Report: Trending Product & Categories
Spotlight on the top trends we’ve collected straight from our vendors. This report has loads of pictures to inspire your best sales.
ASD BLOG
Check out the ASD Blog for more retail resources. Here are a few of our most popular blog posts.
5 Things to Know About Reviews on Yelp
We don't know about you? But we're excited that ASD is happening this summer in Las Vegas. With it, the return of the Independent Retailers Conference, hosted by RetailMinded. As part of their programming for retailers, the team at Yelp is going to be on site teaching...
Ten Reasons You Need to Build a Retail Website
Online browsing and retail go hand-in-hand nowadays. Surprisingly, reports show 46 percent of small businesses still don’t have a website. One reason for this shocking news is retailers often overestimate the cost of setting up a website. Another reason is they feel...
We’re Going Live with Facebook!
We know that ASD retailers love social media. We also know that Facebook and Instagram are extremely important to your business. In the next two weeks, we've partnered with the experts at Facebook to create expert chat sessions to help you master your Facebook...
How-To Create a Facebook Shop for Your Store
As you start to reopen your store, selling online, and through social media are things you simply must invest your time in. Here's our guide to setting up Facebook E-Commerce and creating the newly launched Facebook Shops. As a retailer, you do your best to figure out...
Where Do Amazon Sellers Buy Merchandise? Our Trade Show
The last year has been a wild ride. E-commerce is way up and in-person business trade show attendance is way down. Since the beginning of the pandemic, digital conferences have had to step in to fill the void for entrepreneurs and businesses looking to connect. That’s...
How to Set Up An Instagram Shop in 6.5 Easy Steps
A few months ago, I taught you how to set up a Facebook page and shop for your retail store. Now I’m back to help you learn how to set up a shoppable Instagram account in 6.5 easy steps. In order to create shoppable Instagram posts where your customers can purchase...
